Yearly Archives: 2012

KANSAS CITY, MO - March 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Industrial sales and leasing activity in the Kansas City region is gaining momentum, and that demand is coming from both local and national prospects. That was the overview of the region’s industrial market provided by Jim Dieter, executive vice president and head of industrial brokerage for Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., addressing leading real estate, economic development and logistics groups.

Festus, MO - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Festus MO real estate owners will once again fly high as organizers of the annual Jefferson County Balloon Festival provide visiting tourists and locals an unforgettable weekend filled with aerial pleasures.

DES MOINES, MO - February 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today remind those affected by the Missouri River Flooding that affordable Iowa rental housing is available to them. In December the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approved the Branstad/Reynolds Administration’s request for a temporary waiver of income restrictions on federal housing tax credit properties throughout the state to assist Iowans who may have been displaced by the Missouri River flooding last summer.

February 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tom Woods, a Blue Springs, Mo.-based home builder with more than 40 years of experience in the home building industry, was elected as the 2012 third vice chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the association’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando.

Jefferson City, MO - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced Missouri’s participation in a landmark national mortgage settlement that will bring more than $196 million to Missouri taxpayers and the state. The joint federal-state agreement addresses allegations of foreclosure abuses, unfair mortgage servicing practices, and fraud by the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers: Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Ally Financial.

Jefferson City, MO - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that a Boone County grand jury has handed down 136-count indictments against DOCX, LLC and its founder and former president, Lorraine Brown, for forgery and making a false declaration related to mortgage documents processed by DOCX.

Jefferson City, MO - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has given preliminary support to a proposed multistate agreement with some of the largest financial institutions in the country to settle civil claims related to the national mortgage foreclosure crisis.

JOPLIN, MO - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On February 6, households residing in Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes in Joplin dropped below 500, recovery officials said today.

Columbia, MO - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cheryl B. Schrader , whose qualifications include professional credits in Notre Dame, McDonnell-Douglas, University of Texas, Valparaiso University, Boise State, and Rice University, will take over as the new Science and Technology Chancellor for the University of Missouri on April 2012.

Columbia, MO - January 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last October, President Barack Obama had successfully held the dedication of a Washington D.C. national memorial dedicated to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. This 2012, one of the dedication’s organizers – who also happens to be an alumnus of the university – is slated to gift his old alma mater with a replica of the said memorial.

Columbia, MO - January 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an economy with huge unemployment rates since the early years of 1980, finding jobs has been increasingly competitive. Now, University of Missouri programs provides its students the assistance and confidence to select careers in which they have the most potential. By selecting the right major, University of Missouri students can make sure they avoid extra expenses and additional school time in changing majors. Moreover, University of Missouri students will be stronger workers because they are able to find the profession that inspires them.