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Bay Area Home Prices Cooling Off

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – A research firm said home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area began to cool off last month after a torrid run. California posted its strongest homes sales for any August in seven years as price increases … Continue reading

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LessThan6Percent Revolutionizes How Home Sellers and Real Estate Agents …

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – LessThan6Percent (http://www.lessthan6percent.com), the online marketplace where home sellers can compare commissions and marketing plans from local real estate agents, is exiting its beta launch in the San Francisco Bay Area and expanding into Southern … Continue reading

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Foreclosures Fall Due to New Laws

Foreclosure activity fell 28 percent from a year ago nationally, according to a new report from RealtyTrac, but in California, they were down nearly 40 percent. More telling is foreclosure starts, the first notice of a foreclosure filling. In California … Continue reading

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Harcourts plants flag in the Bay Area, partners with Platt Inc.

Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+ Platt Inc. Real Estate, a boutique Oakland-based real estate company, has joined Harcourts USA, a national real estate firm based in Aliso Viejo, and is changing its name to Harcourts … Continue reading

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After Brisk Summer, Pending Home Sales Drop in August

Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy existing homes in August. After gains in home sales over the spring and summer, an industry survey surprised expectations, registering a 2.6 percent drop in pending home sales from July. This drop forecasts that … Continue reading

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