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Innovative IDX Broker software syncs thousands of property listings instantly on Gulf Coast realty...

EUGENE, OR - December 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mobile, Alabama real estate Alexa Kennedy has chosen to upgrade her professional website by adding a custom IDX solution to her search page, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the IDX Broker software they supply to her. Gulf Coast Alabama MLS (GCAMLS) listings are automatically synced to her search capabilities, with the dynamic IDX solution Kennedy now employs. Finding homes online was once a daunting and incomplete task. But now, with IDX Broker, home seekers can experience the most thorough and efficient online search from the convenience of the website of Kennedy.

Leader of Mortgage Fraud Ring Sentenced to 6 ½ Years in Prison and Ordered...

BIRMINGHAM, AL - December 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal judge today sentenced the leader of a mortgage fraud ring in Jefferson County to 6 ½ years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley and Department of Housing and Urban Development Acting Inspector General Michael Stephens.

HUD AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY STABILIZATION TRUST ANNOUNCE $4 MILLION TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOMES TO...

MOBILE, AL - November 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Community Stabilization Trust today announced they will invest more than $4 million to provide permanent homes to 37 Alabama families who were displaced from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The program is part of a broader effort by HUD, with the Stabilization Trust, to offer financing to acquire and rehabilitate 500 HUD homes in 11 states valued at $40 million.

Gulf Coast real estate listing are now easier to search for with the new...

EUGENE, OR - July 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of broker Mickey Ezell to the growing base of real estate professionals choosing to upgrade their realty websites with a customizable IDX solution. Now, with the new Three Palms Real Estate enabled website, Ezell can display Pensacola MLS (PARMLS) listings quickly and efficiently on his website, giving his clients thousands of properties to search through online. The real estate website of Ezell gives home seekers a custom PARMLS search, making it one of the most thorough online and quickly delivering Orange Beach, Alabama real estate news and listings to potential buyers in the area.

Shelby Announces Transportation and Housing Funding for Alabama

Washington, D.C. - July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a senior member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced subcommittee approval of the fiscal year 2011 Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Included in this bill is funding for several important projects throughout Alabama. Following today’s action by the subcommittee, the bill will now go to the full Appropriations Committee for approval.<!

Alabama Realtor Mike Manosky updates his professional website with the help of IDX Broker...

EUGENE, OR - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. and Re/Max Huntsville's Mike Manosky teamed up to bring the North Alabama...

HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR ALABAMA STORM VICTIMS

Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in two counties WASHINGTON, DC - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to two counties in Alabama and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following last month's severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding

Two Women Indicted for Falsely Claiming Disability Payments on Mortgage Applications

BIRMINGHAM - April 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury today indicted two women on charges that they fraudulently claimed on mortgage loan applications that they received monthly government disability payments, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced

$400,000 in Grants to Cleanup and Revitalize Communities in Alabama

ATLANTA – April 21, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding two communities in Alabama with $400,000 in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The communities in Alabama receiving brownfields assessment grants include

Rainbow City Woman Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Application Fraud and Embezzlement

HUNTSVILLE, AL - February 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 56-year-old Rainbow City woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges of bank and mortgage fraud that totaled more than $500,000, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley announced.

HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR ALABAMA STORM VICTIMS

WASHINGTON, DC - January 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to counties in Alabama and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following last month’s severe storms and flooding.