Tampa, FL - July 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today released its latest research study, “Surviving Nature’s Fury: Performance of Asphalt Shingle Roofs in the Real World,” which investigated damage from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008.

July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, Rep. Wasserman Schultz secured funding for important transportation and housing projects in her district. These funds have been passed out of the Appropriations committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill.

Fort Lauderdale, FL - July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bank of America Home Loans has opened a new customer outreach center in Fort Lauderdale to serve customers in the South Florida area. Bank of America homeownership retention specialists will be meeting face to face with financially troubled mortgage customers who are having difficulty making their monthly payments. Dedicated associates are also available to help customers facing hardship with their auto loans, credit cards and personal loans

WASHINGTON, DC - July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Families with children are now able to live without restrictions at a Pompano Beach, Florida housing development under a voluntary agreement between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Cornerstone Residential Management, Inc., and the Oaks at Pompano, Ltd. The agreement will improve and increase the affordability of multifamily housing in their area and provide $30,000 in rental assistance to families with children. The firms will also make family-friendly improvements to their properties and donate $20,000 to a fair housing organization

EUGENE, OR - July 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jupiter, Florida real estate professional Ellen Lillian has adopted the premier IDX Broker software from IDX, Inc. to update her real estate website. This addition gives both Lillian and her home seeking clients a quick and simple online home search experience. Now, Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL) listings can be found displayed directly on her website, thanks in large part to her customized IDX solution

TALLAHASSEE, FL - July 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida CFO Alex Sink today announced the arrests of six criminals involved in a mortgage fraud scam that resulted in more than $2 million in fraudulent mortgages. The arrests are the result of a joint investigation by the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF), the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations’ Miami Field Off

EUGENE, OR - July 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The latest partnership of IDX, Inc. and Maliha Castillo has made New Castle Realty Inc. and South Broward MLS listings easier than ever to search through, thanks to the IDX Broker software now enabled on the professional website of Castillo. Property listings on South Broward have long been accessible by real estate professionals, but now thousands of Pembroke Pines, Florida real estate listings are available at the click of a mouse for area home seekers. The revolutionary IDX technology Castillo has adopted on her website has simplified the online home search experience for her clients and herself.

EUGENE, OR - July 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings just got easier to search through online, thanks to the pairing up of IDX, Inc. and Boza International Realty. In an effort to make the property search on his website more thorough and efficient, Broker and owner Obel Boza has chosen to expand his online real estate presence by adopting IDX Broker software. Now, home seekers can quickly scan thousands of listings from the convenience of his website, thanks to his customized IDX solution, which brings all of the benefits of searching for a home to potential buyers without the time consuming aspects before found during the online property search

MIAMI, FL - July 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than 700 Miami-Dade metro area mortgage borrowers seeking to avoid foreclosure have received assistance from the Fannie Mae Mortgage Help Center in the first three months of operation. The Mortgage Help Center is a partnership between Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) and Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida (NHSSF), and offers free mortgage and financial counseling to homeowners who may be in default or struggling to make monthly payments

EUGENE, OR - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. pleased to announce the addition of Jay Budhram of JB Realty to the growing number of real estate professionals adopting the modern and efficient new IDX Broker software to update their realty websites. The IDX, Inc partnership with Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL) allows thousands of property listings to be available on his website for all of his clients and home seekers to see and search through. Never before has finding the right home online been easier, now that Budhram has changed his real estate website to better suit Sunshine, Florida home seekers.

ORLANDO, FL - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Teachers. Firefighters. Military personnel. Nurses. Police officers. The list goes on and on: Many people who provide vital services that strengthen our communities can’t afford to own a home or live where they work

EUGENE, OR - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Melissa Sites, of Realty World Marketplace, and IDX, Inc. have launched a joint venture to her real estate website. The addition of IDX Broker software has made for a simple and easy-to-use online property search by syncing the Western North Carolina Regional MLS (WNCRMLS), which Sites is a member of, with the listings she represents, to give home seekers in Asheville, North Carolina a comprehensive and complete online database of local home listings. Now more than ever before, finding a home in Asheville is easier, on Melissa Sites real estate website.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Gerald Bailey today announce the arrest of 10 members of a criminal mortgage fraud and identity theft operation. The group is charged with defrauding numerous financial institutions out of more than $8 million, and using the identities of unsuspecting individuals as part of the conspiracy to obtain the mortgages and properties. The arrests are the result of a four-year investigation conducted by FDLE’s Miami Regional Operations Center and the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution. The individuals arrested face charges including racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, grand theft, and title insurance fraud

TAVARES, FL - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- When Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law Senate Bill 1752 “Jobs for Florida” last month, not only did it provide tax incentives and tax breaks for qualified businesses, but it allowed developers and property owners to extend Lake County development orders that have an expiration date between Sept. 1, 2008, and Jan. 1, 2012, for two years. The extension applies to building permits, preliminary plat approvals, construction plan approvals and site plans.

TAVARES, FL - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new trailer equipped with a 280-gallon tank is allowing the Lake County Department of Environmental Utilities, Water Quality Services Division, to pump out old home-heating oil tanks more cost effectively.

EUGENE, OR - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jonathan Marshman of Remax Harbor Realty has joined forces with IDX, Inc. to update and expand the online property search options available on his website. Now, Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings are displayed directly on his website to better serve his clients with thousands of local property listings. Marshman, MFRMLS and IDX, Inc. are working together to make a dynamic and powerful online property search for every one of his clients.

ORLANDO, FL - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- “To us, home is where we prop our feet up after a rough day” says 2010 Florida Realtors® President Wendell Davis, a broker with Watson Realty Corp. in Jacksonville. “If ‘home’ to our service sons and daughters is a short phone call, then we, as Florida Realtors, should help them find ‘home,’ just as we help Florida buyers find a home.”

Washington, DC - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --Congressmen Jeff Miller (R-FL) and Adam Putnam (R-FL) today introduced legislation to provide mortgage forbearance to homeowners in the areas affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Washington, DC - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that $418 million is now available to help Floridians with bridge loans for mortgages through the Obama Administration’s “Hardest Hit Fund,” which will be directed to the state Housing Finance Agency and will immediately assist homeowners

EUGENE, OR - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The constantly expanding team of real estate professionals partnering with IDX, Inc. has increased yet again with the addition of Florida Realtor Scott Berry of Sand Castle Realty Group, Inc. As a member of the Naples MLS and Fort Meyers MLS, Berry has the ability to scan thousands of property listings daily. Now, potential clients have the unique ability to search through these listings on their own, in an effort to save both real estate professionals, like Berry, and potential home buyers time. Finding a home in Naples, Florida is now easier than ever thanks to his IDX Broker synced website