Unlocking the Foreclosure Box a " The Most Comp...
Yesterday | via Dr. Housing Bubble Blog
Unlocking the Foreclosure Box - The Most Comprehensive Shadow Inventory Housing Analysis for Los Angeles County. Comment?
Preserving independence helps real estate firm grow
Yesterday | via Los Angeles Times
The gig: Syd Leibovitch, 48, is owner and president of Rodeo Realty in Bel-Air, one of the largest independent realty firms in California, with 12 branch offices in Los Angeles and Ventura counties staffed by about 1,000 brokers and agents. Comment?
Pre-Foreclosure Filings Fall In Key Markets But Shad...
Thursday Dec 31 | via Nu Wire Investor
Pre-foreclosure filings in California, Florida, Las Vegas and Chicago dropped significantly in November from October. Comment?
Foreclosure Notices Drop in Major Counties: Default ...
Wednesday Dec 30 | via Housing Wire
The number of pre-foreclosure filings in California, which include notices of default and notices of trustee sales, dropped across several counties in November, according to statistics from Default Research , which tracks the notices. Comment?
FDIC is putting mortgages by IndyMac bank up for auc...
Thursday Dec 24 | via San Bernardino County Sun
Before it failed, Pasadena-based IndyMac Bank's aggressive loan strategy didn't just include residential loans. Comment?
Home Value Loss Now but Increased Pricing Expected i...
Thursday Dec 31 | via Realty Times
There's bad news and good news coming out of the housing market. Forbes Magazine released study results by Local Market Monitor that showed the cities that lost the most value are concentrated in some areas of California, Florida, Nevada, and the Northeast. Comment?
Jeremy Bagott and Michael More: Calif. home prices o...
22 hrs ago | via LA Daily News
ROSY government projections for 2010 call for a vigorous recovery across all sectors. Comment?
Trouble at the Telecom and Communicator's Bar
Saturday | via XML Journal
New Year 2010 on Ulitzer Have you heard the news? Unemployment is skyrocketing, companies are closing, there's no investment money for startups, and the sky is falling, the sky is falling? Don't I know, as the layoff frenzy hit my own Hanging out at the communicator's barhome, that it is a scary economic place to take a swim... Sharks, really ... Comment?
The Oh Decade: State may be waking up to what's at s...
Yesterday | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
California's prospects in the new decade will ride on its ability to answer the two big, linked questions that the final year of its lost decade left hanging. Comment?
New ways to become a criminal in 2010
Yesterday | via KTVA Anchorage
From texting to smoking to trans-fats and toy guns, a host of new laws taking effect around the U.S. this New Year's Weekend will clamp down on impolite, unhealthy and sometimes dangerous behaviors - and, hopefully, protect consumers. Comment?
Lake Forest Foreclosure Is a Sign of the Times
1 min ago | via Chicago Magazine
List Price: $2,695,000 Sale Price: $2,037,750 The Property: This 12-room mansion on two and a half acres in Lake Forest sold at foreclosure on December 22nd. Comment?
New Year's financial resolutions: develop an investm...
3 min ago | via CBC News
The new year is a time to make resolutions, most of which will go unfulfilled - start going to the gym, spend more time with family, finally tackle that Dostoyevsky novel. Comment?
Foreclosures weigh on home appraisals
Yesterday | via Palm Beach Post
Scheri, a real estate appraiser, had sized up a three-bedroom, two-bath house in Santa Ana, Calif., for $30,000 less than what the buyers offered to pay. Comment?
7 min ago | via The New York Times
Ben Bernanke gave a somewhat odd speech at the American Economic Association meetings. Comment?
Relationship between city, UC Merced still growing, ...
7 min ago | via Atwater Signal
University of California professor Ruth Mostern bought a 1920s house on a tree-lined street near downtown when she moved to Merced about five years ago. Comment?