WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A bill sponsored by Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA) to enact commonsense reforms to fix the federal reverse mortgage program will be considered by the U.S. House tomorrow. The bill is co-sponsored by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- OLYMPIA...The Office of Secretary of State’s Corporations & Charities Division is sponsoring a homeowners association workshop in Tumwater on June 28.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rodney Joyner and Bill Lucks, both advisors with Sperry Van Ness – Miller Commercial Real Estate recently attended the National Association of Realtors Midyear Meeting & Trade Expo in Washington, DC. NAR members take an active role to advance the real estate industry, public policy, and the association at the Annual Midyear Meeting.

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Stephen Mullenix and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to upgrade the search capabilities and functions on the real estate website Mullenix hosts. As a member of the Northwest MLS (NWMLS), Mullenix has long had access to thousands of Bellingham, Washington property listings. Now, his clients can experience the same level of accessibility to these NWMLS listings, conveniently on the IDX enabled website Mullenix hosts. Not only can Mullenix experience a simplified level of management over his website, his clients can partake in a revolutionary online property search without ever leaving the comfort of their home, or the convenience of the website of Mullenix

OLYMPIA, WA - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for approximately $1,480, much higher than the amount of $840 first announced.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance (Housing Alliance) has announced the 2013 awardees for their annual advocacy awards dinner

EUGENE, OR - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Blake Voorhees of Coldwell Banker Danforth & Associates has adopted an IDX solution for his professional website, synchronizing thousands of detailed Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings online. IDX Broker software makes it so simple for home seekers to scan the NWMLS listings Voorhees hosts, by allowing them the same access to these property listings that was once strictly reserved and available for professional agents and brokers. Potential Seattle, Washington buyers can now experience a dynamic and innovative online property search, directly on the IDX enabled website Voorhees supports.

Vancouver, WA - May 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A proposal for election of a 15-member Board of Freeholders to draft a home rule charter is on the June 4 hearing schedule for the Board of County Commissioners

EUGENE, OR - May 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and LynnMac have brought a customizable IDX solution to the clients of Realtor Steve Glover. Seattle, Washington listings are now conveniently displayed on the website of Glover, bringing thousands of Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings to the computers and fingertips of Washington home seekers. With the immensely thorough search capabilities Glover now boasts online, potential buyers can quickly and easily find the home of their dreams without leaving the convenience of the IDX enabled website Glover and IDX Broker have created

Washington, D.C. - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Housing Appropriations Subcommittee and senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, announced that 260 housing vouchers will be allocated to eight different state Housing Authorities in order to help get Washington homeless veterans into housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program vouchers announced today are part of $75 million Senator Murray included in the 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill to support the housing needs of homeless veterans across the country.

EUGENE, OR - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fall City, Washington real estate agent Carol Stevens has become the latest professional to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto her professional website, creating a helpful and simple search page for Washington home seekers. Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings are seamlessly linked to the search page Stevens employs, giving her the ability to display thousands of listings on her convenient and easy-to-use RiverView Realty LLC website.

EUGENE, OR - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Oroville, Washington real estate agent Pauline Waits to the growing network of agents and brokers that have chosen to integrate the innovative IDX Broker software onto their website. Waits now supplies thousands of Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings to area home seekers, giving them a unique and thorough database of listings for them to utilize throughout their search. With the dynamic search page Waits now hosts, as well as the IDX Broker application for iPhone, her clients are always connected to the easily accessible database on the website of Waits. Never again will a Oroville buyer experience a complicated or time-consuming online real estate search, when they work with Waits and her professional website.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Thursday, April 25th, 2013, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the introduction of the Improving Access to Child Care for Homeless Families Act of 2013, legislation which aims to address the difficulties homeless families face in accessing reliable child care. She also introduced the Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2013, which amends 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

EUGENE, OR - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the network of real estate agents and brokers who have chosen to upgrade their professional websites is growing yet again, with the addition of an IDX solution to the website of Sean Reynolds. Bellevue, Washington properties are now displayed with ease on the IDX-enabled website Reynolds hosts. His membership with the Northwest MLS (NWMLS) further simplifies the online real estate search for home seekers by extracting raw listing data and integrating it onto the page Reynolds hosts. Now, potential buyers can search for their dream Washington home on one concise and convenient real estate website, thanks to Reynolds and IDX Broker software.

EUGENE, OR - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dennis Folk of Compass Team Northwest has teamed up with IDX, Inc. to deliver home seekers a comprehensive online real estate search. His website now hosts the innovative IDX Broker software, seamlessly integrating thousands of Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings onto his website and enabling his clients to search through all of them quickly and easily online. Folk can now offer potential Washington buyers an online real estate solution that allows them to truly customize their property search.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners have several options to pay the first half of 2013 property taxes by the Tuesday, April 30, deadline. They are

EUGENE, OR - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lake Stevens, Washington real estate advisor Steve Lantz has adopted the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software to integrate detailed property listings onto his Bell Properties, Inc.’s website. With his incredible IDX solution, Lantz has transformed the way Northwest MLS (NWMLS) listings are displayed online, as potential buyers can now access thousands of properties on their own, with unprecedented access to real estate market trends and updated listing information. Finding a Washington home online has never been easier, thanks to Lantz and his IDX-enabled website.

Vancouver, WA - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ideas about home modification, energy efficiency and green building will be topics of a Wednesday, April 24, presentation sponsored by the Commission on Aging.

Washington, D.C. - April 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, on the impacts of sequestration on housing vouchers in King County. The King County Housing Authority recently announced that it will not be re-issuing vouchers, leaving low-income Washington families without access to affordable housing.

EUGENE, OR - April 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bette Zerba has adopted the innovative IDX Broker software for her professional website, synchronizing her search page with thousands of Spokane MLS (SARMLS) listings. Home seekers and potential clients in the horse community looking for new property can now quickly and easily access the search tools she hosts online and experience a level of ease and functionality never before available to them.