Tag Archives: Red Flags

Proposed California law would shield public real estate deals

When CalPERS balked at releasing records that could shed light on its decision to invest $100 million in an East Palo Alto housing project that failed, a judge ordered disclosure nearly three years ago. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charlotte … Continue reading

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Proposed California law would shield public real estate deals

When CalPERS balked at releasing records that could shed light on its decision to invest $100 million in an East Palo Alto housing project that failed, a judge ordered disclosure nearly three years ago. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charlotte … Continue reading

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Housing Already Shows Signs of a New Bubble

Barely a year in, home prices rose over eight percent annually in December, according to a new report from CoreLogic. While still down double digits from their 2006 peak, prices are suddenly soaring again and raising some serious red flags. … Continue reading

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Pending Home Sales Fall Due to Dwindling Supply

The Realtors’ monthly index fell 5.4 percent in the Northeast month-to-month, rose 0.9 percent in the Midwest, fell 4.5 percent in the South and fell 8.2 percent in the West. The West, and its severely distressed markets like Phoenix and … Continue reading

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New Housing Fears: Home Prices Are Rising Too Fast

As a result, home prices are now rising more and faster than most analysts predicted due to this short supply, up 7.4 percent year-over-year in November, according to CoreLogic. They are especially surging in some of the hardest hit markets … Continue reading

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Rentals Chip Away at Home Builder Gains

“Single family starts did ‘improve’ suddenly early in 2012 on the Twist gap down in mortgage rates, but it quit ‘improving’ several months ago. Once 2013 data start to come in, the segment could quickly go from year-over-year positive to … Continue reading

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Home Builders Bullish for Fifth Straight Month

The nation’s once-beleaguered home builders are more confident than they have been in six years. A surge in new orders for homes, especially among the big public builders, pushed builder sentiment on an industry survey up three points to the … Continue reading

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State Agency Warns Consumers of Forged and Fraudulent Property Deeds …

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) issued a Consumer Alert last week about the growing number of scams that involve forged or fraudulent property deeds and what consumers can do to … Continue reading

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Mortgage fraud risk high in Bakersfield

Mortgage fraud risk high in Bakersfield BY COURTENAY EDELHART Californian staff writer cedelhart@bakersfield.com | Sunday, Feb 26 2012 08:00 PM Last Updated Sunday, Feb 26 2012 08:00 PM 100 or below indicates a healthy market 1. Stockton, 293 2. Modesto, … Continue reading

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Rent deposit dispute may mean small-claims court

By Lew Sichelman Realty QA is a weekly column in which Lew Sichelman, a nationally syndicated columnist who has been covering the housing market for more than 40 years, responds to readers’ questions on real estate. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Question: … Continue reading

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