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Analyst: Bay Area home prices will rise

Speakers at a UC Berkeley real estate conference Monday noted that healthy job growth in the Bay Area’s tech and social media sectors is having a positive impact on residential real estate between San Jose and San Francisco. But the … Continue reading

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Homebuilders Face New Hurdles

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Builders are on track to construct the fewest single family homes in history this year. Total housing starts in July were down 1.7 percent, month to month, which may not sound … Continue reading

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Home Sales Contracts Rise, But Cancellations Run High

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Last month, the National Association of Realtors reported a huge jump in cancellations of pending home sale contracts. 16 percent of contracts didn’t make it to closing, up from a norm … Continue reading

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Foreclosure Effects Are Everywhere

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article Every time we get the monthly foreclosure numbers from RealtyTrac, I hear someone on TV say, ‘Well, the problem is really only concentrated in a handful of states.” Yes, the volumes … Continue reading

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The Debt Crisis and Mortgage Rates

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article If you’re not talking about the head of the IMF today, then the only thing left really is the debt ceiling, which we officially reached today ($14.294 trillion for anyone who’s … Continue reading

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