Culver City Real Estate

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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

• Real Homes of Genius: Today we Salute you Compton. Once, Twice, Three times a Short Sale.

  Wednesday | via Dr. Housing Bubble Blog 

  Once again the ministry of truth tells us that inflation is tame so long as you don't eat or drive which makes for a fascinating Wall Street spectacle.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, California

• Survey Says: Most RE Appraisers Have Been Asked to Inflate Values

  Thursday | via Bank Systems & Technology 

  A new survey of real estate appraisers revealed that 91 percent have been asked to inflate the value of a property.

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  Related Topix: Culver City, CA, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Survey Shows Appraisers Experience Pressure from Requestors

  Wednesday May 14 | via Business Wire 

  A large percent of appraisers are being asked to inflate home values, and they fear losing repeat business, according to a survey conducted by ValuFinders, Inc., a provider of valuation services to national ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

• Business Digest

  Tuesday May 13 | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Report addresses trade activity According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., international trade activity in the Los Angeles area will record modest growth in 2008, after a disappointing year ...

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Long Beach, CA, Home, Mortgage, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro

• April Sales Up, Prices Down: The Los Angeles Business Journal reports...

  Monday May 12 | via CurbedLA 

  The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that Los Angeles County home sales rose about 15 percent from March-April, while the median price dropped 2 percent to $456,000. The sales increase is significant given ...

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Housing, Lancaster, CA, Foreclosures

• Foreclosure 'Activity' Dips Slightly In California

  Wednesday May 14 | via SocketSite 

  Foreclosure "Activity" Dips Slightly In California According to RealtyTrac , while foreclosure activity across the U.S. increased 4 percent from March to April , activity decreased slightly in both Nevada and ...

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  Related Topix: California, Foreclosures, San Bernardino, CA, Riverside Metro

• California Leads Way To Consumer Bust

  15 hrs ago | via Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis 

  The International Herald Tribune reports Californians leading the way to consumer bust .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, California, California Government

• After the gold rush

  20 hrs ago | via Reuters 

  As it did when the housing bubble began to burst, California is leading the way in the next leg: a consumer bust.

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  Related Topix: Housing, California Government, California

• Californians leading the way to consumer bust

  Yesterday | via International Herald Tribune 

  LONDON : As it did when the housing bubble began to burst, California is leading the way in the next leg: a consumer bust.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, California, California Government

• Missouri foreclosures up 34% from last year

  Monday May 12 | via Bizjournals 

  St. Louis Business Journal - by Matt Allen Foreclosures in Missouri in April were below the national trend and decreased from March, but they were up more than 34 percent compared to April 2007, according to a ...

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  Related Topix: Missouri, Foreclosures, California Government, California

• 2 bright spots soften otherwise grim economic picture

  5 min ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  The number of Tucson-area new-home permits edged up in April, and a new national report showed construction of new homes increased by the biggest percentage in more than two years in April.

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  Related Topix: Housing

• Fannie Mae moves to aid home sales

  14 min ago | via Belleville.com 

  By relaxing down-payment requirements for borrowers in markets where home prices are falling, Fannie Mae aims to both resuscitate the flagging housing market and respond to pressure from industry groups, ...

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  Related Topix: Housing

• Summer may bring a turning point for stock market

  20 min ago | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  In this photo released by the New York Stock Exchange Euronext, members of the 90's vocal group "New Kids on the Block" ring the closing bell at the exchange Thursday, May 15, 2008 in New York.

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  Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Jordan Knight, Manufacturing, Automakers, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Housing market posts surprising rebound in April

  22 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  Construction of new homes increased by the biggest percentage in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Completion of new osteopathic college has been a long journey

  30 min ago | via Yakima Herald-Republic 

  Workers prepare the surface above the main doors for tiling as work continues on the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Terrace Heights on Thursday, May 15, 2008.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Yakima Metro, Yakima, WA, Terrace Heights, WA