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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Why Rise in Home Prices May Not Mean Much—Yet
Average home prices through May increased for the second month in a row, according to the latest SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which measure both the top ten and top twenty housing markets in the US. Prices are still down from … Continue reading
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Obama Gets Big ‘No’ On Slashing Mortgage Debt
Despite strong pressure from the Obama administration, a federal regulator will not allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce mortgage principal. The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Ed DeMarco has previously opposed the program, which uses taxpayer money to pay … Continue reading
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Tagged condos, Contract Risks, Debt Forgiveness, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Federal Regulator, Freddie Mac, homes, Housing Finance Agency, Loan Balances, Loan Modification, Meaningful Improvement, Michael Stegman, Mortgage, Mortgage Contract, Mortgage Credit, Mortgage Principal, news, Operational Challenges, Principal Reduction, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Term Consequences, Timothy Geithner, townhomes, Treasury Secretary, Valid Contract
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Home isn’t necessarily a real-estate investment
By Mitch Tuchman Is your home an investment? Is anyone’s home a good, long-term asset? For a long time, the answer was yes. And real estate is still a good deal for investors, but not the way you might think. … Continue reading
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Is Housing Recovery Real? Not Everyone Is Convinced
Housing, the sector that led us into the recession, now looks to be one of the brighter spots in the economy. Homebuilding is at its highest level in nearly four years. More homes are selling, and at higher prices. The … Continue reading
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San Francisco Office Sales Set for Best Year Since 2007
San Francisco office-building sales may exceed $5.3 billion this year, the most since the market peaked in 2007, amid a technology-fueled rent surge that shows no signs of slowing. Twenty-two downtown office properties changed hands through July 20, three deals … Continue reading
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Tagged california, California Real Estate, condos, homes, Hot Market, Internet Firms, Investor Interest, Kenneth Rosen, Land Parcels, Markets Research, New Leases, news, Office Markets, Office Rents, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Real Estate News, Safe Haven, Safe Havens, Silicon Valley, Square Meters, townhomes, Treasury Notes, Twitter, U S Treasury, University Of California Berkeley, Yelp
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Steve De La Pena Joins Zephyr Real Estate as Vice President of Strategic …
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jul 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Steve De La Pena has been named Zephyr Real Estates’ new Vice President of Strategic Services. De La Pena brings extensive career coaching and training expertise to the firm, and … Continue reading
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Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Second Quarter Leasing and Capital …
ATLANTA – July 30, 2012 – Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) announced today that it completed approximately 600,000 square feet of total leasing and two Capital Markets transactions in the second quarter of 2012. Piedmont also noted that it … Continue reading
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Study: Green home labels garner extra green in California real estate market
Photo: Diana Parkhouse/Flickr While green home certification isn’t exactly all the rage in the northern suburbs of New York City, a new study titled “Value of Green Labels in the California Housing Market“ has found that homes in California branded with … Continue reading
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3 More Bullish Real Estate Charts
It defies all logic. Gloomy economic data continues to pour in, raising the specter of another recession. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index and the ISM Manufacturing Index are two of the latest to disappoint. Yet the most recent data … Continue reading
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Tagged Activity Index, Adjusted Basis, california, California Real Estate, Chicago Fed, condos, Drubbing, Economic Data, Fhfa, Gain Momentum, Gdp, Gdp Growth, homes, House Price, House Prices, Housing Finance Agency, Ism Manufacturing Index, Joblessness, Lagging Indicators, Naysayers, news, Price Index, Real Estate, real estate business, Real Estate News, Recession, Rundown, Specter, townhomes
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MPG Office Trust Stockholders Elect Directors at Annual Meeting
LOS ANGELES, Jul 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – MPG Office Trust, Inc. /quotes/zigman/597410/quotes/nls/mpg MPG -2.21% , a Southern California-focused real estate investment trust, today announced that, at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held July 27, 2012, the Company’s common stockholders … Continue reading
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