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The Impending Demise of San Francisco Newspapers – Jan 14

Last weeks purchase of the SF Weekly by the owners of the SF Examiner and Bay Guardian was a shocking and telling development. It was shocking because few seemed to care, and telling because it showed the increasingly irrelevance of … Continue reading

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San Jose, South Bay redevelopment agencies prepare for post-agency world

San Jose’s storied redevelopment agency — the state’s second largest as measured by property tax revenue — will end on Feb. 1 with a whimper, not a bang. Even before last summer, when the state Legislature signed off on Gov. … Continue reading

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Distressed Property Sales Drop, Despite Push to Sell

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article The share of distressed sales in May, that is foreclosed properties and short sales (when the property is sold for less than the value of the loan), fell to 31 percent … Continue reading

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Struggling to Make a House Call on Confidence

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article Today’s report on consumer confidence, or the striking lack of it, is yet another sign that housing is going to be in a very sticky state for a while. It’s hard … Continue reading

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