South San Francisco 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

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

Wednesday May 15 | via SFBG Politics Blog 

San Francisco Housing Action Coalition and San Francisco Magazine posed an intriguing question at a forum they sponsored last night in the W Hotel: "San Francisco's Housing Crisis: Can the Tech Boom Help Us?" Unfortunately, it wasn't a question they ever really addressed at an event of, by, and for developers and their most ardent supporters.

Related Topix: South San Francisco, CA, Housing

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

Yesterday | via Whittier Daily News 

State Sen. Ron Calderon's legislation limiting taxation of forgiven mortgage debt was approved this week by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Real Estate, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Linda Sanchez, Democrat, California

Yesterday | via The Wave 

Southern California real estate powerhouse Prudential California Realty, one of the top five brokerages in the nation, is honoring Shalan Lee Nowak of its Newport Beach office for her commitment to professional excellence, dedication and outstanding performance.

Related Topix: California, Newport Beach, CA, Real Estate, Orange County, CA

Tuesday May 7 | via JD Supra 

A recent California case appears to contradict the general rule holding that a successor bank that has acquired a commercial loan through an FDIC receivership may owe a duty to a commercial borrower to reasonably investigate the pre-acquisition loan history.

Related Topix: California Government, California, Foreclosures

Friday | via WOI 

The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their lives.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Governors, Jay Inslee, US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, California, Barack Obama

Friday | via WTHR-TV Indianapolis 

No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Jay Inslee, Democrat, California, Barack Obama

11 min ago | via IcNetwork 

The comedian said fashion designer Macdonald told him he could take 20 years off his appearance and still not stand a chance of catwalk success.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Torfaen County, Wales, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom, Rhondda Cynon Taff County, Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales

13 min ago | via Independent.ie 

Although Bank of Ireland now allows people to move house and hold on to their valuable tracker mortgages, there are still many homeowners who will lose their tracker if they move.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

15 min ago | via Independent.ie 

'Never strip nowt 'til May is out." As smiling summer sun and wicked winter winds fight it out - and confuse the hell out of us - I'm reminded of this wisdom given to me by my grandfather.

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

23 min ago | via Bloomberg 

Consumer spending was probably little changed in April as Americans pocketed the savings from lower gasoline prices and smaller utility bills, economists said before a report this week.

Related Topix: Credit Suisse Asset Mnagement Income Fund, Financial Services, Housing, US News

25 min ago | via Sunherald.com 

The score matters a lot and can make a big difference in what you pay for everything from a mortgage to a car loan.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, The Federation, Alternative, Stamford, CT