Yearly Archives: 2011

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. - February 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For 55-and-better adults shopping for a new home at The Pointe at Turnbury, it pays to buy before the end of March. Millennium Homes, the builder of The Pointe at Turnbury, recently announced that it will offer a $7,500 bonus to anyone who purchases a home at the community now through March 31. The bonus will reward homebuyers for taking initiative during the winter months, instead of waiting for the spring to tour homes

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. - February 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For 55-and-better adults shopping for a new home at The Pointe at Turnbury, it pays to buy before the end of March. Millennium Homes, the builder of The Pointe at Turnbury, recently announced that it will offer a $7,500 bonus to anyone who purchases a home at the community now through March 31. The bonus will reward homebuyers for taking initiative during the winter months, instead of waiting for the spring to tour homes

EUGENE, OR - February 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Garden State MLS (GSMLS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website of Mercure Volt, thanks to IDX, Inc. and their dynamic IDX Broker software. As a New Jersey real estate agent, Volt has long had access to GSMLS listings. Now, her clients and other home seekers can scan the GSMLS with the same ease afforded to Volt and hundreds of agents and brokers around New Jersey. With the innovative IDX solution Volt has chosen to employ, potential buyers can experience an unprecedented online property search

LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - February 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) today joined local officials to celebrate the completion of Conifer Village, an affordable senior housing community located at 3805 Bayshore Road in Lower Township, Cape May County. The HMFA, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), provided $1.4 million in permanent financing for the project and also awarded federal tax credits and tax credit subsidies.

FREEHOLD, N.J. - February 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lennar, one of the nation’s largest and most respected home builders, invites active-adult buyers to fall in love with the home of their dreams during a special Valentine’s Day event to be held at all three Greenbriar residential communities in New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday, February 19th and 20th.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A group of real estate professionals and experts from the Urban Land Institute-Northern New Jersey (ULI-NNJ) were treated to a “behind the scenes” tour of Crystal Point, winner of the organization’s 2010 “Project of the Year” award, when it hosted its first networking session/advisory board meeting at the Jersey City condominium hi-rise

CLINTON, N.J. - February 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A veteran real estate advertising and marketing executive has joined Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. as a regional director of business development

WASHINGTON, D.C - January 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced New Jersey will receive $22,373,892 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist homeless men and women in New Jersey access housing opportunities. The funds were awarded through various HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance competitive programs.

WOODSTOWN, N.J. - January 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) joined local officials today to celebrate the completion of Freedom Village, an affordable housing community located on Woodstown-Alloway Road in Woodstown. The HMFA, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), provided $2 million in permanent financing to the project from the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund and also awarded federal tax credits and tax credit subsidies. The DCA committed housing vouchers from the State Rental Assistance Program to assist with the project’s operations.

Trenton, NJ - January 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chris Christie today conditionally vetoed legislation that fails to reform how affordable housing is provided in New Jersey. The heavily amended legislation falls far short of its original intent by creating a new bureaucracy and continuing and even increasing an unnecessary burden on the State’s municipalities.

CLIFTON, N.J. - January 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Some of the nation’s most recognizable and respected apartment owners joined together during National Breast Cancer Awareness month last October to raise more than $25,000 for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization which supports breast cancer research efforts of Dr. Larry Norton Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs and the Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

NEW YORK, NY -- Jacqueline Urgo, President of The Marketing Directors, Inc., was named Marketing Director of the Year at The NationalsSM award ceremony held on January 12th during the 2011 National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) annual International Builders’ Show (IBS)

TRENTON, NJ - January 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a former employee of the Essex County Division of Welfare was sentenced today for falsifying employment records in order to qualify for a $357,050 loan to buy a home in Newark

January 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Toll Brothers, the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, and the Franklin Group sales team at Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living® in Princeton Junction, are pleased to announce that only two condominiums remain at Toll Brothers’ Cranbury Brook the Highlands. Priced to sell, these two homes are available for immediate move-in. Prospective home buyers interested in moving now should act quickly for unprecedented value at this desirable active-adult community located in Plainsboro, NJ

WASHINGTON, DC - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced U.S. Housing and Urban Development grants totaling more than $2.4 million nonprofit agencies servicing the Eight Congressional District to provide housing and services to help the homeless

Paramus, NJ - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property Hub Realtors is utilizing the latest in technology to operate a virtual and paperless real estate brokerage and to better market sellers' homes. With its web-based document management platform, implementation of social media and search engine optimization, Property Hub Realtors is staying ahead of the technology curve when it comes to selling or buying real estate.

NEWARK, NJ - January 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Weights and Measures within the State Division of Consumer Affairs today conducted unannounced inspections of home heating oil delivery trucks near two fueling depots, with some trucks placed out of service because of serious violations found during the inspections

TRENTON, NJ - January 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Paulsboro woman who formerly worked as a local administrator of the New Jersey Home Energy Assistance (HEA) Program has pleaded guilty to defrauding the program of $22,980 by filing false applications to obtain benefits.

January 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- After adding a technical amendment on Monday, both the State Senate (on a vote of 21 in favor and 16 opposed) and the General Assembly (45-32) passed S-1, which would abolish the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and transfer its duties to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The bill includes further substantive and procedural reforms relating to the provision of sufficient safe and affordable housing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will receive $936,420 in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to help non-elderly residents with disabilities move from nursing homes to independent living