May 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The city of Phoenix Development Services Department celebrates Building Safety Month throughout May, highlighting the importance of building codes for safety and the men and women that ensure code compliance of all construction in the city.

May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest online retail mortgage lender, and Junior Achievement of Arizona recently partnered in a job shadowing day with Metro Tech High School of Phoenix. Quicken Loans team members from the company’s Scottsdale office hosted 23 students, during a day designed to give students a unique and up-close look at the workplace

Glendale, AZ - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Even as Arizona continues to struggle with significant economical challenges, real estate investing and property management company HomeLovers today announced it has doubled its office space in Glendale in response to surging client demand for their property management and real estate investing services. The company grew 165% to more than 500 rental homes in the last twelve months. In addition to the 100% growth in space, HomeLovers has also grown its staff by 40 percent, including the addition of staff in sales, customer service and accounting.

Learn about fair housing practices and laws at a free workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 11, at Phoenix City Hall, 200 W. Washington St., assembly room D. This workshop will offer ADRE-authorized fair housing REALTOR® re-licensing credit and is presented in partnership with the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

Washington, D.C. - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today hailed the announcement that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is referring its Goldman Sachs investigation to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential criminal charges. Grijalva signed an April 23 letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking for DOJ to investigate the company’s activities in connection with the economic crisis.

EUGENE, OR - April 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Phoenix area real estate broker Tyler Stone with Infinity Health Real Estate, to the constantly growing number of agents and brokers choosing to simplify their professional websites with a customizable IDX solution. As a member of the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS), Stone has access to all of the area's property listings. This information has never been as easy for potential home buyers to use. But thanks to the IDX Broker technology, created by IDX, Inc., anyone searching for the perfect property can see these listings conveniently on Stone's website.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $400,000 in brownfields grants to Pima County, Arizona, and the City of Tucson, which are receiving funding through the Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Ann Kirkpatrick earned a major victory on behalf of Native American Veterans today, securing passage of the Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act in the House of Representatives. Rep. Kirkpatrick introduced H.R. 3553 to prevent disabled Native Veterans, their families and their survivors from being denied support through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), and she has been working hard to ensure that the voices of Indian Country are heard in Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved a $17.1 million grant for the new 120-bed Tucson State Veterans Home in Arizona.

EUGENE, OR - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the help of IDX, Inc., Lesa Bockhorn with Call Realty, Inc. has created a truly custom, enhanced and much more efficient online real estate search experience for potential home buyers browsing her website. This innovative and one-of-a-kind IDX Broker software and its integration with the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) allows home seekers to search an infinite amount of the most up-to-date property listings, in a simple and efficient fashion, with the easy-to-navigate search tools that it supplies. With this IDX addition, Bockhorn is able to prominently display properties matching consumers specified search preferences, by extracting raw data from the ARMLS, and displaying the information on her site in a seamlessly integrated format

Washington, D.C. - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arizona Department of Housing today received more than $2 million from NeighborWorks America, a national non-profit created by Congress to support community revitalization, for counseling to families and individuals facing a home foreclosure. The money will be disbursed by the department’s Housing Finance Authority

April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A free public Healing Racism forum, “Black and Brown: Building Bridges Part II,” will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, at Phoenix College Willo Room, 3110 N. 10th Ave. (northeast corner of 11th Avenue and Flower Street).

Washington, D.C. - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today introduced a bill with Rep. Marcy Kaptur to create a “Right to Rent” (R2R) for homeowners facing foreclosure. The bill allows a family receiving a foreclosure notice to petition a judge to stay in their home as renters under a 5-year lease. The judge would appoint an independent appraiser to set fair market rental value, which would be allowed to rise with inflation

EUGENE, OR - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The IDX Inc. team is pleased to welcome Susanne Grogan of Long Realty Company in Tucson, Arizona to the ever expanding group of real estate agents and brokers choosing to modernize their clients' home search with customized IDX solutions. As a member of the Tuscon MLS (TARMLS), Grogan is simplifying her website, while helping home seekers to access thousands of detailed property listings through IDX Broker's software.

April 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Potential homebuyers may qualify for $15,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance to help buy a foreclosed single-family home, townhouse or condominium in the city of Phoenix

TUCSON, AZ - April 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Tuesday will join with representatives of Environment Arizona in releasing a report on how solar energy can be used to power our homes, businesses, farms and neighborhoods.“This report shows the possibilities of solar energy and how solar is an achievable path to our energy security,” said Giffords. “We still have work to do before solar energy can make up a large percentage of America’s energy needs, but we are moving in the right direction.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ - April 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick’s continuing efforts on behalf of Native American families and Veterans, Chairwoman Maxine Waters and the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity have agreed to her request to hold a field hearing in Arizona on the important and unique housing issues facing Indian Country. Chairwoman Waters will join Rep. Kirkpatrick in Window Rock on Saturday, April 10th to receive testimony and ask questions about housing challenges for Native American communities and about the Congresswoman’s legislation to help disabled Indian Veterans keep their housing assistance.