NEWS: VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce that Tamara L. Osborne has joined the firm's Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice as a partner based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining VLP, Ms. Osborne was Senior Vice President in the equity production group of a large national syndication company.

NEWS: ReverseVision, Inc. is spotlighting a HECM reverse mortgage origination by Oregon-based Directors Mortgage, a Pacific-Northwest focused full service mortgage banking firm, as it illustrates an ideal application of the product that allows qualified homeowners age 62 or older to access a portion of their home equity as a financial resource, and eliminates the need to make house payments.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: California's Sprinkler Repair Guy keeps customers green by being green. How? They set customers up with automated sprinkler systems that are 100 percent water efficient and ensure that residential and commercial customers are not in violation of California drought violations. No more drought shaming!

SEATTLE, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Kennedy and Mohn, P.S. announced today that they represented Legacy Hospitality, an Albuquerque based hotel development and operating company, in the sale of the 170-room Homewood Suites by Hilton, Seattle/Lynnwood. The hotel was acquired by RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) for $37.9 million or approximately $223,000 per key.

SARASOTA, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Avianna, a luxury model home built by John Cannon Homes at The Concession Golf Club and Residences in Florida, has sold for $2.3 million. The 4,954-square-foot estate opened as a model in November 2014.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing wholesale lenders, has announced an interest-only financing program available to qualified borrowers who utilize UWM's extensive broker network for their mortgage needs.

CHICAGO, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Chicago REALTOR(R) Mike Kravitz, with RE/MAX Premier Properties, is among 2,090 RE/MAX agents and teams featured in the 2015 REAL Trends 'America's Best Real Estate Agents' report. The agents included in the survey represent less than 1 percent of all real estate practitioners in the United States.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: OpenClose(R), an enterprise-class, multi-channel, end-to-end loan origination system (LOS) provider, announced that it is now delivering weekly data for the U.S. Mortgage Market Index, an indicator of upcoming mortgage originations that is published by Mortgage Daily, a leading online news and data source for the mortgage industry.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Mountain America Credit Union (MACU) and Pavaso, a provider of innovative real estate technology, are co-hosting a 'boot camp' for Salt Lake City area REALTORS(R) about how the CFPB's TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule will affect both their business and the home buying experience of their customers.

SANTA ANA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Veros Real Estate Solutions, an award-winning industry leader in enterprise risk management, collateral valuation services and predictive analytics, reports that the residential market continues in a positive trajectory, with a greater percentage of markets expected to increase in value over the next 12 months, moving upwards to 90% from last quarter's 86%.