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Boston broker enables IDX solution and iPhone, iPad search capabilities to display thousands of...

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.

Barrett & Company Real Estate Adds Online Reach with Acquisition

Concord, MA - March 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barrett & Company, one of the largest independent real estate companies in Massachusetts, is taking real estate to the next level with the acquisition of Clayton Realty Group. Loyal customers and prospective clients alike will gain direct access to their realtors through familiar online and social media platforms and capitalize on new dynamic offerings

Attorney General Martha Coakley Obtains Appointment of a Receiver to Manage the Pocasset Mobile...

BOSTON, MA - February 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A receiver has been appointed to operate and manage the Pocasset Mobile Home Park under an order obtained by Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office. The manufactured housing community located in Bourne has experienced ongoing sewage overflows from its septic system in the last year.

Custom IDX solution simplifies search for Newton, Massachusetts home seekers

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

Markey, Kerry Secure $8.7 Million in Emergency Home Heating Funds for Massachusetts

WASHINGTON, DC - January 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), a longtime champion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has released an additional $200 million in emergency funding to states for the critical home-heating program. The $200 million in emergency contingency funds released yesterday are in addition to the basic LIHEAP funding made available to states under the continuing resolutions since October 1 totaling $3.9 billion for Fiscal Year 2011. These additional emergency funds bring Massachusetts LIHEAP funding to a total of $182 million.

Markey Secures $1.6 Billion in Additional Home Heating Funds

WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), a longtime champion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will release $1.6 billion in additional funding to states for the critical home-heating program through March 4. The release of these additional funds will allow for states to receive virtually the same level of funding as in FY 2010. Massachusetts will receive more than $173 million during that time period. The LIHEAP funding comes as a result of the recently passed Continuing Resolution that will keep the federal government funded for the next 7 weeks

AG Coakley Sues Melrose Realty Trust And Manager For Posting Discriminatory Housing Ad On...

BOSTON, MA - December 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Melrose-based realty trust and its manager violated Massachusetts law by allegedly posting a discriminatory rental advertisement on the popular classified advertising website Craigslist.org (“Craigslist”), according to a lawsuit filed by AG Coakley’s Office. The complaint, filed in Suffolk Superior Court against Mt. V.M. Realty Trust (“Mt. V.M.”) and Nicholas Keramaris, alleges that they violated state anti-discrimination, lead paint, and consumer protection laws by placing an advertisement on Craigslist which referred to the lead status of an apartment and refused to rent it to families with young children

Mayor Menino’s Solar Permitting Guidelines Approved

December 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Boston City Council approved a proposal by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to encourage the use of solar technologies by reducing building permit fees for building owners implementing solar photovoltaic rooftop technologies. The new solar permitting fees are the latest initiative in the mayor’s plan to make Boston one of the greenest cities in America. The City has also developed an online Solar Map and released a comprehensive Solar Permitting Guide that aim to streamline the design and permitting process and motivate property owners to install solar systems.

Markey Urges Full Funding for Vital Home Energy Assistance Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a letter, cosigned by 62 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives, calling for funding the Low-Income Home Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through September 30, 2011 at least at the FY2010 levels of $5.1 billion – the highest funding level in the history of the program.

Number one real estate agent reinforces dedication to clients with new IDX enabled website

EUGENE, OR - November 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Boston, Massachusetts homes just became easier to search for online, with the latest partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Laura Cahill. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) property listings are now conveniently displayed on the website of Cahill, giving her clients access to thousands of detailed property listings, which they can search through. Cahill, the number one real estate agent in Milton, has once again made the right decision for her real estate business and for her clients, by adding a customizable IDX solution to her professional website.

New England homes now listed on one convenient real estate website, thanks to IDX...

EUGENE, OR - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Brett Freedman of New England Home Realty as the latest real estate professional to enable a dynamic IDX solution onto his website. Thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Information Network (MLSPIN) listings are now effortlessly integrated onto the search capability IDX Broker has synced with the website of Freedman. Home seekers can experience a Worcester, Massachusetts property search comparable to none with the IDX enabled website Freedman hosts.

Simplified real estate website utilizes IDX Broker software to customize search capabilities

EUGENE, OR - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has uploaded its revolutionary IDX Broker software to the website of real estate broker Louis Stephan, in an effort to make his professional search page easier to use. Now, the simple IDX enabled search allows home seekers to quickly and effortlessly craft their own personalized search on the website of Stephan. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings have never been as simplified as they are for potential buyers with online real estate solution Stephan supports. With the tools IDX Broker software syncs to his search page, home seekers can browse thousands of MLSPIN listings at a time

Simplified online home search now possible thanks to IDX solution on Boston-based real estate...

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Suburban properties have long been the coveted prize for Boston, Massachusetts area home seekers. Now, IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Nikki Devaux have revolutionized the way potential buyers search for homes online with her IDX enabled website. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Devaux hosts, bringing thousands of Boston homes to the fingertips of buyers. The convenience and ease that her website brings to home seekers has forever changed the way buyers search for homes online.

IDX solution customizes real estate website, bringing thousands of Boston area properties to the...

EUGENE, OR - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prestige Boston Realty and Timothy Sherman have joined forces with IDX, Inc. to update and transform the real estate website Sherman hosts. Home seekers can now scan the IDX Broker enabled page to search through Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings quickly and efficiently, thanks to the IDX solution Sherman has adopted. With the dynamic tools made available to Sherman, his clients and those just browsing the Boston real estate market, the online property search has been revolutionized. Homes around the Boston Back Bay and surrounding suburbs are now seamlessly displayed on the search page Sherman supports

Massachusetts Cape properties now easy to search for with IDX Broker

EUGENE, OR - September 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christine Pierce of Success Real Estate has adopted a customizable IDX solution for her real estate website. Thanks to the IDX, Inc. revolutionary technology, home seekers around the Massachusetts Cape can begin searching for a home from the comfort of their own residence. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings are synced directly with her own properties to give potential buyers a dynamic database of homes to search through. The online property search experience just got simpler and more effective on the professional website of Pierce.

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AG Healey Secures $2 Million in Restitution for 20,000 Massachusetts Homeowners...

One of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers will pay $2 million in restitution to resolve allegations that it violated state law and committed unfair and deceptive practices by charging Massachusetts homeowners for unnecessary fees and overpriced force-placed insurance policies, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today