RICHMOND, VA - November 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell announced today the initiation of a new pilot program to use undeveloped VDOT properties as Truck Safety Rest Areas. The first site, along Interstate 66 in Warren County, will begin to provide additional parking for truckers on November 8^th to get their required rest hours when traveling along the interstate. The pilot location is an unused paved lot along the eastbound lanes which was purchased decades ago for future rest area development and will be temporarily opened as a truck-only rest area

EUGENE, OR - October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Shawn Twigg and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to make Metropolitan Regional Info Systems (MRIS) listings easily accessible via an online search page, with the IDX solution now integrated onto the website Twigg hosts. Thousands of detailed property listings are now seamlessly displayed online for Winchester, Virginia home seekers to search through. The custom IDX solution on his website gives potential buyers the ability to quickly scan the MRIS listings from the convenience of the search pages Twigg supports.

October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Loudoun County will host a seminar on home energy retro-fit grants for low- and moderate- income homeowners and additional improvements available through the Loudoun County Home Improvement Program. The seminar will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, October 18, 2010, at the Sugarland Run Community Center, 200 Greenfield Court in Sterling.

October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- US Government Building Fund, LLC, a fund sponsored by USAA Real Estate Company, announces the recent purchase of One and Two Potomac Yard, a 621,774-square-foot, two-building office complex located in the Crystal City submarket of Arlington County. Seller Potomac Yard Holding Company, LLC, owned by JP Morgan Strategic Properties Fund, transferred the property for an undisclosed sum

Leesburg, VA - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Loudoun County is pleased to announce a new free “Post-Purchase Counseling” seminar to give recent homebuyers and prospective home purchasers an opportunity to explore topics often not covered by their lender or realtor.

SANTA ANA, Calif. - September 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired a seven-building portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located throughout Virginia.

Leesburg, VA - September 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Ashburn family and their home are being featured on newscasts and other programs on WJLA-TV (ABC 7) throughout September as part of the National Capital Home Energy Makeover Contest.

Leesburg, VA - September 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Loudoun County Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, also known as Section 8 Rental Assistance, is opening its waiting list to new applicants.

EUGENE, OR - August 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest addition to the growing group of real estate professionals upgrading their websites, Win Sasse, Principal Broker of All/Pros Realty, Inc. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a member of the Real Estate Information Network (REIN), his newly enabled IDX solution extracts raw listing data from REIN and displays it seamlessly on the page Sasse employs. Delivering potential buyers with the most comprehensive and efficient home search experience is now made simple for Sasse and his associates, thanks to the IDX Broker software his website now hosts

Arlington, VA - August 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arlington has been awarded $540,000 in federal funding to help families keep their children from entering foster care because of housing problems.