Wachovia mortgage relief sets bank service standard ...
Nov 5, 2009 | via Examiner.com
Distressed home owners with a Wachovia or World Saving home loan in San Diego County can breathe a little easier heading into 2010. Comment?
San Diego County home sales on the rise
Yesterday | via KSWB-TV San Diego
Home sales in San Diego County rose 7.5 percent in November compared to the same time last year, but were down 17.4 percent from the previous month, according to figures released Tuesday. Comment?
Housing distress eases in November
Nov 22, 2009 | via SignOnSanDiego.com
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Housing distress in San Diego County eased in November, as lenders posted fewer foreclosures and default notices, MDA DataQuick reported yesterday. Comment?
No eviction for home-renovating family - Metro
Friday Dec 18 | via San Diego Union-Tribune
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 12:42 a.m. ENCINITAS - Just in time for Christmas, Brian Wofford has learned that his large family won't be evicted from the house he mortgaged to the hilt after it was renovated for free five years ago on the ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Wofford, a widowed father of eight, is in default on his Encinitas ... Comment?
Foreclosure sales being canceled
Saturday Dec 19 | via San Diego Union-Tribune
Foreclosure sales have been canceled at an increasing rate as loan modifications take hold, according to ForeclosureRadar, a Stockton-area data company that monitors California's distressed housing market. Comment?
John Paulson-Backed OneWest Turns Remains of IndyMac...
2 hrs ago | via Bloomberg Business News
The former IndyMac Bancorp , one of the biggest casualties of the U.S. mortgage meltdown, has recovered so much under new owners and a new name that regulators used it to absorb another failed California lender. Comment?
The Real Estate Yo-Yo Continues
2 hrs ago | via KMJ-AM Fresno
It's been another yo-yo year for home sales across the country with new homes staying on the market while existing homes are being bought up. Comment?
4 hrs ago | via Free Exchange
THE Census Bureau has released its latest state population estimates, covering 2009, and the effects of recession are clear. Comment?
Real Estate Prices Could Bottom In Early 2010
6 hrs ago | via Nu Wire Investor
The performance of the residential market in 2010 hinges on handling of foreclosure inventory and the withdrawal of federal housing support. Comment?
Real Estate Inventory Reaches Three-Year Low
6 hrs ago | via Nu Wire Investor
In November, the national housing inventory reached its lowest point since April 2006 as the sales rate substantially improved over a year ago . Comment?
U.S. consumer spending rises, new home sales slump
4 min ago | via WNED.org
U.S. consumer spending rose in November as incomes recorded their biggest gain in six months, but a surprise drop in new home sales to a seven-month low was a reminder that the economic recovery would be bumpy. Comment?
Las Vegas Home Sales Up From Year Ago
5 min ago | via TheStreet.com
Las Vegas-area home sales dipped last month from October but rose sharply from a year earlier as new-home deals spiked. Comment?
Stocks rise slightly for fourth consecutive gain
6 min ago | via MarketWatch
Energy and materials companies help push U.S. stocks back into the black Wednesday afternoon as commodity prices surge. Comment?
Financial Winners & Losers: AIG, Citigroup
7 min ago | via TheStreet.com
American International Group and Citigroup were among the biggest financial losers on Wednesday, when a worse-than-expected decline in new-home sales set off new market jitters. Comment?
Home Sales Falll; Homebuilders Shrug
7 min ago | via TheStreet.com
Sales of new one-family houses dropped 11.3% in November to an annual rate of 355,000, down from 400,000 in October, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday. Comment?