Columbia, MO - March 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The hold on tuition increase, which would be maintained at the present 3% inflation rate, will affect those of undergraduate and in-state students. The vote ensures that the University of Missouri is able to continuously provide students with accessible and affordable education. This move is, however, also expected to result into possible decrease in staff.

EUGENE, OR - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX Broker announces Steve Snarzyk has enabled an IDX solution to his real estate website and now hosts a dynamic search function. Mid America Regional Info Systems MLS (MARIS) listings are now easily integrated onto the website he hosts, making thousands of Saint Peters, Missouri property listings accessible for agents, brokers and home seekers alike. The Missouri online real estate search will never be the same, thanks to Snarzyk and his IDX-enabled website.

Jefferson City, MO - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster said today he is sending Assistant Attorneys General into every county in the state during the week of March 26 to provide information to Missouri consumers about the national mortgage settlement and to register with his office Missourians who might qualify to receive benefits under the program.

Columbia, MO - March 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to University System Pres. Tim Wolfe, a pair of MU research teams had been recently selected to receive almost $1M in terms of capital. The pair’s choice had resulted from a rigorous review process of 16 research teams vying for a chance to receive additional investment from the Enterprise Investment Program or EIP of the university.

March 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Festus MO real estate owners have one more reason to be proud as one of their neighbors have made it to first place of a list of the Top 10 Underground Homes as ranked by Oddee.com.

Jefferson City, MO - March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster said Eric Christian Gagnepain pleaded guilty February 29 to ten counts of securities fraud and nine counts of unlawful merchandising practices for his role in running the Greenleaf Companies and The Real Estate Company in Springfield. Gagnepain was indicted on those counts by a Greene County grand jury in February 2011.

March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Margaret Means, a Festus MO real estate owner, recently celebrated the return of two WWI medals that belonged to Dr. Earnest W. Slusher. Means had been a distant relation of the prominent physician.

Columbia, MO - March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The University of Missouri Phelps County Extension started a volunteer training program with their Master Gardeners in 1997. Now in its 15th year, the program has opened again to accept applications for Spring 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.