Yearly Archives: 2012

October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall congratulated the Colorado Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) today on securing a $50,000 competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to repair and rehabilitate 50 low-income, owner-occupied homes in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties. The competitive grant is provided through USDA's Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program.

Clark, CO - September 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall congratulated housing agencies in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Larimer and Mesa counties on their receipt of $561,597 in competitive grant funds to help families succeed and escape homelessness.

September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall congratulated two Denver nonprofits, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Volunteers of America’s Colorado branch, on receiving more than $1.2 million in competitive grant funds to provide critical housing services to homeless veterans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a growing need for affordable housing for middle class Coloradans, Congressman Jared Polis offered legislation this week to help expand the stock of affordable homes and support tourism businesses and their workers. The Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act would ease regulations that prevent families from financing affordable homes in high-tourism areas. The Lake Hill Affordable Housing and Forest Service Support Act would convey a 40-acre parcel of the U.S. Forest Service Lake Hill site to Summit County for the construction of affordable housing. The site will also host a new Dillon Ranger District administrative compound.

DENVER - September 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael Jacoby age 44, of Castle Rock, Colorado; Derek Zar, age 30, of Commerce City, Colorado; and Susanne Zar, age 58, of Frederick, Colorado, were found guilty yesterday (August 30, 2012) by a jury for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and IRS-Criminal Investigation announced. The guilty verdicts were the result of a four-week trial before Visiting U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn H. Vratil. Jacoby was taken into custody immediately after the jury returned the guilty verdict. They are scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Vratil on December 10, 2012

August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall urged homeowners in and around the High Park Fire and Waldo Canyon Fire burn areas to purchase federal flood insurance before waivers for the normal 30-day waiting period for coverage expires. The deadline for homeowners living in and around the High Park Fire burn area is Wednesday, Aug. 29; the deadline for homeowners living in and around the Waldo Canyon Fire burn area is Saturday, Sept. 8.

GOLDEN, CO - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) campus in Golden, Colorado where he toured the 327-acre campus’ state-of-the-art facilities and met with scientists regarding ongoing research on the development, commercialization and deployment of renewable energy.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Colorado and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to the ongoing High Park and Waldo Canyon wildfires this month.

Denver, CO - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and its subsidiary Renaissance Housing Development Corporation have just completed a newly constructed, 101 unit, mixed-use, supportive housing development at West Colfax Avenue and Zenobia Street, to meet the housing and healthcare needs of homeless and low-income families and individuals. The Renaissance West End Flats and West End Heath Center now sit on the site of the former biker bar – the Shuffle Inn – helping to revitalize the West Colfax Corridor.

EUGENE, OR - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The iPhone enabled IDX Broker software is now also available on the website of Christine Blaski, thanks to her collaboration with IDX, Inc. Now simpler than ever before, IDX Broker extracts raw listing data from the Summit County MLS (SARMLS) and displays it seamlessly on the website Blaski hosts. The once complicated online property search is now simpler than ever, when potential buyers utilize the incredible IDX enabled website Blaski manages.

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest real estate professional to adopt the dynamic IDX Broker software: Pink Realty Execs realtor Veronica Gurule. Gurule’s customized IDX solution extracts raw listing data from the Pikes Peak MLS (PPAR) and integrates thousands of listings onto Gurule’s search page displaying Colorado Springs, Colardo properties with ease. IDX Broker and the solutions it enables, has revolutionized the property search tools that Gurule makes available to her clients online.

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Denise Storm of RE/MAX Pinnacle has become the latest real estate professional to integrate a customized IDX solution onto her website, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the extraordinary IDX Broker software. Storm, a Durango, Colorado-based Realtor, now hosts a dynamic search page which extracts raw listing data from the Colorado Real Estate Network MLS (CREN) database and seamlessly syncs it to the comprehensive listings database she supports on her website. Potential buyers and clients are able to scan the CREN listings knowing they have the most up-to-the-minute data from CREN right on Storm’s website.

Torrance, CA - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the closing of a new investment with Oakwood Homes of Denver to acquire and build out Banning Lewis Ranch, a 2,600-acre, 8,500-approved-lot master-planned community located in Colorado Springs, Colo. The transaction represents MREC’s second investment in Colorado and first with Oakwood. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

EUGENE, OR - May 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IIDX, Inc. has enabled the revolutionary IDX Broker software on the website of real estate professional Martine Addison, of RE/MAX Professionals, making thousands of Metrolist-Denver MLS (MTOMLS) listings properties available for Englewood, Colorado home seekers. Potential buyers can now experience an unprecedented level of access to MTOMLS listings and the IDX-supported tools Addison hosts. With so many unique options, the real estate website of Addison now reflects her dedication to serving her clients and their every real estate need.

EUGENE, OR - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Regina Padilla of Metro Borkers, Key Realty Partners, LLC has joined with IDX, Inc. to supply her website with a customized IDX solution, reinforcing her commitment to serving her clients and their every real estate need. Padilla has revolutionized her website by integrating thousands of Metrolist-Denver MLS (MTOMLS) onto her search page, courtesy of IDX Broker software. Now, home seekers can experience a property search like never before available online conveniently on the Padilla’s website.