Sacramento County's median home resale price up near...
Thursday May 16 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
In Sacramento County, the median price of detached resale homes rose by nearly a third in April compared with the same month a year before, DataQuick reported Wednesday. Comment?
Sacramento-area home prices continue climbing in April
Wednesday May 15 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Home prices across the Sacramento region posted another hefty gain in April, and are now a third higher than they were a year ago, according to a new report by industry watcher Dataquick. Comment?
Sacamento County's median home price up 31%
Apr 19, 2013 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Sacramento County's median home price leaped in March by the largest margin in nearly a quarter century and broke the $200,000 barrier for the first time in five years, DataQuick reported Thursday. Comment?
Foreclosures, short sales drop sharply
Apr 11, 2013 | via Business Journal
Buffeted by a combination of rising home prices, legislation and fewer bad loans, the long trail of foreclosures and short sales in the Sacramento real estate market appears to be fading away. Comment?
Pilot Sullenberger lands $2.4M house in Truckee
Apr 1, 2013 | via Business Journal
Retired airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III is buying a home in Truckee near the Northstar ski resort for $2.4 million. Comment?
Bay Area firm's idea to lift underwater homeowners t...
Yesterday | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe. Comment?
Calif. Sues JPMorgan Chase for Robosigning Debt Coll...
Friday May 17 | via Lawyers.com
California's top lawyer has filed a suit against JPMorgan Chase for fraudulent and unlawful debt collection practices. Comment?
California Cities Still Feel the Pinch
Thursday May 16 | via Hispanic Business
How bad and widespread are California cities' fiscal problems? "Virtually ubiquitous and massive," says Rod Kiewiet, professor of political science at California Institute of Technology. Comment?
California continues to gain steam
Thursday May 16 | via Housing Wire
The California housing market continued to gain steam in April, with both home sales and prices experiencing strong increases due to high demand and tight inventory. Comment?
California Home Prices Soaring on Falling Supply, Pe...
Thursday May 16 | via Mortgage News Daily
The median price of homes in California topped $400,000 in April for the first time in five years. Comment?
Amateur investors tap 401(k)s to buy homes
2 hrs ago | via WLKY-TV Louisville
In order to get in on hot housing markets, amateur investors are buying up homes and taking risky measures -- like tapping their retirement accounts -- to fund the deals. Comment?
'Easy Money' Over for Bank of America Stock: KBW
3 hrs ago | via TheStreet.com
This sums up KBW analyst Christopher Mutascio's downgrade of Bank of America's stock on Sunday to a "market perform" rating from "outperform." Bank of America's shares closed at $13.43 Friday, just below their reported March 31 tangible book value of $13.46. The shares have returned 16% this year, after more than doubling during 2012. Comment?
Fannie Mae Sees U.S. Economic Growth Accelerating
24 min ago | via Fox News
Although economic growth slowed in recent months, Fannie Mae expects a modest re-acceleration in the second half of the year as the labor market regains traction. Comment?
Citi Names New Heads of Mortgages, Private Bank, Cit...
25 min ago | via Fox News
Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Michael Corbat named Jane Fraser as the new head of the bank's mortgage business on Monday ,as current CitiMortgage CEO Sanjiv Das plans to leave the bank to pursue other opportunities, according to an internal memo. Comment?
Meet San Diego's Worst Rapper, Real Estate Agent Raf...
27 min ago | via Adweek
Today, everyone does everything. You have actor-writer-rappers , dancers turned actors , pro athletes attempting to rap , and so on. Comment?