EUGENE, OR- August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce their newest client addition, Jim Dooney with The LBI Realty Group, to the growing list of real estate professionals choosing to give their websites a competitive advantage, by incorporating the highly customizable IDX Broker software. Dooney is an active member of the Jersey Shore MLS (OCBR), and now potential home buyers browsing properties in Long Beach Island and its surrounding areas will now be granted instant access to a multitude of the most up-to-date property listings, details and photo galleries on the market, right on Donney's website. This innovative and original Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software has the technology to extract raw data from the OCBR, and formats and transfers the information, to indistinguishably match Dooney's already existing page preferences and specifications

Princeton Junction, NJ - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Franklin Group, including Sally Franklin, Samuel Franklin and Peter Franklin, sales associates with Gloria Nilson, Realtors, Real Living in Princeton Junction are currently marketing Cross Creekat Chesterfield, 318 extraordinary homes in 7 neo traditional designs with community parks and tot lots, as well as The Estates at Cross Creek, an intimate enclave of only 23 homes located on a quiet cul-de-sac street.

EDISON, N.J. - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate industry veteran Marc Petrella of Belmar, N.J., has joined Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. in Edison as a senior director in the firm’s Central New Jersey industrial practice. He most recently served as first vice president/market officer at Prologis, where he was responsible for the overall performance and profitability of the company’s 18.6 million-square-foot New Jersey industrial real estate portfolio.

BARNEGAT, N.J. - August 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Walters Group, a leading residential and commercial real estate developer, has announced that it has promoted Carrie Adragna of Manahawkin to community manager of Atlantic Heights at Barnegat, a luxury apartment community in southern Ocean County.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. - August 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In preparation for the launch of two new furnished models on the north side of the property this fall, Vizcaya, the luxury residential community in West Orange, NJ, has moved its sales center. The sales center is now located in the furnished model of the community’s Maisonette home, which gives home buyers a chance to see a unique floor plan that combines the best aspects of penthouse and brownstone living.

BEDMINSTER, NJ - August 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Chapter of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association, has opened registration for the NAIOP NJ Jeffrey J. Siegel Golf Classic, to be held September 19 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.

N.J. - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield released midyear 2011 statistics for the U.S. industrial market that show the overall vacancy rate for New Jersey has declined. At the same time, the overall vacancy rate for the U.S. has declined to a two-year low.

NEWARK, NJ - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the State’s on-going efforts to thwart fraudulent “mortgage loan modification” enterprises, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and the State Division of Consumer Affairs filed administrative actions against seven businesses for illegally offering mortgage modification services to homeowners in dire financial straits. State law requires that anyone providing these services in New Jersey be licensed as a Debt Adjuster by the Department of Banking and Insurance, or be otherwise authorized.

Edison, N.J. - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Association of REALTORS® (NJAR®) Governmental Research Foundation (GRF) today released a report showing the economic costs and benefits associated with “green building” practices or techniques improving the energy efficiency of a home. The study, Costs and Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency Improvements, was conducted for NJAR® GRF by the Rutgers Center for Green Building at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa today joined State Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, and other officials at the ribbon cutting for 13 affordable housing units in Jersey City that received $1 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds through the DCA. The grant is paid for with federal funds intended to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by home foreclosures.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the addition of 45 new members in Q1 of 2011, NAIOP New Jersey, the commercial real estate development association, has seen its ranks grow. Established in 1970, NAIOP New Jersey is the leading commercial real estate, land use and economic development resource in the state. Through its link to NAIOP corporate, the New Jersey Chapter provides a direct connection to 18,000 members in North America.

August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The first half of 2011 has seen significant capital allocated to real estate, but the market remains a "tale of two cities." The absolute right product continues to attract a great deal of interest, but if an asset is "slightly off," there is no action for it. That trend spans all four primary property types – retail, office, industrial, and multi-family.

BARNEGAT, NJ - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For generations, the American Dream has been synonymous with homeownership. Today, however, with the stress on housing markets, some Americans are redefining that dream, finding they don’t have to buy to live well.

July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The $12 million sale price for Long Point in Rumson, N.J., has secured Kelly Zaccaro’s place in the annals of real estate history. On the heels of four continuous months of improving national home sale numbers, Zaccaro, a veteran sales associate with the Rumson office of Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living – the leading high-end real estate brokerage in central New Jersey – recently closed the single largest residential real estate transaction in the history of Rumson.

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thirteen new members representing a broad range of commercial real estate-related professions have been accepted as members of the Industrial and Office Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area (IOREBA). Dating back more than eight decades, IOREBA now has members in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

HILLSIDE, N.J. - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the second year in a row, the Community Action Committee of NAIOP New Jersey conducted a food drive and volunteer day to benefit the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. More than 50 members, friends and staff of the commercial real estate association spent a full day transporting and unloading food donations, packing pasta and preparing food bags for seniors at the Hillside, N.J. headquarters of CFB, which provides food for 1,500 non-profit groups across New Jersey. NAIOP New Jersey members collected more than 450 pounds of food at their companies' workplaces, as well as cash donations at industry events and through a Virtual Food Drive

Mt. Laurel, NJ - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MAMCO Property Management, an Associa company, is excited to announce that is has added to its diverse New Jersey client base and will offer management services to Knightsbridge Community Association.

NEWARK, N.J. - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The law firm of Baldassare & Mara, LLC has leased 2,360 square feet at 570 Broad Street in Newark, representing the first commitment at the 15-story tower since The Berger Organization purchased a controlling interest in 570 Broad Street LLC, a partnership, earlier this year. The practice will relocate to the property from Chatham, N.J.

Clifton, NJ - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A nine-year veteran of real estate investing, Ankit Duggal, Founder of RER, LLC, has bought, fixed, and sold his fair share of real estate. But Ankit’s rarity lies in a vision that stretches much further than flipping houses— the young entrepreneur has set out to revitalize distressed neighborhoods into valuable communities, one home at a time

Trenton, NJ - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Highlighting the direct relief provided to New Jersey seniors in his Fiscal Year 2012 Budget, Governor Chris Christie today met with senior Sultana Kizides at her home in Perth Amboy to have a conversation about how his budget maintains fiscal discipline while prioritizing and funding core priorities to assist New Jersey seniors