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To impress investors, retailers need a talent for unloading merchandise. But these days, they might make a bigger splash selling real estate. Shares of J.C. Penney leapt 7.2% Monday after the department-store chain announced a slew of store closures and appointed real-estate heavyweights William ...

Still willing to take a chance on a unit in a small building? Use these tips to minimize your risk of falling into the condo trap. Remember who’s on your side While a real estate agent “could opine on the property and what’s being disclosed about it,” says Greg Vasil, CEO of the Greater Boston Re...

A NEW round of mergers and acquisitions worth as much as $24 billion is tipped to occur in the real estate investment trust sector with Dexus, FKP, GPT and Mirvac among the potential targets. Others are the Charter Hall Office and Retail trusts and the Commonwealth Property Office Fund. Read More...

Potential San Diego homebuyers with iPhones and iTouches now have an app that combines social media and house-hunting. Sawbuck -- an online real-estate brokerage in Washington D.C. that serves San Diego -- is the creator of the free tool, the first one of its kind that lets users "check in" to re...

Rapper and actor 50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson) has been trying to sell his Connecticut home since 2007 when he put it on the market for $18.5 million. He dropped the price of the home in 2009 and has since dropped it again. Jackson bought the real estate property from the ex-wife of boxing legend...

Today: Los Altos, Cupertino and Los Gatos were among the state's 10 most expensive communities last month by median home price, and Santa Cruz and Gilroy were among the 10 with the biggest price gains. Plus: Google tries to block "webspam." And: Silicon Valley's jobless rate falls. Read More: htt...

I want to make an offer on a house that costs $437,000. My real estate agent says that I should put down 30% to show that I am serious. I can do it, but it will be a big stretch. I planned to put down only 20%. Since the sellers get a check for the entire amount at closing, why should they care w...

After decades of effort by California State University, Northridge officials and civic leaders, the dream of building a world-class performing arts center serving the Valley is finally a reality, according to a recent press release from CSUN. The 166,000-square-foot Valley Performing Arts Center ...

Financial professionals offering free advice through a telephone call-in Thursday reported foreclosures, underwater home values and other real estate woes were among callers' most frequent concerns. But in a shift from other call-ins during the past couple of years, participants also worried abou...

Homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments naturally may wonder what's going to happen when and how they can help themselves remedy their situation. In most cases, there are three basic suggestions that make good common sense, almost without regard to the specific circumstances...