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Freedom Growth Announces Self Directed IRA Investor Series Workshop in Santa Monica, CA
On July 10, 2010, Freedom Growth (www.FreedomGrowth.com) will be hosting a self-directed IRA investor series workshop with David Coe, founder, in Santa Monica, CA. - June 17, 2010 - Freedom Growth
Raleigh Buyer Agent Diane Norman Wins Star Power at Linda Craft & Team Realtors® Real Estate Sales Leader Through First Half of 2010
Buyer & Relocation Specialist, Diane Norman is the top producer for her clients at Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS® through the first half of 2010, earning the Star Power Sales Contest Trip to Nashville, Tennessee. Katherin Burnette Team Manager and Broker in Charge at Linda Craft &... - June 17, 2010 - Linda Craft & Team Realtors
Mercantile Capital Corporation Closes Eight Commercial Loans in May to Fund Projects Valued at $17.8 Million
Mercantile Capital Corporation, which ranks as one of the nation’s top providers of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans for small business owners who want to acquire or develop their own facilities, reported it closed eight commercial loans in May that will fund projects valued at more than $17.8 million. - June 17, 2010 - Mercantile Capital Corporation
Award-Winning Susan Schlenger Landscape Design Gets Back to Its Roots in New Jersey
Award-winning Susan Schlenger Landscape Design has moved the company from Virginia to Hampton, New Jersey, bringing the firm’s outstanding landscape design team back to the founder’s home state for the first time in several years. - June 17, 2010 - Susan Schlenger Landscape Design
Solarflow Launches Awareness Campaign to Highlight Energy Saving Rebate Programs
Despite cutbacks, state and federal home energy assessment programs and rebates for water tanks or hot solar systems still remain in place. Solarflow, a Melbourne-based water tank and solar hot water solutions company, commenced a campaign to stress that home energy assessment programs and rebates for water tanks and hot solar systems remain in place despite cutbacks. - June 16, 2010 - Solarflow
Kelly Capolino Sponsoring: Wind Mitigation & Hurricane Awareness Seminar Set for June 26, 2010 in Naples
Kelly Capolino’s “Wind Mitigation and Hurricane Awareness Seminar” will feature two speakers with years of experience preparing for and dealing with southwest Florida’s natural disasters. - June 16, 2010 - Kelly E. Capolino
UK Commercial Property Market Sentiment Languishes Ahead of Emergency Budget
Market sentiment in the UK’s commercial property sector is suffering from uncertainty ahead of the Government’s Emergency Budget according to a nationwide survey of property surveyors and agents by Reorb, a networking website dedicated to commercial real estate. - June 16, 2010 - Reorb
Caisson Investment Management Opens Dutch Office
Caisson Investment Management, the independent investment management group, has opened its first Dutch office in Amsterdam and has appointed Vincent Spruijt and Jouke Boomsma to head the Netherlands team, providing fund and asset management capability in Holland and continental Europe. - June 16, 2010 - Caisson Investment Management
PC Magazine Names the Visualizer Design Tool on showoff.com as One of the Top Free Software of 2010 for Home and Garden Makeover
showoff.com brings consumers and businesses of all types together in the Home and Garden Hub by providing a free online website for consumers to browse and “try on” products using innovative visualization technology. Businesses market or sell products that can be visualized in their yard, exterior or interior. - June 16, 2010 - VisApp, LLC
Lennar Hosts "Super Celebration" Event at Clear Pond at Myrtle Beach National This Weekend
Lennar, One of the Nation’s Leading Homebuilders, is Offering a Weekend Full of Beautiful Homes, Huge Savings, Fun, Food nd Prizes During Their “Super Celebration” Event at Clear Pond at Myrtle Beach National. - June 16, 2010 - Lennar
Dream Town Adds New Chicago Real Estate Agent in April
Dream Town Realty announces the addition of Patrick Murphy to its team of residential specialists. Mr. Murphy has been in the real estate industry his entire life and is one of two experienced Chicago agents to join Dream Town this April. - June 16, 2010 - Dream Town Realty
Five Star Painting Expands Into Simcoe County, Ontario with a New Franchise
