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WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- West Windsor Township Health Department is pleased to announce that they will cooperate with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Radon Section in a special radon awareness program to promote testing of radon in residential homes. In its “Radon Awareness Program”, the NJDEP Radon Section provides outreach assistance to promote radon testing in homes. A limited supply of free radon test kits will be available in the Health Department for homeowners on a first come, first serve basis. West Windsor Health Department provides services to the communities of West Windsor, Robbinsville and Hightstown. Residents are encouraged to contact the office at 609-936-8400 to check availability, reserve a kit or request educational materials.

Cherry Hill, N.J. - January 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Chuck Cahn announced today the availability of funds for the Township’s Housing Improvement Program (HIP), which provides funds to qualified homeowners looking to rehabilitate their homes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Republican Sam Fiocchi today commended the Internal Revenue Service for clarifying a requirement under Obamacare that threatened the continued service of volunteer fire and medical first responders.

TRENTON - January 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced that the state’s post-Superstorm Sandy residential property buyout program has made substantial progress, with 272 buyout offers made in Sayreville and South River in Middlesex County, and closings finalized on 22 Sayreville homes, in an effort to move families out of harm’s way and create natural buffers for potential future storm and flooding events.

The Morris County Freeholders began 2014 with a pledge of working toward another year with no increase in county taxes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mark A. Smith announced that The Home Depot Foundation has awarded the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) a $5,000 grant to help economically disadvantaged veterans in Bayonne. The grant will be used to purchase goods and equipment needed for small home repairs for Bayonne veterans over the age of 60. Mayor Smith said, “This grant is great news for Bayonne’s veterans. Several residents who served our country will be able to fix up their homes, thanks to this grant. I would like to thank The Home Depot Foundation for its generosity to the veterans of our community. I would also like to thank BEOF Executive Director Ana Quintela and Millennium Strategies, Bayonne’s grant consultants, for their successful efforts at obtaining this funding.”

Edison, N.J. - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The November housing market report from the New Jersey Association of Realtors shows that the market is continuing to steadily recover. The market showed a modest 1.9 percent increase in both the median sales price as well as closed sales over November 2012, while continuing to show a decrease in the days on market and total inventory.

LIVINGSTON, N.J. - December 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of twoNorthern New Jersey apartment properties for a combined total of nearly $8 million, reports Ken Uranowitz, president of the firm. The two separate transactions total 49 units in Caldwell and Montclair, and both properties were sold by long-term owners.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Although it has been more than a year since Superstorm Sandy impacted the coastal communities of New Jersey, there are still many individuals and families in need of housing assistance

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Republican Ron Dancer, R-Ocean, Burlington, Monmouth and Middlesex, has introduced legislation (A-4480) that requires the Commissioner of Health to annually audit a minimum 10 percent of a nursing home’s records and quarterly statements to ensure residents’ funds are not misappropriated. In the event a misappropriation is discovered, charges will be filed against the person responsible, the nursing home, or both.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Builder’s Choice Custom Home Design Awards is a national awards competition that honors housing projects for their excellence in design and construction; it’s judged by leading professionals from the architecture and building industries. The award was given to Burgermaster at the “Designing for Resilience” 2013 Reinvention Symposium, and the house is also featured in the October issue of Builder, the magazine of the National Association of Home Builders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program (SHRAP), offered by the New Jersey Division of Family Development, is a temporary relief program designed to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis as a direct result of Superstorm Sandy

Trenton, NJ - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced that since its launch last month, more than $1 million in Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance funding has been disbursed to residents in the state’s hardest hit counties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Speaking to an audience of civil engineers, architects, concrete specialists, and other height enthusiasts at a recent lecture on campus, Lawrence Novak, the lead structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, related the complex strategy that allowed him to shatter records in constructing the world’s tallest freestanding structure

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --A bill to be introduced by Assemblyman Ron Dancer will relieve property taxpayers from a needless financial burden by uncovering and stopping unwarranted tax abatements.

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - November 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates New Jersey is pleased to announce Doug Gaffney has joined the firm as senior vice president.

TRENTON - November 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Division on Civil Rights announced today that an Essex County apartment building owner has agreed to pay a Jersey City man $3,000 to resolve allegations that he arranged by telephone to show the man a rental unit, then reneged after seeing him in person and realizing he was African-American.

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J., - October 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Demonstrating its continued expertise in Bergen County’s multi-family marketplace, Gebroe-Hammer Associates recently arranged the $2.5 million sale of Grandview Apartments, a 20-unit garden-style community in Hasbrouck Heights. The Gebroe-Hammer brokerage team, including President Ken Uranowitz, Senior Vice President Greg Pine and Assistant Vice President Debbie Pomerantz, exclusively represented the seller and identified the buyer.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Once again, Jersey City is looking for more tax breaks. As the Wall Street Journal recently reported: “Jersey City’s gleaming corporate towers and luxury residential skyscrapers were built in the past three decades with the aggressive use of tax breaks that helped transform its waterfront district.”