September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Fall Parade of Homes returns to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, September 29-October 14 and will showcase 242 new homes that will be free and open to the public 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Homes are located in eight counties with 117 in Kansas, 50 in the Missouri north area, and 75 in the Missouri south area from 79 home builders.

Jefferson City, MO - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that Missouri has received more than $83 million from the joint state-federal mortgage settlement announced in February 2012.

Jefferson City, MO - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today said his office has obtained a criminal indictment from the St. Louis County grand jury against Jason Leavy for violating Missouri’s laws related to his home-repair business. Leavy, who also goes by the name Jason Aragon and Michael Aragon, is being charged as a prior and persistent offender for past actions related to home repair businesses. Recently he has operated as TriStar Roofing, Accurate Construction and Quality Roofing. He is currently being held in the St. Louis County jail with a bail requirement of $25,000.

Kansas City, MO - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the second highest month this year, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. July permits increased to 288 single family permits over 265 the previous month. Year to date total permits are the highest in three years with 2,323 permits compared to 2011 with 1,725; 2010 with 1,617; and the 2009 low of 1,207. Also of note in July is an 88 multi-family unit for an apartment complex in Lenexa.

Kansas City, MO - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Unified Government Board of Commissioners is waiving all building permit fees, inspection fees and sewer connection fees for new single family home construction beginning this month through December 2013. The move is designed to spark a renewed wave of home construction to meet the demand created by thousands of new jobs coming to Wyandotte County.

Jefferson City, MO - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today said his office has negotiated a settlement of criminal proceedings against mortgage-services company DOCX and an agreement with DOCX parent company Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS). In February 2012, Koster obtained criminal indictments against DOCX related to its alleged role in the mortgage-document surrogate-signing scandal of 2010.

Kansas City, MO - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has charged Ronald C. Marts, owner and operator of Martron, LLC d/b/a Marts Memorial Services, with stealing money from consumers who purchased funeral services in advance of their deaths

ST. LOUIS, MO - July 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A St. Louis City building inspector was arrested early this morning on bribery charges. Anthony D. Davis, age 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on two felony bribery counts. The indictment remained sealed until the arrest of the defendant this morning.

Jefferson City, MO - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has deposited $38 million into Missouri’s general revenue fund resulting from his efforts to conclude Missouri’s portion of the national mortgage settlement.

EUGENE, OR - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the RE/MAX Boone Realty and IDX, Inc. unveil their unique IPhone-enabled website, hosted by Lori Holliday. Now, thousands Columbia MO (CBORMLS) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Holliday supports. This revolutionary page has forever changed and simplified the online property search, by making it faster and more efficient. CBORMLS listings are not the only new feature IDX Broker has added to Holliday’s website, but it has monumentally changed the way home seekers experience the online property search

EUGENE, OR - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jim Rauer and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to simplify the real estate website Rauer hosts, with the dynamic IDX Broker software. By creating an easy-to-use search page, Rauer can give his clients and other Columbia, Missouri home seekers the thorough online property search experience they deserve. Syncing Columbia MO MLS (CBORMLS) listings with the search results page Rauer supports, means thousands of detailed CBORMLS listings are instantly available to potential buyers. The once complicated and stressful online home search is now simple and effective, thanks to the IDX enabled website of Rauer.

Jefferson City, MO - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today he has reached a $76,000 settlement with Pinnacle Security, LLC, a home alarm system company based in Utah.

Columbia, MO - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aside from the $1.1M proceeds from the state lottery, the University of Missouri System will also put up an additional $1.1M to supplement the endowment of need-based scholarships for undergrads.

ST. LOUIS - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that David Rubin, employee and operator of two local offices of Coral Mortgage Bankers Corporation, was sentenced to five years’ probation, six months home confinement, 200 hours of community service, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1.2 million.

Columbia, MO - March 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sports fans all over the state mourned the death of Norris Stevenson, a football pioneer and alumni from the University of Missouri. His athletic career began at Vashon High as a prep athlete. In 1958, Stevenson made his mark in history when he became the city’s first student of African-American descent to win a football scholarship from the university. Other credits to his name include being a St. Louis Community College head coach for thirty years as well as a Hall of Famer for his outstanding career a coach in track and field.