NEWARK, N.J. - February 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony Marchetta today joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker and representatives of the HELP Development Corporation and Make It Right Foundation to break ground on the Clinton Avenue Homes project, an affordable military veteran housing community located at 634-648 Clinton Avenue in Newark. The HMFA, an affiliate of the DCA, awarded federal tax credits to assist with the project’s development and construction.

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. - February 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A mid-February spell of warm weather and a flurry of ensuing home buying activity has put The Pointe at Turnbury, the active adult community in Monmouth Junction, only five miles from Princeton, past the 50 percent sold mark

Red Bank, NJ - February 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey (SBACNJ) recently honored 7 Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living sales associates as well as the company at the annual Fabulous Achievements in Marketing Excellence (FAME) Awards Celebration held on February 17th at Clark’s Landing in Point Pleasant. The FAME awards showcase the most effective and creative sales and marketing efforts of the members of the SBACNJ. The Gloria Nilson associates honored were Linda Schwarz of the South Brunswick office, Mario Venancio of the Rumson office, Sam Franklin of the Princeton Junction office, Tammy O’Brien of the Brick office, Lou Ventre and Bernadette Ruegg of the Shrewsbury office and Anne Nosnitsky of the Princeton office

LOPATCONG, N.J. - February 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Larken Associates will host a special Homebuying Seminar presented by Eventsgo on Thursday, March 3rd for those interested in learning how easy and affordable it is to purchase at two of its residential communities in the suburban Warren County Township of Lopatcong.

February 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sixty sales associates of Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living have received the NJAR® Circle of Excellence award for 2010, ranking them among the top real estate professionals in the State.

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