Walnut Creek Real Estate News

Yesterday | via Contra Costa Times 

The number of Bay Area foreclosed homes that became bank-owned properties declined slightly in November compared with a year ago, while more homeowners found themselves hit with foreclosure notices, the first step in the foreclosure process.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, San Francisco County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA

Yesterday | via Daily Business Review 

MI Group Inc., the mortgage insurer that lost $2.37 billion in the last two years, will need help from regulators to back new policies because it is unlikely to raise money by selling shares, the chief business officer said.

Related Topix: Insurance, Pmi Group Inc, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mgic Invt Corp Wis, Radian Group, Walnut Creek, CA

Yesterday | via Bloomberg 

PMI Group Inc., the mortgage insurer that lost $2.37 billion in the last two years, will need help from regulators to back new policies because it is unlikely to raise money by selling shares, the chief business officer said.

Related Topix: Insurance, Pmi Group Inc, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mgic Invt Corp Wis, Radian Group, Walnut Creek, CA

Yesterday | via SF Gate 

Cobbling together funds is one of the biggest challenges in buying a house. But ironically, some government programs to provide down payment help can't find enough folks to take their largesse.

Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, San Francisco, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA

Sunday Dec 6 | via San Francisco Chronicle 

Rates on 30-year mortgages sink to record low Associated Press The average interest rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped to a record low of 4.71 percent last week, pushed down by an aggressive government campaign to reduce borrowing costs.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Home Listing

8 hrs ago | via NowPublic 

Stockton foreclosures for sale climbed up by 37 percent in November as the economic condition in the area continued to slump.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, California

21 hrs ago | via BusinessWeek 

Foreclosure filings in the U.S. will reach a record for the second consecutive year with 3.9 million notices sent to homeowners in default, RealtyTrac Inc.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, California, Irvine, CA, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Ben Bernanke

22 hrs ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

Foreclosures in Washington were up 15.45 percent in November over the same period last year, according to a report from RealtyTrac, with one in every 835 homes receiving a foreclosure notice.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Washington, Washington Government, California

23 hrs ago | via Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 

The pace of home sales at California new-home communities rose above year-ago levels for the first time since December of 2006, the California Building Industry Association reported Thursday.

Related Topix: California, Housing, Costa Mesa, CA

Yesterday | via TurnTo23.com - Local News 

With one of the highest delinquency rates in the nation, California's housing market is swimming in foreclosures.

Related Topix: Foreclosures

6 min ago | via CNN 

The House passed legislation Friday aimed at preventing the next big financial crisis, ushering in the most sweeping set of changes to the banking regulatory system since the New Deal.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Republican, Jeb Hensarling

8 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

WASHINGTON House Democrats headed into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill Friday after fending off an effort to kill a proposed U.S. consumer agency that is a central feature of the legislation.

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Barack Obama

9 min ago | via Globe and Mail 

Blogs Friday, December 11, 2009 4:36 PM Massive mortgage bond issues now routine T he extraordinary has become ordinary at Canada Housing Trust, as the federal agency staged another massive bond financing on Friday with a $6.5-billion offering of debt.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Financial Markets

9 min ago | via X101.5 

The House of Representatives approved the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration and congressional Democrats.

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Home, Mortgage

3 hrs ago | via AllAfrica.com 

Lennox Chibahwile 11 December 2009 We continue with our series of lectures regarding the causes of the financial crisis and the aftermath.

Related Topix: Durban, South Africa, World News, South Africa, Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa, US Travel, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance