Tag Archives: Distressed Properties

Analyst: Bay Area home prices will rise

Speakers at a UC Berkeley real estate conference Monday noted that healthy job growth in the Bay Area’s tech and social media sectors is having a positive impact on residential real estate between San Jose and San Francisco. But the … Continue reading

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Notices of default up, foreclosures down in third quarter

The number of Napa County homes entering the foreclosure process jumped 18.5 percent in the third quarter compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to DataQuick, a real estate information service.  A total of 263 notices of default were … Continue reading

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KB Home launches ‘green’ communities in Bay area

KB Home (KBH: 5.41 +2.66%) wants to build energy-efficient homes on nearly 900 lots in several San Francisco Bay area communities. But will reticent consumers want to buy? The Los Angeles-based volume builder — whose stock price tumbled Wednesday to … Continue reading

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Bay Area Home Sales Jump in June

Share RSS Print E-mail Comments Real estate sales in San Francisco reached a one-year high in June, driven by a combination of factors that pushed turnover to 14.5% over May sales. Analysts note a larger demand in lower-priced properties (below … Continue reading

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If You Build It, When Will the Home Buyers Come?

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article Sales of newly built homes fell around 2 percent in May from the previous month, but that was a little better than expectations, given the lousy home builder sentiment number we … Continue reading

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