House hunters can use the Android application, similar to the already well-received iPhone and iPod Touch version, to search for actively-listed "for sale" homes and view property photos of each listing in more than 4,000 U.S. cities and neighborhoods nationally. The application displays search r
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04/11/2010
Californians have a brief window of opportunity to receive up to $18,000 in combined federal and state homebuyer tax credits. To take advantage of both tax credits, a first-time homebuyer must enter into a purchase contract for a principal residence before May 1, 2010, and close escrow between M
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03/31/2010
Time is running out! For prospective home buyers, any increase in interest rates erodes your purchasing power. In other words, a 1% increase in rate represents an approximate decline in purchasing power by 10%. For example, if rates increase by 1%, people who qualify for a $300,000 purchase price
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03/10/2010
Real Estate News | Len Malena | ZipRealty March 2010 View My Profile len.malena@ziprealty.com www.ziprealty.com Attention Real Estate Investors: Anti-Flipping Rule Suspended By Evelyn Fielding Real estate investors and house flippers all over the United States are celebrating: HUD has suspended
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03/05/2010
ZipRealty (NASDAQ: ZIPR) (www.ZipRealty.com), the nation's largest online-based real estate brokerage, has partnered with eRealInvestor, creator of a real-time, web-based analytics solution for real estate investors, to become the first national brokerage providing the industry's premier research
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02/11/2010
EMERYVILLE, Calif. (FEBRUARY 9, 2010) – Just over 40% of available homes for sale had reduced prices in January, compared with 44 percent in December, according to a monthly survey of home listings in 27 markets conducted by the national real estate brokerage ZipRealty (NASDAQ: ZIPR). With fe
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02/09/2010
Measure to help bring stability to home values and accelerate sale of vacant propertiesWASHINGTON - In an effort to stabilize home values and improve conditions in communities where foreclosure activity is high, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a temporary policy that will expand acces
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01/19/2010
Foreclosures and Short Sales Dominated the U.S. Housing Market in 2009 December 29, 2009: 03:07 PM ET Foreclosures were the driving force behind the roller coaster year for U.S. real estate in 2009. With banks controlling many home listings, fewer homes coming on the market, and government interv
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12/30/2009
This is just an amazing story that fellow realtor Frank Bellardo posted a few days ago; http://realestateandthings.blogspot.com/2009/10/short-sale-alert-must-read.html Basically, IndyMac Bank (now OneWest Bank), is holding clients hostage, demanding a promissory notes, or they will proceed to for
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11/23/2009
From today's OC Register; First American CoreLogic’s computers say … Orange County homes prices, in the year ending September 2010, will appreciate 10.94%. Last month, First American projected a 9.53% annual again for year ending August 2010. http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/20/oc-home-
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11/20/2009
