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San Francisco Housing Bubble May Be Brewing, Says New Report

SAN FRANCISCO — As anyone who even thought about buying a home in San Francisco in the past few years can readily attest, the city’s real estate market is both insanely expensive and insanely competitive. And if a recent analysis … Continue reading

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US Homeowners Rise Above Water on Mortgages

The negative equity numbers also don’t say anything about whether or not the loans coming out from underwater are delinquent. While the overall delinquency rate dropped dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 7.09 percent of all loans, according … Continue reading

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Next hot Bay Area neighborhoods might surprise you

Real estate site Redfin listed its picks for the next hottest neighborhoods or small cities across the country, and it’s no surprise that three of them are in the Bay Area (8 out of the 10 are in California!). What … Continue reading

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Bay Area rents, home prices up sharply

If you’re seeking a new pad in the Bay Area, you can expect to pay more than a year ago whether you’re buying or renting, according to a report released Wednesday. Asking prices for homes for sale around the Bay … Continue reading

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San Francisco 2nd, San Jose 6th least affordable places to buy in the country

We’ve written numerous times about how crazy expensive buying a home in the Bay Area is for the average folk.  Out comes another survey, this one by the National Association of Home Builders/ Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, that confirms … Continue reading

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