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EUGENE, OR - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Luis Pinto have joined forces to revolutionize the online Florida real estate search. As a member of the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), Pinto has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, the same level of accessibility once reserved only for real estate agents and brokers can be experienced by clients of Pinto conveniently on his website. IDX Broker software affords Pinto the unique ability to synchronize his thorough and comprehensive search page directly to the MFRMLS database of listings. Never before has finding an Orlando, Florida home been easier online, thanks to the IDX solution Pinto has customized and employed for his professional realty website

EUGENE, OR - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software is revolutionizing the online real estate search one website at a time. IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Surfside, Florida Realtor Daniel Degrave has become the latest agent to adopt a custom IDX solution for his website. As a member of the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL), Degrave has long had access to the detailed listings present on the SEFL database. Now, his clients can experience the same levels of accessibility by utilizing the IDX synced features of his website that seamlessly integrated listing data on the website Degrave supports. Never again will the website of Degrave feature anything less than a thorough and comprehensive online real estate search.

EUGENE, OR - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Internet Data Exchanged (IDX) technologies are now available for real estate professionals to use on their websites. IDX, Inc. and Diana Caicedo have teamed up to bring her Florida real estate search page a unique and comprehensive database of property listings. IDX Broker software gives Caicedo the ability to deliver her clients and other area home seekers with a thorough and complete online real estate resourc

EUGENE, ORE - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ada Rinaudo and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to bring new levels of ease and accessibility to the Miami, Florida home search, by enabling an IDX solution that has revolutionized the website of Rinaudo. As a real estate broker, Rinaudo has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings through the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL)

Miami, FL - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Butters Construction & Development is starting the new year with another announcement for the largest new industrial development in Miami-Dade County. Butters has partnered with L&B Realty Advisors to develop a 918,000-square-foot, Class A bulk distribution industrial park on a 44.5-acre site at NW 87th Avenue and NW 80th Street in Medley, Florida. Butters retained CBRE to procure a well-capitalized and institutional equity partner to acquire the site and develop the park. CBRE identified L&B Realty Advisors, and their client, the State of Florida, as the equity partner for the deal.<

Bal Harbour (Miami Beach), FL - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The SunTrust bank building located at 9600 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach’s Bal Harbour village was acquired for $13.5 million by an affiliate of the owner of Bal Harbour Shops. The seller, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., hired CBRE to market the asset for sale.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced 61,271 new unclaimed property accounts, worth more than $25 million, are being received as part of a settlement with AIG related to unclaimed life insurance benefits. This represents only the first of what is expected to be additional remittances to be made by the insurer

Washington, DC - January 02, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This evening, Congress passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) to address the plight of homeowners suffering from contaminated drywall from China in their homes. The Drywall Safety Act, now headed to President Obama’s desk for signature, is the first piece of legislation to pass Congress since reports of the destructive, sulfur-ridden material began to surface in Florida in 2009.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - November 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property returned more than $199,319 to 797 consumers Thursday evening during a phone bank event for South Florida and Treasure Coast residents. In the 12 hours after the phone bank, the Unclaimed Property website had 6,949 visits to the website.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - August 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Joseph Smith, Jr., the national mortgage settlement monitor, released an interim report on homeowner relief that the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers have provided as of June 30. Based upon figures voluntarily provided by the servicers, but not yet verified by the monitor, more than 23,000 Floridians have received an excess of $1.7 billion in relief under the settlement. The relief provided thus far includes first and second lien principal forgiveness, forgiveness of past forbearance, refinancing, and deficiency waivers. The report also details the servicers' progress on reforming their servicing practices as required by the settlement agreement. The interim report includes a timetable for future reports with the monitor’s first audited report expected in April 2013

TAVARES, FL - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- All offices of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector will be closed Monday, Sept. 3 in observance of Labor Day

TAVARES - August 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As Central Florida braces for Tropical Storm Isaac, the Lake County Public Safety Department, Emergency Management Division is closely monitoring the storm. Officials are urging Lake County residents to take the proper precautions to ensure the safety of their family, property and businesses.

TAVARES, CA - August 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lake County’s longest-serving Property Appraiser, Ed Havill passed away Saturday at age 71. “Ed Havill was an outstanding pillar of this community who dedicated his life to Lake County,“ said Commission Chairman Leslie Campione. “We owe him a debt of gratitude for his many years of leadership and service. He will be deeply missed, and my sincerest condolences go out to his family.”

TAVARES, FL - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lake County continues to explore land options for the acquisition of property that could subsequently be used for future County projects.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced that more than $211 million in unclaimed cash and property was returned to Floridians during Fiscal Year 2011/2012—nearly 12 percent more than the previous fiscal year. Last year, the Bureau of Unclaimed Property approved nearly 300,000 claims to reunite Floridians with their unclaimed property

ALLAHASSEE, FL - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners planning to rebuild homes or businesses damaged by Tropical Storm Debby should consider using construction methods that will minimize damage in future storms

TALLAHASSEE, FL - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- While survivors finish repairs to their homes or find a new place to live, money may be available to help them pay for a clean and safe place to stay.

Orlando, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE Capital Markets arranged the sale of Saxon Crossings Shopping Center, a 119,590-square-foot community shopping center located in Orange City for $20,730,000. CBRE Senior Vice President Cliff Taylor of the Jacksonville office and First Vice President Daniel Baker of the firm’s Orlando office marketed the asset for sale and negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, Saxon Crossing Partners. The buyer, Inland Real Estate, is a Chicago-based REIT focused on the acquisition of shopping centers

Boynton Beach, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today NAHB Research Center President & CEO Michael Luzier presented a gold-level green certification to the builder of Boynton Beach’s Seabourn Cove, a gated community of 456 high-end rental homes. The certification was for the community’s first building certified to the National Green Building Standard ICC 700-2008 (NGBS), but builder FM Contract Services, LLC, hopes this is just the first of many. The company will seek gold NGBS certification for all residential buildings in the community. If all goes as planned, Seabourn Cove will be by far the largest gold-level multifamily community certified by the NAHB Research Center.

Margate, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE announced today the sale of Lakewood Shopping Center, a 236,679-square-foot shopping center located on West Atlantic Boulevard in Margate, Florida. The property was acquired by an affiliate of Toronto/Florida-based North American Development Group (NADG) for $31.5 million from a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. CBRE’s National Retail Investment Group in Florida provided exclusive representation to the seller in the transaction.