Monthly Archives: July 2013

Fast Rising Mortgage Rates Are Dire for Housing

Hanson is predicting a 19 percent jump in contract cancelations for the home builders for sales made between December 2012 and June of this year. That is because 70 percent of homes sold in that time were not built yet, … Continue reading

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Playwrights Foundation 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival

« Previous— Playwrights Foundation 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival 10 July 2013 SIX NEW WORKS IGNITE THE 2013 BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL (BAPF) NEW PLAYS BY LAURA SCHELLHARDT, PRINCE GOMOLVILAS, JIEHAE PARK, ERIN BREGMAN, KIMBER LEE, AND JOAN HOLDEN … Continue reading

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Foreclosures Fall Even as Judges Ramp Up

U.S. foreclosure activity in June fell to the lowest level since December of 2006, but certain states are seeing a rise in activity, as judges work through tremendous backlogs of delinquent loans. Close to 128,000 properties received some kind of … Continue reading

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Bay Area housing prices jump 43 percent, but don’t celebrate

The area median home price shoot up by 43 percent to $620,000 in the Bay Area during the past year, according to ZipRealty. Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+  | LinkedIn The Bay Area housing market is … Continue reading

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Fast Rising Mortgage Rates Are Dire For Housing

Hanson is predicting a 19 percent jump in contract cancelations for the home builders for sales made between December 2012 and June of this year. That is because 70 percent of homes sold in that time were not built yet, … Continue reading

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