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EUGENE, OR - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mike Preston has become the latest announced real estate agent to adopt the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software for his real estate website. He can now display thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) listings directly on his professional website. With the IDX solution he employs, Preston can present his 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 Preston hosts.

BOSTON, MA - May 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Melrose landlord and property manager have been ordered to pay more than $38,000 in a housing discrimination case that resulted from posting a Craigslist advertisement indicating their unwillingness to rent to families with children because of the lead status of a rental unit, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.

WALTHAM, MA - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the lack of homes for sale over the past several months once again pushed the number of closed home sales down in April. However, a big jump in the number of new listings on the market in April could indicate a positive shift in future closed sales. Median home prices went up for the seventh straight month. Both sales and median prices of condominiums were up again

EUGENE, OR - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The innovative technology of IDX Broker software is now easily accessible on the professional real estate website of broker Richard Harris, thanks to his partnership with IDX, Inc. Now, Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) is synced with the website Harris hosts, integrating thousands of MLSPIN properties on his search page. The revolutionary IDX Broker software has simplified not only the search capabilities Harris boasts, but the entire online real estate search process for agents, brokers and potential buyers

EUGENE, OR - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts real estate agent Christopher Dallas has become the latest professional to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto his professional website, creating a helpful and simple search page for Massachusetts home seekers. Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) listings are seamlessly linked to the search page Dallas employs, giving him the ability to display thousands of listings on his convenient and easy-to-use Claremont Park Properties website.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boston Parks and Recreation Department would like to remind property owners and contractors that it is illegal to remove street trees without review or approval from the City of Boston Tree Warden. Street trees on public property are protected by Massachusetts General Law Ch. 87, and may not be cut down without a public hearing and authorization by the City Tree Warden

EUGENE, OR - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Lawrence Costa, as the latest real estate broker to synchronize a custom IDX solution to his professional website. As the newest subscriber to the amazing IDX Broker software, Costa now hosts a dynamic real estate search page and thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) property listings online. This innovative IDX solution extracts raw listings data from MLSPIN and seamlessly integrates it onto the Century 21 Classic Gold website Costa hosts, creating a comprehensive database of Carver, Massachusetts area property listings for home seekers to search

BOSTON - May 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A New York man pleaded guilty today to theft of government property and money laundering in connection with a scheme to cash U.S. Treasury tax refund checks fraudulently obtained using the stolen identities of Puerto Rican residents

BOSTON - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands of Massachusetts residents at risk of foreclosure are receiving notices in the mail alerting them to their eligibility to request a loan modification, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. Homeowners with questions can seek immediate assistance through the AG’s HomeCorps program, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- To the residents, property owners, and proprietors of the impact area, I am so grateful for the resiliency of this great city, and the kindnesses that we have witnessed in this past week

WALTHAM, MA - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that both the REALTOR® Market Confidence Index (RMCI) and the REALTOR® Price Confidence Index (RPCI) hit all time highs in March. With the number of homes for sale declining, REALTOR®-members who responded to the survey said they are seeing an increase in multiple-bid offers, but that single-bid offers are still just as common

WALTHAM, MA - April 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that March pending home sales were positive for the 22nd time out of the past 23 months compared to the year before. Condominium pending sales were also up. Pending sales figures (also called homes under agreement) are a leading indicator of actual housing sales in Massachusetts for the following 2-3 months.

BOSTON - April 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Weston real estate developer and entrepreneur who was apprehended in Cyprus nearly eight months after he was indicted on federal criminal charges was convicted yesterday of wire fraud in connection with his defrauding several individuals in 2008.

Springfield, MA - April 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Let the bidding begin! Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced today that the City of Springfield will be holding their first real estate auction of 2013 on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m., in City Hall, 36 Court Street, Springfield, MA. With 29 City owned parcels slated for the auction block, this auction boasts to be one of the largest property portfolios the City has released for sale by public auction. Registration for individuals wishing to bid will open one hour prior to the start of the auction, at 5:00 p.m. Auction participation requires bidders to come prepared with a certified or bank check, made out to themselves, in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per property

Boston, MA - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines and Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) announced today that it will ceremonially break ground to celebrate the acquisition of 101 First Street, a land parcel sold by Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) for approximately $192 million. The sale of the 50,000- square-foot parcel closed today at nearly $4,000 per land foot. The firms are now set to develop the Transbay Transit Tower