WASHINGTON, November 08, 2007 – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that four New Mexico pueblos will benefit from a total of $2.6 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). more »

The Bernalillo County Housing Department will begin accepting applications from eligible applicants for the Section 8 Voucher Rental Assistance Program October 1, 2007. Applications will be available at the Bernalillo County Housing Department or can be downloaded from the Bernalillo County website from the links below.  Eligibility for a rental voucher is determined based on the total annual gross income and family size. more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2007 – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici announced today that several New Mexico organizations, including Home Education Livelihood Program (HELP - New Mexico), Inc. in Albuquerque, have received over $7.3 million from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve and expand Head Start programs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2007 – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici announced today that two New Mexico housing organizations have been awarded over $1.7 million in capital advances by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide housing assistance for people living with disabilities. more »

SANTA FE, N.M., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ — A new sustainable village is under construction in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oshara Village not only reduces the creation of greenhouse gasses, but is designed to prosper in a world of climate change. Alan Hoffman, an associate broker with Prudential Santa Fe is the listing agent and developer of Oshara Village, just north of the Santa Fe Community College. more »

SANTA FE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 22, 2007–Thornburg Mortgage Inc. (NYSE: TMA) announced today that Joseph H. Badal will retire as chief lending officer effective December 31, 2007. Paul Decoff, who is currently executive vice president, lending operations and product development, will succeed Joseph H. Badal, who will retire from his management position of senior executive vice president, chief lending officer and Board of Directors position. more »

FORT WORTH, Sept. 11, 2007 - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today awarded $1,402,715 to rural housing programs in Albuquerque, Gallup, Las Cruces, Ohkay Owingeh and Santa Fe, New Mexico, to stimulate economic development, create jobs and produce more affordable housing. The funding is part of $16.8 million in grants provided nationwide through HUD’s Rural Housing and Economic Development Program. Information about the five NM grantees follows. more »

Group to Address Subprime Lending in New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM, Aug. 30, 2007 — Governor Bill Richardson today signed an executive order establishing a Governor’s Task Force on Mortgage Lending to evaluate the potential impact of the national subprime lending crises on in-state mortgage lending and make recommendations to protect New Mexico consumers. more »

Joins Largest International Network of Real Estate Brokers Specializing in the Marketing and Sale of High-Value Properties

SANTA FE, N.M. and ST. JOHNS, Antigua, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ — JHR Caribbean Real Estate has been selected as an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s Great Estates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie’s International plc, the world’s oldest fine art auction house. Through JHR Caribbean Real Estate, buyers and sellers of high-end properties in Antigua now have access to the combined marketing efforts of Christie’s and Christie’s Great Estates. more »

The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico is offering a special topics course in real estate in the fall 2007 semester. The course is the first of its kind at Anderson.

Textbooks for the course (MGMT 490D) will be provided by the New Mexico Real Estate Education Foundation (REEF), enabling students to utilize them at no cost. REEF has donated $30K to Anderson to teach courses in real estate.

The inclusion of the real estate course at Anderson is in an effort to promote higher education in the field of real estate, an effort sponsored by REEF.

Four of the expected 15 students who successfully complete the requirements of the special topics real estate course will be offered internships at one of four renowned real estate companies in New Mexico, including CB Richard Ellis, Grubb & Ellis/NM, Maestas & Ward Commercial Real Estate and NAI the Vaughn Company.

John Lewinger, chairman of REEF, hopes that real estate companies in the state can hire New Mexicans for the available jobs instead of hiring out-of-state.

“The goal of providing these courses,” according to Lewinger, “is for UNM students to get jobs in the New Mexico real-estate industry.”