MEMPHIS, TN - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In its June Board of Directors Meeting, the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS^® voted to give a $7,500 donation to the REALTORS^® Relief Foundation. The action comes in response to a stormy spring in which communities across the Southeast and Midwest were hit by tornadoes, damaging winds and severe flooding

MEMPHIS, TN - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for June rose 4.5 percent from a year ago, with 1,612 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Existing home sales were up 5.8 percent from 2010. Total sales increased 16.1 percent from May (1,389).

MEMPHIS, TN - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Memphis Chapter of the Women’s Council of REALTORS® has been recognized nationally for its outstanding recruitment efforts. The WCR Memphis Chapter won first place in recruitment in the large chapter category by National WCR during the recent National Association of REALTORS® mid-year convention in Washington, D.C.

NASHVILLE, TN - June 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in a Knox County home improvement store this week to answer questions and offer home improvement tips and proven techniques to prevent and lessen damage from future disasters.

NASHVILLE, TN - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The vast majority of Tennesseans displaced from their homes by recent disasters have found places to live as they recover. This means there is no need to provide manufactured homes as temporary living space, according to two studies by a joint federal-state disaster housing task force.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RealTracs MLS (RTMLS) and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to display thousands of Nashville, Tennessee area properties on the website of real estate broker James Yates. As a leader in the Tennessee real estate market, his dedication to professionalism and serving his clients and their every realty need is now reflected in his addition of IDX Broker software. Never before have Murfressboro home seekers has such a simple and easy-to-use property search tool at their disposal. The IDX solution Yates has integrated online has forever changed the way potential Tennessee buyers find homes online.

NASHVILLE, TN - June 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are at Home Depot and Lowe’s stores in Bradley and Hamilton counties this week. They will answer questions and offer home improvement tips and proven techniques to prevent and lessen damage from future disasters.

EUGENE, OR - May 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has integrated the dynamic IDX Broker software onto yet another professional website. This time, Smokey Mountains properties are displayed on the website of Tennessee agent Marty Loveday, creating a thorough and complete database of listings for his clients to conveniently search through. Loveday, a member of both the Greater Smokey Mountains MLS (GSMMLS) and the Knoxville MLS (KAARMLS), can now deliver his home seeking clients with a fruitful, effective and efficient online real estate search, revolutionizing the way potential buyers find homes online.

Memphis, Tenn. - May 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® has teamed up with REALTOR® associations across the country for the Nationwide Open House Weekend from Saturday, June 4 through Sunday, June 5.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- May 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be in Memphis Lowe's and Home Depot stores this week. They will answer questions and offer home improvement tips and proven techniques to prevent and lessen damage from future disasters.