Tag Archives: Cash Purchases

Rise In All-Cash Home Sales Frustrates Bay Area First-Time Buyers

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Real estate firms are reporting a record number of Bay Area homes are being bought with cash, making it increasingly difficult for first-time homebuyers to get their offers accepted. Often, the bids are only accepted after … Continue reading

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Foreclosures Fall Due to New Laws

Foreclosure activity fell 28 percent from a year ago nationally, according to a new report from RealtyTrac, but in California, they were down nearly 40 percent. More telling is foreclosure starts, the first notice of a foreclosure filling. In California … Continue reading

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Bay Area Home Sales Improve as Investors and Cash Buyers Move In

March 19, 2012 (Brian Michael) A record amount of purchases by investors and cash buyers helped push monthly sales of new and existing homes in the Bay Area higher in February according to real estate information provider DataQuick. A total … Continue reading

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Bay Area housing trends continue: Sales are up, prices are down

December real estate activity in the Bay Area mirrored the rest of the year’s activity — sales slowly gained while prices dropped. Home sales increased 4.4 percent from December of 2010, market researcher DataQuick reported Wednesday, marking the sixth consecutive … Continue reading

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