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Low prices boost SF home sales to 5-year Jan. high

LOS ANGELES—Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area reached a five-year high for January, as prices and mortgage rates plunged, a real estate tracking firm reported Thursday. However, many of those purchases involved properties that were subject to foreclosures … Continue reading →

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Low prices boost SF home sales to 5-year Jan. high

(AP)  LOS ANGELES — Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area reached a five-year high for January, as prices and mortgage rates plunged, a real estate tracking firm reported Thursday. However, many of those purchases involved properties that were … Continue reading →

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Foreclosure activity down in Bay Area, California

Foreclosure filings declined in California and the Bay Area in the fourth quarter of 2011 as the housing market improved and lenders evolved their policies for home repossessions, according to a report released Tuesday by DataQuick, a real estate service … Continue reading →

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Investors Help Push Bay Area Sales Higher, Prices Lower

January 20, 2012 (Brian Michael) Just like their brethren to the south, monthly sales of new and existing homes in the Bay area surged in December, fueled by a record percentage of sales to investors according to real estate information … 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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