Altadena Real Estate News

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.

Related Topix: IndyMac Bancorp, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Pasadena, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

Home prices up, sales down

Tuesday Dec 22 | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

Home prices rose in Los Angeles County and California last month but sales were off from October, the California Association of Realtors reported Tuesday. 3 comments

Related Topix: Housing, California, Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate, August, CA, La Mirada, CA

L.A. County home sales up during November compared to last year

Tuesday Dec 22 | via LA Daily News 

Home sales in Los Angeles County rose 7.2 percent in November compared to the same time last year, but were down 10.8 percent from the previous month, according to figures released Tuesday. 1 comment

Related Topix: Housing, Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate, Orange County, CA

Tuesday Dec 22 | via People's Daily Online 

Home sales increased 26.3 percent in November in the U.S. State of California, compared to the same month a year ago, but were down 14.8 percent from the previous month, according to figures released on Tuesday.

Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Los Angeles County, CA

Monday Dec 21 | via Los Angeles Business Journal Online - business news and information for Los Angeles California 

Unable to repair a loan portfolio filled with billions of dollars in decaying adjustable-rate mortgages, FirstFed Financial Corp., one of L.A.'s oldest and largest financial institutions, was closed late Friday by federal and state regulators.

Related Topix: Firstfed Financial Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Los Angeles County, CA, Pasadena, CA, Santa Monica, CA

Saturday | via The Union 

This is an open letter to Congress: My name is Vince Rapini. I am an American citizen, a Californian and a voter.

Related Topix: California, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Small Business, Opinion

Yesterday | via Press-Enterprise 

In 2008, the economy became seriously ill and took to bed. It has mostly stayed there ever since.

Related Topix: California, Riverside (Riverside, CA), Housing, Corona, CA

Thursday Dec 24 | via Whittier Daily News 

Al Gobar of Alfred Gobar Associates, keynote speaker at the quaterly meeting of the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California at Cal Poly Pomona, on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

Related Topix: California, Cal State Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, Anaheim, CA, Housing, Chino Hills, CA

Thursday Dec 24 | via Pasadena Star-News 

OneWest Bank, FSB announced it is temporarily suspending all foreclosure sales and evictions to assist borrowers over the holidays.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, California, California Government

Thursday Dec 24 | via The US Market Blog 

Senate passes $871B healthcare revamp. The Senate approved President Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul early this morning, extending health coverage to more than 30M uninsured - covering 94% of all Americans - and putting an end to industry practices such as refusing insurance to people with pre-existing medical conditions.

Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Warren Buffett, Housing, California, California Government

5 hrs ago | via Residential Real Estate 

Jessica Jurewicz took advantage of the government's offer. Jessica Jurewicz is one of the people President Obama had in mind when his administration crafted the federal incentive program to jump-start residential real estate sales.

Related Topix: Housing

5 hrs ago | via Residential Real Estate 

Construction workers build a new home at River Gate in Clemmons, a Shugart Enterprises development.

Related Topix: Home Building, Home, Mortgage, Housing

12 min ago | via Kansas.com 

Each Monday, The Eagle highlights a government record that is available to the public.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

12 min ago | via Monroe News Star 

The final third-quarter Gross Domestic Product estimates indicating that the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, though much lower than the 3.5 percent increase reported at first, confirm for those who see the glass as half-full that the recession is over.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

21 min ago | via Bloomberg.com - Asia 

Sino Land Co. and K Wah International Holdings Ltd. together paid HK$10.4 billion for two waterfront sites in Hong Konga s New Territories, falling short of estimates for the land auction.

Related Topix: World News, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Financial Markets, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance