Monthly Archives: March 2013

Ex-Bay Area Church Members Describe Alleged Real Estate Scheme

VALLEJO (KPIX 5) – Earlier this month, KPIX 5 reported about leaders of a Bay Area church embroiled in an alleged illegal real estate scheme. The victims: all parishioners, who said they were brainwashed into investing their life savings. Since … Continue reading

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Housing Recovery ‘Fundamentally Strong’: Lennar CEO

Miller also said he is not concerned by the huge number of investor-owned single-family rental homes. He believes that renters may end up as buyers of these homes, but others are not so sure. (Read More: Housing Recovery Leaves Some … Continue reading

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San Francisco Bay area February home sales dip

SAN DIEGO — Home sales dropped and prices rose in the San Francisco Bay area last month as supplies remained tight, the real estate research firm DataQuick reported Thursday. A total of 5,404 houses and condominiums were sold, down 1.8 … Continue reading

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Housing Foreclosures Start to ‘Flare-Up’ Again

In California, foreclosures slowed dramatically last year due to a new law designed to protect homeowners, the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, and due to the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement with mortgage servicers over so-called “robo-signing” foreclosure paperwork fraud. … Continue reading

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Supervisor’s 2nd try to change environmental appeals

(03-13) 17:25 PDT San Francisco — In a city where land-use fights often take center stage, it’s no surprise that any attempt to tweak the environmental appeals process for new projects would be scrutinized. When San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener … Continue reading

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