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MILFORD, CT - January 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Total Mortgage Services, LLC, a leading national mortgage lender featuring some of the lowest mortgage rates available, today highlighted five key trends likely to impact the mortgage industry and housing market in 2011.

January 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has been re-appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) to serve as Senate Chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee. According to legislative documents, “the Insurance and Real Estate Committee has cognizance of all matters relating to insurance law and real estate law,” and is charged with oversight of the state Department of Insurance.

BOSTON, MA - December 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston announced that five Connecticut initiatives will receive more than $8.8 million in grants, loans, and interest-rate subsidies through its Affordable Housing Program. These funds will be used to finance 157 units of affordable rental and ownership housing for households earning at or below 80 percent of area median income

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After quick approval in the U.S. Senate on Friday, ushered through by Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), today the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to President Obama to sign Congressman Chris Murphy's (CT-5) legislation to provide thousands of new affordable housing units for low income, disabled individuals across the country.

MILFORD, CT - December 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hartford National Title, Inc., a leading provider of national title and closing services, announced today that in order to accommodate its rapid growth and expanding clientele it has moved its headquarters to a larger, state-of-the-art office facility located at 344 West Main Street Milford, CT

December 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Rep. Themis Klarides (R-Derby) today announced the imminent release of state funding to assist affected Woodbridge homeowners near the West River, where shifting ground, settling, and subsidence has caused property damage.

December 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A $1.3 million grant for the state’s Mortgage Crisis Job Training Program is expected to gain approval when the State Bond Commission meets later this week, news that state Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk), Senate chair of the General Assembly’s Banks Committee, welcomed today.

GRISWOLD, CT - November 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Sen. Andrew M. Maynard (D-Stonington), who is Senate Chairman of the legislature’s Veteran’s Committee, today welcomed news that Connecticut Light & Power has purchased $500,000 worth of state housing tax credits in order to help create 18 units of affordable housing for veterans on the site of the American Legion Hall in the borough of Jewett City.

October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) today announced the release of state funding for acquisition of open space in Hamden. Senator Crsico said the preservation project qualifies through the state’s Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust program, administered by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that his office will help lead a multistate investigation into allegedly defective legal documents filed by banks in thousands of foreclosures nationwide.

West Hartford, CT - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Paul Esajian, is announcing the CT REIA October 2010 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday, October 18, from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. This event is free for CT REIA members, and $30 for non-members.

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Gary Grimm to the growing group of enlightened real estate agents and brokers choosing a customizable IDX solution for the professional websites. With the time saving tools IDX Broker software enables on the website of Grimm, thousands of Connecticut Statewide MLS (CTStatewide) listings are available for potential buyers to search through. The online real estate search just became simpler for those home seekers interested in buying a property in Connecticut.

October 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Toni N. Harp (D- New Haven), the Senate chair of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, today welcomed the news from Washington that Connecticut is one of 32 states to qualify for federal funding to help struggling, unemployed homeowners in the state. Connecticut qualified under the federal government’s Emergency Homeowner Loan Program.

October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today asked the state Judicial Department to freeze all home foreclosures for 60 days because of defective document filings and institute measures to assure the integrity of future filings.

September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beginning this Thursday, homeowners facing foreclosure or short sale of their property will no longer be subject to the state’s real estate conveyance tax, state Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk), Senate chair of the General Assembly’s Banks Committee said today