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WASHINGTON, DC - Thousands of additional senior citizens and people with disabilities will soon be able to find affordable housing, thanks to more than $633 million in housing assistance announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson today joined Congresswoman Nancy Johnson (CT-5) to make the announcement in New Britain, Connecticut

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 2007 shopping season is shaping up to be extra special at Stamford Connecticut's Stamford Town Center. The downtown center's new pedestrian-friendly outdoor plaza debuts November 1 along Tresser Boulevard and Greyrock Place.

STAMFORD, CT – Prudential Realtor® Sharon Giglio, MBA was named July Broker of the Month for her work selling 5 homes in The Classic Condominium, the premier luxury condominium in the heart of downtown Stamford.

MILFORD, Conn., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a recent Environmental Data Resources Inc. (EDR) poll of environmental professionals and commercial property mortgage lenders indicate that the subprime lending crisis that shook residential housing markets this year has sparked fear in the commercial real estate market, creating a market slowdown and higher credit costs.

NEWINGTON, Connecticut, September 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Schuco International KG, German parent company of Schuco USA L.P., and German energy giant E.ON AG are jointly investing $135 million to develop new photovoltaic (PV) modules based on thin-film technology for metal and glass facades. Production begins in mid 2008. The modules will be produced in Germany using technology supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., global market leader in nanomanufacturing. "We want to go on improving the cost-benefit ratio of integrating PV modules in building facades, and to make photovoltaic modules a standard feature in building envelopes", declares Dirk U. Hindrichs, CEO of Schuco International.

NEWINGTON, Connecticut, September 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Schuco USA L.P., American supplier of solar power systems, markets building-integrated photovoltaic modules "Made in Germany ". Schuco's extremely efficient glass-glass modules are available in sizes up to 6.56' x 9.84' and come in all colors. These modules can be seen for the first time in the US at Solar Power 2007 in Long Beach (Stand 414).

NEWINGTON, Connecticut, September 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Schuco USA L.P., American supplier of solar systems, windows, doors and aluminium facade systems, not only provides the world's best-engineered solar energy products, but also superb marketing, sales and training services. The first private company to offer North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners continuing education credits, Schuco considers its distributors and installers to be partners in building sustainability.

Foreclosure listing activity across the nation remained at a high level in the month of July 2007. The total number of properties either entering or moving through some stage of the foreclosure process was 131,574 or one foreclosure for every 879 households in the U.S.According to data compiled by Bargain Network (bargain.com), an online provider of real estate foreclosures, the number of residential homes either entering or moving from one stage of foreclosure showed little movement.