Local real estate market on the rebound?
Sep 27, 2009 | via Times-Standard
We have been consistently in the lowest percentile in the category of foreclosures. 18 comments
Economic index paints mixed picture
Sep 18, 2009 | via Times-Standard
For the first time in some months, there may be a glimmer of hope in the Humboldt Economic Index. 10 comments
No direction offered on vacation rentals
Sep 11, 2009 | via Times-Standard
Some city of Trinidad officials have been scratching their heads and looking for a way to avoid becoming a city full of vacation rentals. 2 comments
Median home price rise from 1st quarter to 2nd
Aug 12, 2009 | via SF Gate
A real estate group says U.S. home prices posted a gain in the second quarter, another sign that the ailing housing market is finally coming to life. Comment?
Toll Bros. reports increase in signed contracts
Aug 12, 2009 | via SF Gate
Toll Brothers Inc.'s stock jumped more than 10 percent Wednesday after the luxury homebuilder posted its first annual increase in signed contracts in four years. Comment?
Regulators shutter 2 big Calif. banks, 5 others
48 min ago | via Charleston Daily Mail
AP Featured News Saturday December 19, 2009 Regulators shutter 2 big Calif. banks, 5 others MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down two big California banks, as well as banks in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois, bringing to 140 the number of U.S. banks brought down this year by the weak economy ... Comment?
1 hr ago | via WTOP
Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher. Comment?
Home sales inching up in California
17 hrs ago | via Miami Herald
Sales and home prices inch up in Southern Calif. Similar stories: Sales and home prices inch up in Southern Calif. Comment?
State and local growth slows to a trickle
22 hrs ago | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Shedding jobs that once reliably attracted new residents, California grew at a slower pace this year than all but two other years since 1900, according to state Department of Finance figures released Thursday. Comment?
McClatchy exclusive: Living on borrowed time; lender...
19 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal
Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are holding up their end of the bargain but still find themselves rejected, and some are even having their homes sold out from under them without notice. Comment?
Disbelief at the reckless spending
8 min ago | via Daily Herald
Most of the American population is staring in disbelief at the reckless spending of the Obama administration. Comment?
Increasing unhappiness with housing prices
9 hrs ago | via People's Daily Online
A growing majority of Chinese households were dissatisfied with housing prices in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a survey released by the central bank Wednesday amid concerns that a burst of the housing bubble would dampen the economy. Comment?
Gov't tightens rules on land sales to property devel...
9 hrs ago | via People's Daily Online
China has tightened the rules on property developers purchasing land in order to curb speculation and rampant increases in housing prices, according to a rule released by the Chinese government Thursday. Comment?
Set up emergency fund before investing windfall
11 min ago | via OrlandoSentinel.com - Tourism
Q: I will be receiving $145,000 from an annuity that was set up as the result of an auto accident that occurred while I was living in Canada. Comment?
Gov't Plans $30B In Bailout For Small Firms
11 min ago | via WSMV-TV Nashville
The Obama administration is setting aside $30 billion from the financial bailout fund for a range of initiatives designed to encourage lending to small businesses to aid the economic recovery. Comment?