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BOSTON, MA - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents of areas impacted by this week’s tornadoes and storms should be aware that out-of-state entities often pour into an affected region offering repair assistance, and homeowners should instead rely on Massachusetts-licensed contractors, electricians, plumbers, sheet metal workers and other tradesmen to do work.The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation registers home improvement contractors, and the Division of Professional Licensure licenses electricians, plumbers, and sheet metal workers. Both agencies offer online systems to check a licensee’s status.

Concord, MA - May 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barrett & Company Real Estate has expanded their mobile MLS IDX reach with the addition of a complimentary, custom Massachusetts Real Estate App for the iPad & iPhone. With Verizon's launch of the iPhone, Apple’s recent launch of iPad 2, and over 10 million iPads sold in 2010, Executive Director of Business Development, Jacob Clayton recognized the need to provide Barrett clients with an innovative new mobile IDX real estate search tool.

May 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the arrival of summer finally upon us, The City of Springfield will, once again, team up with Daniel J. Flynn & Co., of Quincy, to hold its second auction of 2011. The portfolio for this auction includes twenty-seven (27) properties in tax-title possession and is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Registration begins at 5:00 P.M., and the auction will begin promptly at 6:00 P.M. The ballroom-style Auction will be conducted at Springfield City Hall located at 36 Court Street, Springfield, MA.

WALTHAM, MA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the number of single-family homes and condominiums put under agreement in April went up for the third straight time compared to the month before. On an annual basis, both single-family and condominium pending sales were down from the same time last year, which was the final month for people to put a home under agreement to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit in 2010

Miami, FL - April 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federated Companies, a leading national real estate investment and development firm, is pleased to announce that it has purchased a 4.17 acre development project, Legacy Park Wakefield in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The project is a MGL 40-B mixed-income market rate/affordable rental community which will consist of two, four-story garden buildings and one, three-story townhome building containing 128 total units. The garden style unit's floor plans are a mix of one, two, and three bedroom layouts, and the units range in size from 842 to 1,230 square feet. Additionally, the project will include fourteen townhouse residences located in an adjacent three-story structure. The townhouses are three bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and 2,250 square feet. Construction is slated to begin in the next few weeks with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2012 and pre-leasing at the end of 2011.

EUGENE, OR - April 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Estele Borges has become the latest announced real estate agent to adopt the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software for her real estate website. She can now display thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Information Network (MLSPIN) listings directly on her professional website. With the IDX solution she employs, Borges can present her clients with an innovative and comprehensive online real estate search. Home seekers will be able to experience the most thorough and dynamic online property search, conveniently on the website Borges hosts.

BOSTON, MA - April 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced $7.3 million in loan closings today for the acquisition and renovation of the Cheriton Grove Apartments, a 60-unit affordable housing community for senior citizens and disabled residents in West Roxbury.

EUGENE, OR - April 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website of agent Mark Holt, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the dynamic IDX Broker software. A customized IDX solution makes it so easy for Boston home seekers to search for properties online. With the website Holt now hosts, potential buyers can instantly search thousands of listings without ever leaving the convenience of the website Holt supports. Finding a Boston area home has never been so easy, thanks to the IDX enabled website of Holt and the detailed listings he presents to home seekers.

BOSTON, MA - April 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced $14.9 million in loan closings today to preserve affordability at the 110-unit Framingham Green Apartments in Framingham and the 150-unit Valebrook Apartments in Lawrence, which were in danger of converting to market rate rents

Braintree, MA - March 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Robert Stone, Inc., a full-service real estate company in business in MA since 1926, announces the opening of a new office at 21 Elm Street, Braintree. Robert Stone has been serving homebuyers and sellers in Braintree and the South Shore since the 1960’s.

Miami Beach, FL - March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federated Companies has recently acquired the land asset located on 191 Beach Road, Salisbury, Massachusetts. The land is a 13.2 acre development site in the Town of Salisbury. The property is located within walking distance to the beach, approximately 500 yards to the east. It has 900 feet of frontage along Route 1A at the entrance of Salisbury Beach and the seacoast.

BOSTON, MA - March 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has closed a $1 million loan for the Forest Park Apartments in Springfield, which have revived a vacant, crime-plagued property with more than 100 new apartments.

BOSTON, MA - February 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Metro-Boston property owner has been sued for violating state anti-discrimination, lead paint, consumer protection, and housing laws, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office announced today.The complaint, filed this week, in Suffolk Superior Court against Keith L. Miller of Newton, alleges that Miller—who owns and manages at least 24 residential rental units in Chelsea, Newton, Arlington, and Brighton—engaged in a variety of discriminatory and retaliatory practices against tenants with young children in order to avoid his obligation to comply with state lead paint laws.

EUGENE, OR - February 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Diana Dwyer of World of Real Estate has adopted a customizable IDX solution for her professional website. Dwyer joins the growing network of agents and brokers who have already transformed their own online real estate websites with the innovative IDX Broker software. Dwyer can now sync her website to the Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN), making thousands of properties available for home seekers around Boston to search through. Never before has such a comprehensive and thorough online real estate solution been so readily available to agents, broker or potential buyers online

SOMERVILLE, MA - February 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) today announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board voted to approve a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Federal Realty and the MBTA -- another significant milestone in Massachusetts’ largest development project.