Five Star Painting, one of the fastest-growing painting franchise companies, is happy to announce a new member of their team, Jim Kemp. He recently purchased a new franchise covering cities in Simcoe County, Ontario. Jim is excited about all of the possibilities available with Five Star Painting,... - June 16, 2010 - Five Star Painting
Hughes Environmental Appoints New Production Manager
Commercial Duct Cleaning and Combustible Dust Remediation company hires new production manager. - June 16, 2010 - Hughes Environmental
Green Building Trends Topic of Davidson Speaker Series, June 24
The Davidson Speaker Series is a free monthly seminar offered by Davidson Realty to residents in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida. - June 16, 2010 - The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village
Hundreds Enjoy Family, Friends, Fun at the Linda Craft & Team REALTORS® Friends and Family Fest
Hundreds of people enjoyed the annual Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS® Friends and Family Festival Sunday at Raleigh’s Millbrook Exchange Park. The client event included a live band, hot dogs, pony rides, a rock-wall climbing area and a visit from the Carolina Hurricanes’ mascot,... - June 16, 2010 - Linda Craft & Team Realtors
KAI Texas Signs on to Fort Worth Schools’ Major Renovation
As a part of the $594 million upgrades to school facilities in the Fort Worth (Texas) Independent School District, the firm of KAI Texas has begun design work to renovate the Eastern Hills High School. - June 15, 2010 - KAI Texas
Tilt-Up Construction Goes "Green"
Greensleeves LLC, announced today that LJB Inc. and Greensleeves have signed an agreement to develop and market high performance tilt-up buildings that use 35 to 50 percent less energy than conventional buildings. - June 13, 2010 - Greensleeves LLC
Marin County Luxury Home Sales, Prices Up Sharply in May, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Reports
Million-dollar home sales in Marin County and the median sale price both rose sharply in May as the region’s luxury real estate market continued to recover from last year’s strong economic downturn, according to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, the Bay Area’s leading... - June 13, 2010 - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Making Rent-to-Own Real Estate Deals Work
HomeRun Homes (www.Lease2Buy.com) was just provided with media coverage in an article titled, "Making Rent-to-Own Real Estate Deals Work" on the "Family Goes Strong" Website. - June 13, 2010 - HomeRun Homes
Habitat for Humanity and Morris Jenkins Finish Up Their 19th Home
Charlotte, NC – June 10th, 2010 Morris Jenkins has been partnered with Habitat for Humanity for 10 years and has just completed work on their 19th home. Habitat is a great way for Morris Jenkins to add to the community because each house needs an HVAC system and since Morris Jenkins does... - June 12, 2010 - Morris Jenkins
Bowen Family Homes Announces Construction at Deerfield Green
Bowen Family Homes is pleased to announce that construction is currently underway at its popular Brownstone-style townhome community, Deerfield Green in Milton. Move-in ready homes are expected to be completed by mid-July. Pre-sales are also available on the Chadwick plan, a new product line that is priced from $199,900. - June 12, 2010 - Bowen Family Homes
Nick Graveline Joins Parents at RE/MAX Prestige
Andrew Armata and Stacey Alcorn, of RE/MAX Prestige are pleased to announce the addition of Nick Graveline to their East Longmeadow office. Nick is a second generation realtor. His mother and father, Rich & Genie Graveline are realtors working with RE/MAX Prestige. Within a week of signing with... - June 12, 2010 - RE/MAX Prestige
Building Envelope Science Institute Holds Its Next Training Seminar for Defective Drywall in New Orleans, Louisiana
The recent CPSC/HUD publication of remediation guidelines and the findings of fact & conclusions of law filed by Judge Fallon are no cause for change to the remediation protocol endorsed by the Building Envelope Institute since October 2009. - June 11, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Over 60 DIY Couple Google to Find and Build Stone Deck from DexSystems with a Strong Finish
In a bedroom community between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, a 60 plus year old couple tackles the physical challenges of constructing a stone deck rewarding when Google search finds DexSystems™ new stone decking technology. - June 11, 2010 - DexSystems Inc.
