Yearly Archives: 2011

May 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- How are neighborhoods responding to an influx of low-income and homeless housing? On Friday, May 6, 7 p.m., Cable 21, City Inside/Out with C.R. Douglas examines what is happening as services and housing for the poor spread out from downtown. We discuss the issues with representatives of a business association, property owners and housing and human-services providers.

SEATTLE, WA - May 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seattle City Light is expanding an energy use tracking service that helped about 18,000 customers save $477,000 on their energy bills last year.

SEATTLE, WA - April 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $2,199,963 to 11 new homeless programs in Washington state.

Vancouver, WA - April 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- International Code Council recently selected Clark County’s Building Safety program as winner of the group’s 2011 Raising the Profile Award in conjunction with Building Safety Month in May. The national award recognizes efforts to raise public awareness about work to improve public safety in the built environment

April 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, stated that first-half property taxes are due on Monday, May 2 due to April 30 falling on the weekend. “If you have not received your 2011 first-half tax statement or have lost it, you can visit our web site at www.clark.wa.gov/treasurer or contact the Treasurer’s Office at 397-2252 for a duplicate statement.”

OLYMPIA, WA - April 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) is pleased to announce the five-year extension of the Mortgage Fraud Prosecution fund with the Governor’s signature earlier this week of HB1191, signing it into Chapter 129, Laws of 2011 62nd Legislature 2011 Regular Session

WASHINGTON, DC - April 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that it is serving as a sponsor of Empowerhouse, a team participating in the 2011 Solar Decathlon Competition, which will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this fall. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, this biennial competition challenges college students to design, build, and operate a solar-powered house.

EUGENE, OR - April 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Hamid Ali to the growing network of real estate professionals dedicated to serving their clients and their every real estate need, by syncing an IDX solution to their search page. The latest addition of IDX Broker software has changed the way Ali presents Seattle, Washington real estate. His membership with the Northwest MLS (NWMLS) makes it monumentally easier for home seekers to search through thousands of area properties with the click of a mouse, thanks to the IDX enabled website of Ali

Seattle, WA - April 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn today announced a long-term agreement in principle for use of the King County Jail as the primary provider of bed space for the City's misdemeanor inmates over the next two decades."With the County jail next door to the City's courts, it just makes sense for us to provide space for City inmates awaiting trial," said Executive Constantine.

Washington, D.C. - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Duke Realty Corporation’s (Duke Realty) Washington, D.C. office announced today that its leasing team closed 129,845 square feet in new leases, renewals and expansions in its office and industrial properties in the first quarter of 2011.

EUGENE, OR - March 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --tropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website supported by IDX, Inc. and hosted by agent Patrick Kilner. Washington DC area properties, combining real estate listings from the surrounding states, once required a complicated and time consuming online property search. Now, potential buyers can efficiently and effectively scan MRIS listings from the convenience of the website Kilner hosts. Virginia and Maryland property listings have never been so accessible via an online real estate search

SEATTLE, WA - March 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bellingham Whatcom Housing Authorities, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-2), Beacon Development, Enterprise and residents today celebrated the grand opening of Walton Place Two, the second and final phase of a newly constructed mixed-use workforce housing community in downtown Bellingham. Located at 1511 North State Street, Walton Place Two has 2300 square feet of commercial retail space available on the ground floor and 40 green affordable apartments for larger families and families with special needs on the upper levels.

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Colleen Fischesser, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Select Real Estate, to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers choosing to revolutionize the online property search by adopting IDX Broker software. As a Seattle, Washington area Realtor, Fischesser is able to integrate thousands of Northwest MLS (NWMLS) property listings onto her website, thanks to her IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data and displays it on her search page. Now, potential buyers can experience a one-stop-shop for their online real estate search, on the IDX-enabled website Fischesser hosts

Washington, D.C. - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), along with Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Mark Begich (D-AK), introduced legislation to ensure that schools will continue removing the barriers to education caused by homelessness among children and youth. The Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2011 will amend the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth program to better allow school districts to identify and address the needs of children and youth affected by homelessness and to bolster opportunities that help them succeed in school

Washington, DC - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators from across the country stood with advocates for homeless veterans to oppose a provision in Republicans’ reckless spending proposal that would cut 10,000 housing vouchers that would keep homeless veterans off the streets next year

Seattle, WA - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Seattle Department of Planning and Development is hosting an open house this Thursday, March 17, for building owners and others interested in learning more about the City’s building energy benchmarking and reporting ordinance. Partner organizations will be on hand to share resources available to help building owners lower energy use and costs.

March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- "We laid out a timeline that would establish a homeless encampment in SODO before winter weather sets in later this year. That timeline assumed that the Council would begin their review and discussion of the legislation at the same time as we continued through the SEPA process, which is expected to be complete in June. We never expected that Council could take action on this package until SEPA was done. Waiting until June to even begin a review of the full package will jeopardize setting up the encampment before next winter.

SEATTLE, WA - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced he is appointing Rick Hooper as the director for the Office of Housing. Hooper was previously serving as the interim director. Hooper's appointment is subject to Council confirmation.

EUGENE, OR - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce YonkerGroup Realty and Daniel Yonker have chosen to integrate the revolutionary IDX Broker software onto the website Yonker supports, creating a dynamic and efficient online real estate resource for buyers and agents alike. As a member of the Northwest MLS (NWMLS), Yonker can easily display thousands of Seattle, Washington area listings on his IDX-enabled website, simplifying his job and the entire search process for his clients. Home seekers can explore NWMLS listings like never before, quickly and easily, without ever leaving the website that Yonker hosts.

March 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, announced that a Property Tax Foreclosure Auction will be conducted on Friday, March 18, 2011, at 9 a.m. in the 6th Floor Hearing Room, Clark County Public Service Center Building, 1300 Franklin Street, Vancouver, Washington. Lasher stated, “As of March 7, there are 13 parcels subject for sale this year; however, this number may be reduced if payment is made by 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 17.”