Leesburg, VA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Treasurer H. Roger Zurn Jr. reminds taxpayers that the deadline for payment of the second half real property tax is Monday, December 5, 2011. Payments postmarked after December 5, 2011, will incur a 10% late payment penalty. The penalty date will not be extended for bills where assessment questions have been filed with the Board of Equalization. Additional interest at the rate of 10% per annum will be assessed

Richmond, VA - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development has partnered with the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness and the National Alliance to End Homelessness in a new initiative sponsored by the Freddie Mac Foundation aimed at meeting the Commonwealth's goal of reducing homelessness by 15 percent for children and their families in urban, suburban, and rural communities across Virginia.

EUGENE, OR - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vienna, Virginia Realtor Laura Beall has adopted the innovative IDX Broker software for her professional website, syncing her search page with thousands of Metropolitan Regional Info System MLS (MRIS) listings. Home seekers and potential clients in the horse community looking for new property can now quickly and easily access the search tools she hosts online and experience a level of ease and functionality never before available to them.

CHARLESTON, WV - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Utah man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to charges connected to a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving properties at a Hurricane, W.Va., subdivision. Michael S. Hurd, 37, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. The defendant also pleaded guilty to mail fraud arising out of his involvement in a similar scheme in Modesto, Calif.

Norfolk, VA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office to End Homelessness's Volunteer Team is focusing our participation on race day, Sunday November 13. Many spots are open, but volunteers who can serve as Course Marshalls early Sunday morning (5 a.m.) are urgently needed. When you register, please type in "Office to End Homelessness" in the "Why do you want to volunteer" box.

Norfolk, VA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Run in the Inaugural 1/2 Marathon or Run/Walk the Wounded Warrior and Family Fun 5K on Sunday, Nov. 13 in downtown Norfolk. When registering, indicate you are "running for a cause" and select: City of Norfolk Office to End Homelessness<

EUGENE, OR - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carol Holley has become the latest real estate professional to integrate a customized IDX solution onto her website, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the extraordinary IDX Broker software. Holley, a Fredericksburg, Virginia Realtor, now hosts a dynamic search page that extracts raw listing data from the Metropolitan Regional Info System (MRIS) database and seamlessly syncs it to the comprehensive listings database she supports on her website. Potential buyers and clients are able to scan the MRIS listings knowing they have the most up-to-the-minute data from MRIS right on Holley’s website.

October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is again ranked among the best of the nation’s more than 3,000 housing authorities, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

EUGENE, OR - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has integrated a customizable IDX solution onto the website of Midlothian, Virginia real estate agency C Brown Pearson. They can now display thousands of Central Virginia Regional MLS (CVRMLS) listings on their search page, enabling home seekers to experience an online property search second to none. The website of C Brown Pearson Exit Upstate Realty have forever changed the way potential Virginia buyers search for homes online with their addition of IDX Broker software.

Washington, DC - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Virginia Foxx’s (NC-05) bipartisan legislation that fixes a flaw in the VA home loan system passed the House last night as part of H.R. 2433, the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act. Her bill, the Disabled Veterans’ Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act, provides access to VA home loans for surviving spouses of permanently disabled veterans whose deaths are not necessarily attributed to their service-related disability.