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Housing got some good news today: Construction of homes and apartments increased 3.5% from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That’s right. Increased. It gets better. Newly issued building permits, a gauge of future construction, rose 8.7% from a month earlier to an annual ra...
07/11/2011
I hope that everyone is having a wonderful month and is surviving the effects of Los Angeles' June gloom; however, the sun does seem to be breaking through the clouds in more ways than one. We have noticed some positive upswings and trends in the market with the high end of the market still holdi...
06/20/2011
Over the next three years, $1.5 trillion worth of real estate debt will need to be refinanced. Money management firms around the country and the world are lining up to compete for this debt, which makes up what industry insiders call a “massive opportunity.” Analysts estimate that about $450 bill...
06/13/2011
The investment sales market for retail properties is heating up as buyers feel more confidence in the economy and financing has become easier to obtain.Deal volume rose inn 2010 after bottoming in 2009, but activity was largely limited to class-A assets in core markets. That is now changing. Inve...
06/06/2011
  Extended 53-Hour Closure of I-405 Freeway Between U.S. 101 and I-10 Planned in Mid-July for Mulholland Los Angeles, Calif. - Plan Ahead, Avoid The Area, Or Stay Home. That's the message public safety officials are sending to the public in anticipation of a planned 10-mile, 53-hour closure of t...
05/31/2011
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A quarterly release from the Mortgage Bankers Association revealed that mortgage payment problems eased during the first three months of 2011 for every category of default. The rate of loans past due, unadjusted for seasonal factors, decreased 1.17 percentage points to 7.79% from 8.96% during the...
05/23/2011
Mortgage rates slide to lowest levels of year so far Fixed mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest levels of the year, giving Americans more incentive to buy homes or refinance their loans. On cusp of peak buying season, 30-year loan drops to 4.63% Freddie Macsaid Thursday the average rate on ...
05/16/2011
The combination of new and existing home sales in April 2011 increased from the pace in March 2011 and was significantly above the pace of April 2010. New and existing home sales were at an annual rate of 5.278 million in April 2011 versus 5.085 million in March 2011. However unit sales were dow...
05/09/2011
Bank of America Corp (BAC) was accused by a top official at the Iowa attorney general’s office of engaging in a divide-and-conquer strategy by undermining support for the settlement of a nationwide probe into foreclosure practices, a person familiar with the matter said. The bank tried to get at...
05/02/2011
The Federal Housing Administration has signed up 18 lenders to participate in a pilot program that offers homeowners "PowerSaver" loans of up to $25,000 to make their homes more energy efficient. About 30,000 homeowners are expected to qualify for the loans by installing insulation, duct sealing,...
04/25/2011
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