Tag Archives: Investor Purchases

Bay Area home prices up 24.6% over 2012

In the latest sign of a rebounding real estate market, eager buyers vying for a limited pool of properties pushed Bay Area median home prices 24.6 percent higher in February compared with last year, according to a real estate report … Continue reading →

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Pending Home Sales Fall in June Due to ‘Fewer Listings’

Home buyers signed fewer contracts to buy existing homes in June, despite renewed optimism in the overall housing recovery. The pending home sales index from the National Association of Realtors fell 1.4 percent from May. It is up 9.5% from … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Area Home Sales Climb on Investor Purchases

Home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area rose 14 percent last month from a year earlier as investors bought a record share of properties, DataQuick said. A total of 5,702 new and resale houses and condominiums sold in the … Continue reading →

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

(02-16) 10:49 PST Los Angeles, CA (AP) – 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 … Continue reading →

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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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