Atelier Brazilian Hardwood Flooring Now Offered by Stewartfloor
Chicago-based Brazilian hardwood flooring dealer offers new coating line for Brazilian Teak / Cumaru and Brazilian Chestnut / Sucupira / Tiete Chestnut - June 11, 2010 - Stewartfloor
Transfer America Offers Complimentary "Timeshare Freedom!" Seminars in Seven States June 11-14
Transfer America, Inc. will hold a "Get Rid of My Timeshare" complimentary seminars at various times & cities in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee on the weekend of June 11-14. - June 11, 2010 - Transfer America
Xten Industries Featured in an "American Molder" Series in International Magazine
Xten Industries is once again the focus of a series of articles about plastics and sustainability in Modern Plastics Worldwide magazine. - June 11, 2010 - Xten Industries
New Homefinding Center for New Irvine Village of Stonegate East Opens Next Month
Three new neighborhoods to debut this year. Register online today for details. - June 11, 2010 - Irvine Company Community Development
Jim Chapman Communities Begins New Construction in June
Jim Chapman Communities (JCC) announced today that it will begin construction in three of its active adult communities this month. The Atlanta-based builder will add six homes in its Johns Creek community in North Fulton County, four at its Sugarloaf community in Duluth and two at its Concord Mill community in Austell. - June 11, 2010 - Jim Chapman Communities
Marketshare Inc. Launches New Home Communities Search Site for the Bay Area and Sacramento Areas, www.toptennewhomes.com
If you register between June 9th and July 31st you will be entered to win this new iPad. If you register and share the site with your Facebook or Twitter friends, you will be entered twice. - June 11, 2010 - Top Ten New Home Communities
Long-Time Chicago Agent Joins Dream Town Realty in April
Chicago-based brokerage Dream Town Realty welcomed Frances Buerman in April. Ms. Buerman is a career realtor and member of several professional groups. She is a Certified Exchange Specialist with 25 years experience in title, closing and 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange. - June 11, 2010 - Dream Town Realty
Major Endorsement for Real Estate Training Book by John Horne
Jeffrey Gitomer, author of "The Little Red Book of Sales"- Calls John Horne the "Voice of Reason in the most Opportune time to buy real estate in the last 100 years"- This book is set to take Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Lenders by storm. - June 10, 2010 - Agent Edge Training
Lipten Awarded Contract for Renewable Energy Recovery System
Lipten was awarded a contract for a Renewable Energy Recovery System. This contract includes engineering, procurement, controls, site construction management and start-up services for a new 3MW waste-to-electricity system at a wastewater treatment facility near Cleveland, Ohio. The Energy Recovery... - June 10, 2010 - Lipten
Countdown To Buy Expands Number of Foreclosed Homes for Sale in Florida, Maryland, and Hawaii
Online marketplace solution removes uncertainty and restores confidence for buyers and agents. Existing client adds new foreclosure properties in Maryland and Hawaii - June 10, 2010 - Countdown To Buy
Davidson Realty Congratulates Top Performers
Residential home sales continue to improve in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and World Golf Village areas. - June 10, 2010 - The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village
Even in Weak Economy, RE/MAX Northern Illinois Real Estate Network Continues Charitable Mission: Children's Miracle Network Honors Company for Its Work
For 17 years, the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network has been a generous donor to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), supporting its mission of providing financial assistance to more than 170 children’s hospitals across the country. Now, CMN has honored two local RE/MAX... - June 10, 2010 - RE/MAX Northern Illinois
Buric’s Ronald Mueller Earns CCCA Credential
Ronald A. Mueller, a project consultant with Buric, recently earned the professional title of Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA). Conferred by the Construction Specifications Institute after examination, the CCCA designation reflects one’s understanding of all facets of the... - June 10, 2010 - Buric
