Monthly Archives: December 2013

The new mortgage landscape: What you need to know

More than one-third of the housing market is still running on cash, but home sales rose in the first half of this year, pushing mortgage volume higher. The Mortgage Bankers Association is estimating that, thanks to that surge, the full-year … Continue reading

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Pacific Union Real Estate Announces Sonoma County Expansion

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Pacific Union, the leading San Francisco Bay Area luxury real estate brokerage, has launched a new office in Petaluma. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131209/SF29383) The expansion increases the company’s Sonoma County footprint to six offices, including … Continue reading

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Skyrocketing rents hit ‘crisis’ levels

“We are in the midst of the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has known,” said Shaun Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Half of all U.S. renters today pay more than 30 percent of their incomes … Continue reading

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Pacific Union Real Estate Announces Sonoma County Expansion

<!– imageTag: –> <!– imageTagafter: and imageUrl: http://homesmillbrae.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/98906_SF29383 –> Download image SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Pacific Union, the leading San Francisco Bay Area luxury real estate brokerage, has launched a new office in Petaluma. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131209/SF29383) The … Continue reading

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Bay Area commercial real estate boom on track for record year

Click photo to enlarge A surging tech economy has sparked a Bay Area commercial real estate boom that is on track to make 2013 the best year on record. New construction and renovation of commercial real estate — including office, … Continue reading

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