WASHINGTON - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led a bipartisan coalition of ten Senators today in introducing legislation to establish a new infrastructure financing authority to help states and localities better leverage private funds to build and maintain the nation’s outdated infrastructure. The Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act, or BRIDGE Act, helps to address the nation’s alarming investment shortfall in maintaining and improving our transportation network, water and wastewater systems and energy infrastructure. The legislation would provide an additional financing tool for states and localities which can create new jobs here at home while also increasing our nation’s economic competitiveness.

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.

EUGENE, OR - October 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Dara Friedlander of RE/MAX Commonwealth to the growing network of real estate professionals dedicated to serving their clients and their realty needs by creating a helpful and easy-to-use property search online. Among the many features her IDX solution supplies to Friedlander, she is able to sync her website seamlessly with Central Virginia Regional MLS (CVRMLS) listings, in an effort to give her clients a concise place to search through thousands of properties at a time. Never before has such an innovative IDX enabled website been so accessible and simple to use

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