Palos Verdes Estates 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

• 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

• Jacaranda trees are a beautiful mess

  Monday May 12 | via Los Angeles Times 

  The drive down Pasadena's Del Mar Boulevard under a canopy of ultraviolet-blue jacarandas has lost none of its effect on Roland Clements after all these years.

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  Related Topix: Arcadia, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Boulevard, CA, Real Estate, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro

• A big slice of REO pie

  Wednesday May 7 | via Inman News Blog 

  By Glenn Roberts Jr. , Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Real estate brokerage company ZipRealty reported in its first-quarter earnings today that real estate transactions involving short sales, foreclosures and real ...

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  Related Topix: 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

• Kenneth Harney: FHA shifts to risk-based system of insurance

  10 min ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  ' Which of these two have better credit scores on average - ' home buyers with higher or lower incomes? Inside the country's fastest-growing home-mortgage program, the surprising answer is: People with lower ...

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

• Funding shadows

  10 min ago | via Peter Black AM 

  The Times reports that eleven Tory shadow cabinet ministers have benefited from secret and previously unregistered donations from wealthy backers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Fannie cuts down-payment rule to 3 percent to aid ailing market

  10 min ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  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: McLean, VA, Foreclosures, Housing, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Alexandria, VA, Home, Mortgage

• Wall Street may get best indicators yet about recession or economic recovery as summer begins

  2 hrs ago | via StarTribune 

  After nine months of turmoil that started with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, Wall Street appears to be at a turning point of sorts.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Housing, Financial Markets

• In the News: Toll-free hot line answers foreclosure questions

  Yesterday | via News Press 

  The Home Ownership Resource Center and various federal, state, local and non-profit community agencies will provide financial counseling via a toll-free hot line.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lee County, FL, Foreclosures, Florida, Fort Myers, FL, Fort Myers Metro