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.”

March 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, announced that first-half 2011 property statements have been mailed. Property statements include property tax levy amounts and special assessments. There were 108,796 statements mailed. “Taxpayers whose taxes and assessments are not paid through a mortgage company and have not received their statement within ten days should visit the web site at www.clark.wa.gov/treasurer or call the Treasurer’s Office at (360) 397-2252.” Taxpayers are responsible for paying their first-half property taxes by Monday, May 2, in order to avoid interest and penalties.”

Seattle, WA - March 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seattle City Council unanimously adopted legislation Monday to address overgrown vegetation and junk storage on Seattle's residential properties by streamlining enforcement. The new changes create a consistent set of standards to help negligent property owners understand the rules and clean up their yards.

Vancouver, WA - February 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Clark County property owners soon will receive their 2011 property tax statements in the mail, and the Department of Assessment wants to inform them about the impact ballot measures approved last year will have on their tax bills.

Washington, D.C. - February 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman, Senator Patty Murray, released the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development’s joint report on veterans homelessness which was released today.

Washington, D.C. - February 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, sent a letter to Holly Petraeus, head of the Office of Servicemember Affairs in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the U.S. Treasury Department, in response to concerns that some financial institutions were not offering protections to servicemembers provided under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Among the safeguards in the SCRA, which is under the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, are a number intended to ease concerns over financial situations at home for servicemembers. Recently, however, it has come to light that some servicemembers have been improperly overcharged on their mortgages or even been foreclosed upon by lenders

SEATTLE, WA - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --A power outage this morning in Ballard affected nearly 5,400 homes and businesses. The outage started about 10 a.m. when a wire fell during maintenance work near Ione Place and Tallman Avenue. Crews expected to have most customers back in service by 10:45 a.m. and estimated full restoration of service would happen about 1 p.m.

EUGENE, OR - February 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Kinam Sohn has joined the team by adopting a customizable IDX solution for her professional website. Never before has it been so simple to find a property in Seattle, Washington or surrounding areas. The boutique real estate agency Sohn runs has long supplied Seattle home seekers with a pleasant and helpful realty search. But now, with the incredible IDX solution Sohn has enabled, potential buyers can experience a new level of the real estate search on the website Sohn supports.

EUGENE, OR - January 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael Dillon, owner of the Washington DC area real estate group, Dillon Crew, has teamed with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize his real estate website with a customizable IDX solution. Now, Dillon can host thousands of Metropolitan Regional Info Systems (MRIS) detailed property listings online. Home seekers in Washington can now search for homes quickly and easily with the IDX-enabled search Dillon has integrated onto his site. Potential buyers now truly have an online real estate solution to simplify the property search process for themselves and their agents

EUGENE, OR - January 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Frank DeLuca, of DeLuca & Associates Realty, to the growing group of professional real estate agents and brokers dedicated to supplying their clients with a dynamic and simple real estate search page. Home seekers can now experience an unprecedented level of freedom and accessibility, while exploring the Metropolitan Regional Info Systems (MRIS) database of detailed property listings. Never before has such a thorough or comprehensive home search process been so simple and readily available for potential buyers online.