Bay Point Real Estate News

Tuesday May 14 | via San Jose Mercury News 

Despite a monthly uptick in default filings against delinquent homeowners, foreclosure activity continued a long-term downward march in April, according to a report Tuesday.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Business News

Tuesday May 14 | via SFGate 

The superheated real estate market is causing many disappointed buyers to get shoved aside by deep-pocked investors who can outbid them.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Berkeley, CA, Home Listing, Home, Contra Costa County, CA

Monday May 13 | via Patch.com 

Hercules has 180 homes still in some stage of foreclosure, according to information released today by Realty Trac.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Hercules, CA, Pinole, CA, Home Listing, Home, Housing

Friday May 10 | via Patch.com 

Concord has 533 homes still in some stage of foreclosure, according to information released today by Realty Trac.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Clayton, CA, Concord, CA, Home Listing, Home, Housing, Contra Costa County, CA

Friday May 10 | via Patch.com 

El Cerrito has 56 homes still in some stage of foreclosure, according to information released today by Realty Trac.

Related Topix: El Cerrito, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, Contra Costa County, CA

9 hrs ago | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.

Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California

Friday | via Lawyers.com 

California's top lawyer has filed a suit against JPMorgan Chase for fraudulent and unlawful debt collection practices.

Related Topix: California, California Government, Foreclosures, US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Thursday May 16 | via Hispanic Business 

How bad and widespread are California cities' fiscal problems? "Virtually ubiquitous and massive," says Rod Kiewiet, professor of political science at California Institute of Technology.

Related Topix: California, California Government, California Institute of Technology, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Housing

Thursday May 16 | via Housing Wire 

The California housing market continued to gain steam in April, with both home sales and prices experiencing strong increases due to high demand and tight inventory.

Related Topix: California, Housing, Real Estate

Thursday May 16 | via Mortgage News Daily 

The median price of homes in California topped $400,000 in April for the first time in five years.

Related Topix: Housing, California, Real Estate, Mortgage

Friday | via Asia Times 

DYSFUNCTION TRILOGY The phase that launched a thousand bubbles By Chan Akya This concludes a three-part series.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

15 min ago | via The Jersey Journal 

Seaside Heights mayor Bill Akers walks a reporter around the 400 block of Hiering Avenue.

Related Topix: Seaside Heights, NJ, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, US News, Social Security, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

1 hr ago | via Vail Daily News 

As the stock market has surged and various other measures of economic activity have shown strength in the last few weeks investors have pulled money from the relative safety of the bond markets and invested in stocks and other investments.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets, Eagle County, CO

1 hr ago | via Patch.com 

Are you interested in buying a home in Ferndale? Or maybe you just want to know what's out there? Here's a look at this weekend's open houses.

Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Ferndale, MI

1 hr ago | via Patch.com 

Realtors, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Jamaica Plain (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, West-Roxbury, MA