Monthly Archives: September 2012

More Homes Are Above Water, But Some Sellers Still Suffer

As home sale prices rise, overall home equity rises, and consequently more and more mortgages are no longer “under water.”  1.3 million homes that were previously worth less than the mortgages on them came back into positive territory in the … Continue reading

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More Homes Are Above Water, But Some Sellers Still Suffer

As home sale prices rise, overall home equity rises, and consequently more and more mortgages are no longer “under water.”  1.3 million homes that were previously worth less than the mortgages on them came back into positive territory in the … Continue reading

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Regulator Claims New Rules Will Loosen Mortgage Lending

Ask any real estate agent, home builder or home buyer what is the biggest barrier to entry in today’s housing market, and the likely answer will be: tight credit. The lax lending of the latest housing crash is no more, … Continue reading

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Berkeley graffiti event results in — graffiti

Typically, graffiti art gets a bad rap. It’s an unappreciated medium that gets instantaneously associated with poverty or some type of gang affiliation. Or, simply, just an unnecessary smear of spray paint that can make a piece of real-estate plummet … Continue reading

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Foreign buyers shopping for Bay Area real estate

The fall in the U.S. housing market in recent years is attracting a new wave of foreign buyers, who are making a dent in the Bay Area and national real estate markets, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Foreign buyers spent … Continue reading

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