Menlo Park Real Estate News

Marin's million-dollar home sales plunge

Feb 3, 2009 | via Humboldt Beacon 

In the latest sign of a crumbling economy, Marin's million-dollar home sales took a dive last year to match plummeting sales of high-end homes statewide. 9 comments

Related Topix: Housing, Mill Valley, CA, San Mateo County, CA, San Francisco County, CA, Ross, CA

Saturday May 18 | via The Campbell Reporter 

On his website and in his newspaper ads, Palo Alto real estate agent John Forsyth James touts the state test score rankings of schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties because potential homebuyers frequently ask for those numbers.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Palo Alto, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Family, Kids, San Mateo, CA

Thursday May 16 | via Star Tribune 

In some pockets of the U.S., low interest rates and scarce inventory are resulting in a frenzy of bidding for properties.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Menlo Park, CA, Home Buying, Zillow, Warren Buffett, Housing

Tuesday May 14 | via San Jose Mercury News 

Despite a monthly uptick in default filings against delinquent homeowners, foreclosure activity continued a long-term downward march in April, according to a report Tuesday.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Business News

Tuesday May 14 | via Patch.com 

San Mateo has 238 homes still in some stage of foreclosure, according to information released today by Realty Trac.

Related Topix: San Mateo, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, San Mateo County, CA

Sunday | 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.

Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California

Friday May 17 | via Lawyers.com 

California's top lawyer has filed a suit against JPMorgan Chase for fraudulent and unlawful debt collection practices.

Related Topix: California, California Government, Foreclosures, US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat

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.

Related Topix: California, California Government, California Institute of Technology, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Housing

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.

Related Topix: California, Housing, Real Estate

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.

Related Topix: Housing, California, Real Estate, Mortgage

4 min ago | via The Columbus Dispatch 

The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.

Related Topix: Tax, TransUnion, Social Security, Personal Finance, Mortgage

6 min ago | via Forbes.com 

So good were the figures that Home Depot raised its forecast for the year. Looking ahead, Home Depot expects to make $3.52 a share in 2013, up from an earlier forecast of $3.37 a share.

Related Topix: Housing, Home Improvement, Home

6 min ago | via Common Dreams 

Homeowners and former homeowners rallied in front of the Department of Justice Monday to demand the Attorney General Eric Holder hold banks accountable for foreclosures.

Related Topix: Eric Holder, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, Liberal Political News

23 min ago | via Daily Yomiuri 

Hong Kong stocks rose for a third day Monday, with the city's benchmark index closing at a three-month high, as Chinese developers gained on higher home prices and U.S. consumer sentiment topped estimates.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Housing, Transportation, Logistics, Li and Fung, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

34 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

OSFI watching mortgages Canada's banking watchdog says the transition to higher interest rates - when it comes - could be "very painful." Like those in most developed countries, interest rates have been at emergency lows for years.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Banking, Financial Institutions, Financial Services