Virginia RealEstateRama

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, participated in the release of new data showing a broad consensus on climate change and policies to cut greenhouse gas emission prepared by Stanford University Professor Jon Krosnick.

Northbrook, IL - November 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Best Buy property located at 1541 Carl D Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg, Virginia for $6,300,000.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement today after Fannie Mae reported earnings of $8.7 billion and Freddie Mac reported $30.4 billion in profits in the third quarter

ARLINGTON, Va. - November 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arlington’s Emergency Winter Shelter will open for the 2013-2014 season on Friday, November 1 and remain open through March 31, 2014. This is the final winter season that the County plans to operate this shelter before replacing it with a Homeless Services Center, scheduled to open in the fall of 2014.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Council voted 5-0 to deny a permit that would allow the former Arrow Inn to become a homeless shelter for up to 120 people, both veterans and families.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- State senator and congressional candidate Evan Jenkins said Wednesday that Congressman Nick Rahall's response to the new EPA rule effectively banning new coal-fired power plants is disingenuous at best.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Landmark Hotel Group LLC of Virginia Beach, a leader in hospitality development and management, recently acquired the Pinewood Plaza office building on Commerce Drive as part of a multi-million dollar mixed-use project in Hampton’s Coliseum Central district.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Ron Wyden and nine other Senators in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to examine the protections for consumers facing tax liens and foreclosure in light of consumer abuses revealed in recent media reports

ARLINGTON, VA - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arlington County residents are invited to participate in a public forum on September 26 to review a draft set of guiding principles for Affordable Housing Goals and Targets put together by a community Working Group appointed by the County Manager, and share their ideas on these principles.

RICHMOND - September 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Virginia first-ever Secretary of Veteran's Affairs and Homeland Security, Terrie Suit, has been selected as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Association of REALTORS ® (VAR). Suit, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, will officially step down from her current position in the McDonnell Administration on September 22nd. Governor Bob McDonnell will appoint Deputy Secretary Jim Hopper to lead the Secretariat following her departure.