WASHINGTON, DC - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Minnesota and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to severe storms and flooding last month.

PLYMOUTH, MMN - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield/Northmarq has arranged a 203,000-square-foot lease renewal with Office Depot at Xenium Distribution Center, 1105 Xenium Lane North in Plymouth, Minn. Dave Paradise and Sydney Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield/NorthMarq in Minneapolis represented the landlord in the direct deal.

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Rochelle Crow, to the ever-expanding group of agents and brokers who have chosen to integrate an IDX solution onto their website. Crow displays thousands of Willmar, Minnesota area listings with ease and efficiency on his website. Now, potential buyers can effortlessly find the bay area home of their dreams online, without ever having to leave the search page Crow hosts.

Northbrook, IL - May 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 910 Broadway Street in Alexandria, MN for $5,075,000.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, a 37-year-old Savage man was sentenced for participating in a $13 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved no fewer than 25 properties in Prior Lake, Savage, and Minnetonka, among other Minnesota communities. United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Ericvan Anthony McDavid to 45 months on one count of wire fraud. He was indicted, along with two co-defendants, on June 15, 2010 and pleaded guilty on January 26, 2011.

EUGENE, OR - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce IDX Broker has been enabled on the professional real estate website of Duluth, Minnesota Broker Dick Wenaas of Coldwell Banker East West Realty. By adopting a customizable IDX solution, Wenaas has synced his website to both Superior MLS and Duluth MLS (DAAR) database, extracting raw listing data and seamlessly integrating it onto the search page he hosts. With IDX Broker software, Wenaas has created a dynamic online property search for his clients and other Minnesota area home seekers.

February 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Community Neighborhood Housing Services and BankCherokee were awarded $159,000 to rehabilitate 30 homes and help struggling homeowners with home repairs, including roof replacement, structural repairs or landscaping and energy efficiency improvements with $5,000 in forgivable, no-payment loans.

St. Paul, MN - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Betty McCollum announced that St. Paul neighborhoods recieved $459,000 in housing grants through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Affordable Housing Program (AHP). The funds will be used to rehabilitate and construct homes which will not only provide safe and decent housing, but also invigorate the local economy as construction and rehabilitation work begins.

EUGENE, OR - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andre Solanikov and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to upgrade the search capabilities and functions on the real estate website Solanikov hosts. As a member of the Northstar MLS (Northstar), Solanikov has long had access to thousands of Miami, Florida property listings. Now, his clients can experience the same level of accessibility to these Northstar MLS listings, conveniently on the IDX enabled website Solanikov hosts. Not only can Solanikov experience a simplified level of management over his website, his clients can partake in a revolutionary online property search without ever leaving the comfort of their home, or the convenience of the website of Solanikov.

EUGENE, OR - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has revolutionized the real estate website of real estate broker Jake Scheeler. Maple Grove, Minnesota brokers, Scheeler have chosen to integrate thousands of Northstar MLS (Northstar) listings directly onto their real estate search page, creating a thorough database of listings which their clients can conveniently search through. Additionally, Scheeler have simplified their own jobs, by letting IDX Broker software manage their listings and all of the behind-the-scenes aspects of their professional website.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) joined 103 members of Congress today to urge President Obama to help Minnesotans heat their homes during winter. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps low-income families and seniors with their energy bills, which is crucial during cold Minnesota winters. The number of families eligible for the program vastly exceeds the funds available. This funding remains a lifeline during the economic downturn as energy costs continue to rise.

Saint Paul - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property tax levies are proposed to increase an average of 1.2 percent statewide if proposed local tax levies are adopted by local governments later this year. Levy increases combined with the elimination of a state-paid homestead credit during the 2011 special legislative session will increase the amount of taxes paid by Minnesota taxpayers by an estimated 4.7 percent, or $379 million.

EUGENE, OR - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Jen Geisinger of Luke Team Real Estate to the growing network of agents and brokers who have integrated an IDX solution onto their real estate website. Geisinger can now seamlessly display thousands of Northstar MLS listings on the convenient search page she hosts. By enabling IDX Broker software on her website, she has given her clients and other Maple Grove, Minnesota home seekers the ability to quickly and easily search for homes online.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, a Minnesota couple was indicted in connection with a $5 million mortgage fraud scheme. James Warren Hoffman, age 51, and his wife, Teresa Gay Hoffman, age 52, both of Stillwater, were indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud through the use of interstate wire and nine counts of mortgage fraud through interstate wire.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 45-year-old Burnsville man was sentenced for conspiring with others to bilk mortgage lenders out of more than $43 million. United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle sentenced Troy David Chaika to 102 months in prison on seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud. Chaika was indicted on April 12, 2010, and was convicted by a jury on May 24, 2011.