WASHINGTON, DC - July 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD’s approval of the State of Connecticut’s disaster recovery plan to help homeowners and businesses following Hurricane Sandy. Funded through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Connecticut’s action plan calls for a nearly $72 million investment in a variety of housing, infrastructure and business recovery activities. Read Connecticut’s disaster recovery plan.

West Hartford, CT - July 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Discover the 7C's to Wholesale, Rehab, and Rental Success. Dave Seymour, star of A&E's "Flipping Boston", has designed this one day event ESPECIALLY for CT REIA. During this hi-test turbo-charged day, Dave will share with you the 7 C's to Real Estate Success:

WASHINGTON, DC - June 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) announced today a $299,670 grant for the WorkPlace, Inc. in Bridgeport. The funding will be used to provide homeless veterans with job training and other support services. This is the ninth consecutive year that the WorkPlace has received this grant

WASHINGTON, DC - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced the Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act today, a bill that will establish clear, national standards for mortgage lenders and help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure

HARTFORD - June 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing its success in pursuing property deed scams in Connecticut, the Department of Consumer Protection this week issued a Consent Order and Order to Cease and Desist to a second property deed scammer

West Hartford, CT - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT REIA was founded by several women real estate investors who held their first planned meeting over a pizza lunch in West Hartford, CT. Their objective was to simply network with other like-minded investors. On July 21, 2003, at 6 pm, CT REIA was born! 75 people attended the first monthly meeting, 125 attended the 2nd monthly meeting in August and to our amazing surprise the September 15th meeting was greeted by 300 members and guests!

West Hartford, CT - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This house was purchased through direct mailing to non-owner occupied by two women rehabbers. Discover how they created a win-win deal for them and the owner:

ROCKY HILL, CT - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- June is National Homeownership Month and while home prices are at historic lows, many first-time buyers struggle to save enough money for an initial down payment, which continues to be the biggest barrier to homeownership

HARTFORD, CT - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Dannel P. Malloy today at a bill signing ceremony in Hartford highlighted significant investments the state will be making to its availability of affordable housing under a legislative package approved by the Connecticut General Assembly during the recently adjourned legislative session. Over the past three years, the state has made significantly more investments in housing than it has in decades, an area that the Governor noted is critical to the state’s overall economic development needs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) - June 15, 2013. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Courtyard Marriott 4 Sabethe Drive, Cromwell, CT This is Just Some of What We'll Cover In Our Day Together..

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said today that refunds have been ordered to tenants of a New Haven apartment building who had been billed for heating and cooling costs through a system that represented illegal sub-metering of electricity.

ROCKY HILL, CT - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- June is National Homeownership Month and while families today face numerous challenges when it comes to obtaining their first home, a recent survey conducted for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority by The Center for Research & Public Policy (CRPP), found than an estimated TWO-THIRDS of Connecticut renters say they are very or somewhat interested in owning their own home.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELIZABETH JO GUTIERREZ, 47, of Ridgefield, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to embezzling $30,000 from the Fairfield Housing Authority

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen said today that as a result of the national mortgage foreclosure servicing settlement, nearly $7 million is being distributed in Connecticut to approximately 5,000 Connecticut borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure.

NEW HAVEN, CT - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the West Haven Housing Authority today for receiving a $117,274 federal grant to alleviate veteran homelessness. That money means 15 vouchers will be available to get veterans off the streets or out of shelters and into a permanent home.