North Carolina RealEstateRama

December 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beginning today, financial help is available for North Carolina homeowners who are struggling to pay their mortgages because they’ve lost their jobs or experienced other temporary hardships.The N.C. Housing Finance Agency announced today that its new N.C. Foreclosure Prevention Fund is now available statewide through participating HUD-approved counseling agencies. The new program is financed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s “Hardest Hit Fund.”

RALEIGH, NC - November 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina will break last year’s foreclosure filing record later this month, according to a data analysis released today by the NC Justice Center.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - October 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crescent Resources earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for Circle at South End. Silver is the highest level of certification among existing North Carolina apartment communities. Circle at South End also received the Green Project of the Year merit award from Multifamily Executive magazine.

October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected two North Carolina organizations – the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Asheville and the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation in Greensboro – as recipients of $1.6 million each in grant awards to support more livable and sustainable communities.

October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --Gov. Bev Perdue this afternoon received a federal disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the flooding that devastated homeowners in six eastern North Carolina counties following Tropical Storm Nicole earlier this month. The declaration makes available low-interest loans or grants to storm survivors to help them repair their homes in Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Hertford, Onslow and Tyrrell counties.

October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --Please note that the assistance described in this press release will be available statewide in December. If you are not in a pilot county and you have lost your job and are having problems paying your mortgage, the state’s Home Protection Program may be able to help you. Participating local agencies will help determine if you are eligible, help you apply, and can also help you choose the best course of action if you are not eligible.

October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Raleigh: Attorney General Roy Cooper’s Consumer Protection Division is reviewing the top 15 mortgage companies’ foreclosure processes to make sure they are fair and legal as part of an ongoing investigation.

DURHAM, N.C. - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Durham businesses interested in creating or expanding a business in downtown Durham or targeted areas inside the city limits should take note that a second round for two grant opportunities is now available through the City of Durham.

EUGENE, OR - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Winston Salem, North Carolina real estate agent Kathy Robin has selected IDX, Inc. and the dynamic IDX Broker software to sync her search page with the Triad MLS to bring thousands of property listings to her clients and those utilizing her website. Her customized IDX solution gives Robin the opportunity to seamlessly display a variety of property types. Never before have home seekers had a more comprehensive or complete real estate website to search for North Carolina properties through, than now on the search page Robin hosts

Washington, D.C. - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reps. Brad Miller (NC-13), David Price (NC-4), Larry Kissell (NC-8) and Joe Baca (CA-43) introduced H.R.6191, a billthat would modify the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 to allow healthy lending institutions to extend credit for residential construction and land development to U.S. homebuilders.

Raleigh, NC - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Roy Cooper’s Consumer Protection Division has expanded its investigation into questionable foreclosure tactics to include 14 more mortgage lenders

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Linda Caldwell as the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software for her real estate website and search page. The unique IDX solution now employed on her website extracts raw listing data from the Carolina MLS (CMLS) and displays it directly in the search area Caldwell hosts. Now, home seekers can scan thousands of properties, take virtual tours, calculate likely monthly mortgage costs and begin the property buying process without ever leaving the website Caldwell supports or their own home.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carolina MLS (CMLS) listings just became monumentally easier to search for with the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Scott Tyler. With a dynamic customized IDX solution, Tyler and his website deliver potential buyers up-to-the-minute property listings conveniently and quickly. This efficient and effective technology works to match buyers with homes before they even begin the formal buying process with a Realtor. Never before has a such a unique capability managed to simplify the online home search

Raleigh, NC - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Roy Cooper’s Consumer Protection Division has launched an investigation into questionable tactics during foreclosures by Ally Financial and its subsidiary, GMAC Mortgage.

HOUSTON, NC - September 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that Hines Global REIT has acquired Hock Plaza from Brickman Durham LLC.