Tag Archives: Housing Industry

California Sees Return to Boom Days of House Building

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 18, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The homebuilding boom could be returning to parts of California, as real estate values are starting to show strong signs of recovery in the last 12 months. According to an article … Continue reading

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Rising Mortgage Rates Spook Housing

“Despite the Federal Reserve’s announcement last week that it would purchase an additional $45 billion in Treasury securities per month as part of its continuing quantitative easing effort, rates increased in the second half of the week,” said Mike Fratantoni, … Continue reading

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REAL ESTATE: Wow’ser on reports of retirement by Houser – Press

Reports leaked Wednesday that “California’s Gold” host Huell Howser is retiring. As one who has long followed this Palm Springs area TV celeb to learn all about the off-the-main-path and historic nuggets he has found as he’s traversed this massive … Continue reading

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Housing industry recovering faster than many economists expected

Housing is snapping back faster than many economists had expected, with home builders stepping up production of new homes nationally and fresh foreclosures in California falling to their lowest level since the early days of the bust. Demand for housing … Continue reading

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Should mortgage deduction be capped?

Some California real estate agents at a Realtors convention in Anaheim said they worry that combining the mortgage interest deduction with several other ones to calculate a cap – an option floated this week by presidential candidate Mitt Romney – … Continue reading

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Is Housing Risen From Ashes? ‘Industry Has Come Back’

Economists are saying it, and now even some Americans are saying it. After falling to depths not seen since the Great Depression, the U.S. housing market may finally be rising from the ashes.  It may not seem like a lot, … Continue reading

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BlueLinx Announces $17.7 Million Sale of California Real Estate

ATLANTA, Sept. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC), a leading distributor of building products in North America, announced today the sale of its distribution center located in Newark, California. The approximately 235,000-square-foot distribution center sold for $17.7 … Continue reading

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ZipRealty Polls Homeowners Who Purchased in 2008: Are you better off today …

Survey reveals that more than 60 percent of ZipRealty buyers who purchased homes four years ago feel better off or neutral with regard to their home ownership EMERYVILLE, Calif. – September 06, 2012 – ZipRealty, (www.ziprealty.com; NASDAQ: ZIPR), a leading … Continue reading

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Hoffman Named Liquidating Trustee For $1B SCI Companies

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California Real Estate Rallies

Residential property market observers are no longer so quick to leap at the announcement of a recovery as they once were, but many are starting to take notice of improvement in The Golden State. The California Association of Realtors reports … Continue reading

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