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Why Chinese money is flooding Bay Area real estate

Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+ Chinese money has flooded the Bay Area real estate market — and you can expect more, way more. Investors in Asia have plenty of reasons to put their capital in … Continue reading

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Housing’s Big Challenge: $1 Trillion in Student Debt

(Read More: How the Student Loan Crisis Drags Down Home Prices) Their story is getting ever more common, as total student loan balances nearly tripled between 2004 and 2012, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of … Continue reading

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Why Home Refinancing Boom Is Different This Time

U.S. home owners are refinancing their mortgages at the fastest clip since 2005, but the difference now is they are putting cash in, not taking it out. At the going rate, 25 percent of all first-lien U.S. mortgages will be … Continue reading

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Housing’s Double Dip Part II: Rising Foreclosures

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Just as we saw a double dip in home prices, we may be seeing another surge in foreclosures. And just as the home price scenario was caused by artificial government stimulus, … Continue reading

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Should Everyone Get Bonus For Paying Mortgage On Time?

Page 1 of 5 | Next PageShow Entire Article At what point is moral hazard trumped by corporate survival and the cold hard need to get people to pay their mortgages? The answer is: Now. As home values continue to … Continue reading

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