Legacy Housing, LTD Celebrates 5 Years as One of the Nation's Top Mobile Home Manufacturers / Financiers
Texas based independent mobile home manufacturer Legacy Housing, LTD is celebrating 5 years in the industry. Legacy Housing manufactures, finances, transports, and insures mobile homes. - June 10, 2010 - Legacy Housing, LTD
North Georgia Mountain Cabin Receives New Name
Rainbow Cabins’ largest mountain rental cabin known simply as “The Lodge” receives formal name following informal contest announced in early February. - June 10, 2010 - Rainbow Cabins, LLC
Palatine Oil Company Set to Move Into New Corporate Office Building in Schaumburg
Current POC Headquarters in Palatine, Illinois will soon be relocated to larger commercial space with other Rabine Group companies - June 10, 2010 - Rabine Group
T-Post Driver’s Success Formula: Door Design Enables More Driving Force, Increased Safety
Hermosa Iron Works, Inc., has introduced a square-bodied T-Post driver with operating door, 44” length, and 44 lb. weight. That’s a 60% increase in length and weight over conventional manual post drivers. - June 10, 2010 - Hermosa Iron Works
My Garage Plans by TRC eCommerce Site Now Has Free Shipping on All Garage Plans
You can now get free shipping on all garage plans orders in the U.S. from My Garage Plans by TRC. - June 09, 2010 - The Resas Company, LLC
Expert Advice at a Glance from Brenton Hayden, President of Renters Warehouse: How to be a Good Landlord
Brenton Hayden is the president and owner of Renters Warehouse, a soon-to-be franchised property management co. in MN and AZ. He has created a series of 10 easily understood lists related to residential real estate for property management companies, landlords, and tenants. - June 09, 2010 - Renters Warehouse
Edward Lewis Architects Announces Several New South Florida Architectural Building Commissions
Edward Lewis Architects – ELA of Miami Dade Florida is pleased to announce several new architectural building commissions, a sign that the building and construction industry is experiencing growth and a rebound from a depressed economy. Edward Lewis Architects, Inc. an architectural firm... - June 09, 2010 - Ed Lewis Architects
SteelMaster Building Anticipation for Miami Convention
SteelMaster Buildings showcases the company's latest innovative products and technologies at the upcoming American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention in Miami, Florida from June 10-12, 2010. - June 09, 2010 - SteelMaster Building, LLC.
International Real Estate Listings.com Introduces Free Service to Rent, Sell, and Exchange International Real Estate
InternationalRealEstateListings.com has recently launched its free service for rentals, sales and exchange of international real estate. With its unique features and absolutely free service, the service presents a very lucrative and promising offer. - June 09, 2010 - International Real Estate Listings.com
Morocco Real Estate - Launch of International Real Estate Listings.com Creates Huge Buzz in Morocco Real Estate
InternationalRealEstateListings.com is happy to announce the launch of free real estate related services exclusively for Morocco real estate; such as sales, rentals, purchase, and exchange. Morocco real estate owners, agents, and developers welcome. - June 09, 2010 - International Real Estate Listings.com
Lennar Raleigh Wins Big at 2010 Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Awards
Homebuilder Receives Top Honors in Eight Categories - June 09, 2010 - Lennar, East Coast Division
Leading London Commercial Property Agency MERJS Successfully Lets Entire 3rd Floor of Valiant House, London EC3
MERJS announces the successful let of newly refurbished office accommodation comprising of the 3rd floor of Valiant House, London EC3 to the Insolvency Practitioners Association. - June 09, 2010 - Merjs Charted Surveyors
Home and Garden Hub Brings Businesses Straight to the Homes of Interested Consumers
showoff.com brings consumers and businesses of all types together in the Home and Garden Hub by providing a free online website for consumers to browse and “try on” products using innovative visualization technology. Businesses market or sell products that can be visualized in their yard, exterior or interior. It is an easy to use online website for contractors, designers, dealers and manufacturers to showcase their products and completed jobs. - June 08, 2010 - VisApp, LLC