May 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The ECHO program (Educationally Constructed Housing Opportunities) was created by Utah Housing to provide financing to build affordable homes and prepare students for jobs in the construction industry by using a student workforce. The well-built homes are sold to moderateincome households. The school receives a builder’s fee for building the home.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - January 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Public, private and non-profit homeless service providers will conduct an annual Point-In-Time Count of the homeless population in Utah on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.

EUGENE, OR - January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Midvale, Utah real estate broker Jamie Rigby as the latest realty professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. His website now hosts a dynamic search page that seamlessly integrates thousands of Wasatch Front Regional MLS (WRFMLS) listings to his TruNet Real Estate website. Potential buyers throughout the Utah region can experience an online property search comparable to none, on the IDX-enabled website Rigby now supports.

IRVINE, CA - January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, announced today the opening of Utah's newest living community, Terra Sol, a pioneering urban infill development near downtown Salt Lake City. Built by Garbett Homes and designed by KTGY, these solar-powered, geothermal homes are built with the newest and most efficient technologies available making it not only the greenest residential community in the state, but also a new benchmark for builders.

SALT LAKE CITY - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator Rick Garcia will visit Salt Lake City tomorrow, November 29 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the impact of HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and Project Rebuild at the La Porte Group’s newest development, the Plaza at State Street. This development will provide supportive housing, affordable rental apartment homes and economic development opportunities in the heart of Salt Lake City.

EUGENE, OR - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces today the latest addition to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers updating their websites with IDX Broker software: Kris Carrigan. A talented and dedicated Realtor, Carrigan has enlisted a customizable IDX solution to sync his website with the Wasatch Front Regional MLS (WFRMLS), allowing him to display thousands of Sunset, Utah properties conveniently and seamlessly on his website. The dynamic IDX solution he now employs gives Carrigan and his clients more access than ever before to the immense WFRMLS database of property listings.

PELLA, IA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s all about the view, says the architect of the 2012 HGTV Dream Home constructed near Park City, Utah. And what better way for the lucky winner of the stylish home to enjoy that view than through their new energy-efficient Pella Architect Series wood windows and entry doors.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Portia R. Louder, age 40, and Chad Louder, age 41, both of Highland, with criminal violations of federal law in connection with what the indictment alleges was a scheme to profit from loans fraudulently obtained from mortgage lenders.

EUGENE, OR - September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Acquire Utah LLC and IDX, Inc. unveil their unique IPhone-enabled website, hosted by Curtis Christensen. Now, thousands of Wasatch Front Regional MLS (WFRMLS) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Christensen supports. This revolutionary page has forever changed and simplified the online property search, by making it faster and more efficient. WFRMLS listings are not the only new feature IDX Broker has added to Christensen’s website, but it has monumentally changed the way home seekers experience the online property search.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - May 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell and the Division of Housing and Community Development released the results of a snapshot survey showing Utah’s homeless population during a press conference on Wednesday, May 11 at 3:10 p.m. in room 240 of the State Capitol. The survey reflects a decrease of 8.2 percent in overall homelessness and a decrease of 26 percent in chronic homelessness since last year.