Monthly Archives: December 2013

Home builder confidence ends year on high note

“I take issue with the NAHB’s belief that higher rates hasn’t deterred buyers, as the purchase component of weekly mortgage applications are near the lowest of the year, and as the [number] of first-time homebuyers still remain well below historical … Continue reading

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Protesters upset by evictions block Apple, Google buses in Bay Area

Protesters blocked buses said to be operated by Google and Apple in San Francisco and Oakland on Friday, the latest sign of a growing backlash against the booming tech industry’s impact on access to affordable housing in the region. About … Continue reading

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Staging your home for sale? Check this out first

Home sellers may be daunted by the idea of renovations, but there are other ways to improve a house’s market prospects without breaking the bank. “The most important thing that doesn’t cost any money is to declutter your home,” said … Continue reading

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Bay Area home prices up, but fewer sold

Bay Area home sales continued their divergent trajectories in November, with median prices rising while sales volume dipped, according to a real estate report released on Tuesday. Buyers in the nine-county region paid a median of $550,000 in November, up … Continue reading

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Sales of bank-owned homes surge

(Read more: Mortgage rates to rise, but not because of tapering (yet)) Institutional investors, who drove the distressed sales market over the past few years, dropped off earlier this year, faced with bidding wars in some of the previously hot … Continue reading

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