Citi Foundation awarded Enterprise Community Partners a $500,000 grant in support of its Green Communities ® initiative, the largest effort in the U.S. to bring the benefits of green building to low-income people. The grant will support the continued growth and expansion of Green Communities by enabling Enterprise to create more green affordable developments, deepen technical support in improving building energy performance and tap the emerging...
SaleAMP(TM), a cutting-edge marketing and software company, announced a unique pay-for-performance real estate marketing service for condo developers, large home builders and real estate related banks, nationwide. The service, based on proprietary internet marketing tools and techniques, has produced tens of thousands of buyer prospects and sales in a matter of months. “Traditional real estate marketing is broken and budgets are heavily strained...
Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that it has formed the Financial Services Asset Management Practice designed to provide critical services to financial institutions, special servicers and government agencies dealing with challenged real estate and mortgage assets. “The current environment is placing significant stress on a variety of our clients who are managing real estate debt as...
Teles Properties, Los Angeles’ fastest-growing residential real estate agency, celebrates its one year anniversary with the addition of yet another top-producing agent. As the brokerage bucks the industry trend with an expansion into Brentwood, Teles Properties welcomes agent Carol Whitley to its burgeoning team of seasoned, local market realtors. “As we reflect on our first year in business, to say that we’re elated with our progress would...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a82d1c/conference_talk_r) has announced the addition of the “CONFERENCE TALK: Real Estate – A Formidable Investment Tool” report to their offering. As India witnesses a mercurial economic growth, greater wealth in the hands of its populace has converted them into great investors. Financial innovation is the buzzword to maximize returns in the investment mart. The realty...
Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Global Commercial Group (www.StirlingCommercial.com) in conjunction with Stirling Sotheby’s Auction Services (www.stirlingsir.com/auctions/) will host a worldwide auction of more than 30 Florida commercial properties on Dec. 17 in Orlando, Florida. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said most of the properties to be auctioned are within an hour’s...
Crystal Properties Holdings Inc. announced the selling trends of the Las Vegas area bank-owned real estate are much more favorable than previous estimated. The acquisition team is projecting strong gains based on the quarterly market analysis and forecast. If real estate trends continue, the original projections of $12 million will reach closer to $18 million by the end of 2008. Peter Anello, the president of Crystal Properties Holdings Inc., stated,...
Guardian Management LLC (Guardian), a Pacific Northwest real estate investment and asset management firm specializing in multifamily housing investments, has signed preliminary agreements to acquire the real estate portfolio of Atherton-Newport Investments (ANI). ANI is a multifamily housing firm, based in Orange County California, which has been working under Chapter 11 reorganization since January. The assets to be acquired by Guardian include more...
Axion Golf — a division of Axion International Holdings Inc. and provider of the company’s 100-percent “green” materials for building golf-course bridges and walkways — today announces PGA TOUR star and accomplished course designer Brad Faxon will promote its products as company advisor. A 25-year TOUR veteran with eight victories and two Ryder Cup appearances, Faxon will help market Axion’s environmentally sound,...
Commenting on the announcement (Wednesday) that Plymouth council tenants have voted to transfer their tenancies to a new housing association, Unite, the UK’s largest union, has warned that it will be watching to ensure that promises made to the tenants are kept. Peter Allenson, Unite national organiser for services sector, said: “We are bitterly disappointed with the news that Plymouth’s council tenants have voted to opt out of local...