Tuesday Jun 11 | via The Modesto Bee
Info: The Latino Community Roundtable June membership meeting will feature guest speaker Chad Condit, former candidate for the 10th Congressional District and former aide to Gov. Davis. Comment?
Date Set for Real Estate Fraud Trial
Wednesday Jun 5 | via The Modesto Bee
A judge has rescheduled a second trial to start Sept. 10 for a Modesto real estate agent accused of swindling a Newman family out of its home more than 10 years ago. Comment?
Interest rate jump seen as good sign
Monday Jun 3 | via The Modesto Bee
The days of ultra-cheap U.S. mortgages may be ending, but economists say that's unlikely to slow the housing market and indeed reflects growing confidence that the recovery is real. Comment?
County property tax bills on rise
Saturday May 25 | via The Modesto Bee
There was one silver lining for Stanislaus County homeowners as they watched their house values plummet during the recession: Property taxes declined for most homes. Comment?
The Bee prints special section on how to keep your home
Thursday May 23 | via Customer Interaction Solutions
An eight-page special section about California's free mortgage assistance programs is included in today's Bee. Comment?
Shellpoint Partners first RMBS deal carries geograph...
8 hrs ago | via Housing Wire
Lewis Ranieri's company is bringing Shellpoint Asset Funding Trust 2013-1 to the sector, reporting a total unpaid principal balance of $261.6 million when assessing the first planned transaction. Comment?
Banks fall short in helping struggling homeowners
11 hrs ago | via Deseret News
In this Oct. 26, 2010 photo, families and members of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment ACCE, march downtown Los Angeles financial district, to demand banks' accountability, foreclosure moratorium and loan modifications. Comment?
'First Look': Local real estate market shifting
Tuesday | via Bakersfield.com
The Bakersfield residential real estate market continues to change, the founders of Majestic Properties said Tuesday on "First Look with Scott Cox." Comment?
California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guil...
Yesterday | via Holtville Tribune
A California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Comment?
Social Media: Challenge or Opportunity?
Tuesday | via National Mortgage News
In the third part of this video series, Jonathon Weiner, vice president of research and development for Lender Processing Services' applied analytics division, explains where we are going in terms of housing value and what our expectations are for the next several years. Comment?
SNB lauds UBS, Credit Suisse capital steps, warns on...
6 min ago | via Reuters
"Given the prevailing risks in the environment and the losses incurred in the recent financial market crisis, the SNB still considers current leverage ratios at the Swiss big banks to be low," the central bank said in its annual financial stability report published on Thursday. Comment?
Bernanke says Fed likely to reduce bond buying this ...
7 min ago | via MSN Money
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is expanding strongly enough for the central bank to begin slowing the pace of its bond-buying stimulus later this year. Comment?
Confident buyers increase property sales
7 min ago | via This Is South Devon
LOCAL estate agency Connells in Torquay is pleased to report that an increase in the number of buyers looking to purchase a home is having a positive impact on property sales in 2013 so far. Comment?
Text of the Federal Reserve's Statement
2 hrs ago | via EDGE
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Comment?
Fed suggests it will slow bond purchases this year
23 hrs ago | via Green Bay Press-Gazette
Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will most likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year if the economy continues to improve. Comment?