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19 September 2011
Mortgage Rates off Recent Lows
The borrowing costs required for average mortgage rates rose today, in some cases high enough to nudge the actual interest rate an eighth of a point higher. This is the first time in over a week that we've seen recent rates threatened. Good economic Read More...
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15 April 2009
March California Foreclosure Report
Notices of Default , the first step in the foreclosure process , reached a record level – nearly 26 percent higher than the previous historic peak in April 2008. Notices of Trustee sale , which set the auction date and time, rose 82.3 percent from Read More...
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08 February 2009
Home Prices to Bottom in 2009..New Report!
House prices in much of the U.S. will bottom out in this year's fourth quarter, Moody's Economy.com says in a new report. The report projects that peak-to-trough declines for metro areas will be 53% in Los Angeles. In some of the hardest hit markets, Read More...
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10 January 2009
Economist's Commentary: January 9, 2009
Quick Take on the Economy: January 9, 2009 By Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist Employment Situation December 2008:Payroll jobs were cut by 524,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent. From the cyclical peak employment 12-months ago, a net 2.6 Read More...
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08 January 2009
Rates Fall to Record Low of 5.01%
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.01 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Jan. 8, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.10 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey Read More...
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26 December 2008
Rentals:Multi-Family vs. Single Family...No Question...
Here are some of the advantages that investing in Multi-units Buildings has over Single Families. Cash flow on a multi-family is always greater than that of a single family. Simply because you have more rents coming in. The more units you have under one Read More...
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16 November 2008
California Home Prices DOWN 40.9 percent!--NOW is the time to BuY.
The median price of an existing, single-family detached home in California during September 2008 was $316,480, a 40.9 percent decrease from the revised $535,760 median for September 2007 . It is still too early to determine if the statewide median price Read More...
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14 November 2008
Multifamily Investment Sales Surge in LA
As prices for Multi-Family properties in Los Angeles potentially reached their bottom in the third quarter , San Francisco came close to bottoming out, while New York City remained far from it, according to the Investment Properties Q3 2008 report. The Read More...
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31 October 2008
Sept Sales and Price Report--Sales Soared!!!
September sales and price report: Sales in California soared 96.7 percent and the median price of an existing single-family home decreased 40.9 percent compared with September 2007. Statewide sales in September surpassed the 500,000 mark for the first Read More...
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13 October 2008
Stock Market at a 5 year low...Oil down!
"THOSE WHO CAN SOAR TO THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS CAN ALSO PLUNGE TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS." Lucy Maud Montgomery . Despite all of the government's efforts, markets here and around the world plunged this week as the financial crisis continues to grow. Read More...
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21 September 2008
Multi-Family is the best investment NOW!!
Multi-Family Apartment Buildings are the best investment now. This is true here in Los Angeles, CA as we see rents increasing 5% year over year. Rents have risen in each of the past 24 Quarters partly due to the Sub-Prime fallout which is forcing many Read More...
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04 August 2008
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act
This week, President Bush signed the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008" into law. This $300 Billion rescue plan is aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, as well as boost confidence in the housing market. Although Read More...
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14 July 2008
Prices are Rising-for four straight months!!
Prices have risen for four straight months. The median home price has fallen from a high of $230,200 in July 2006 to a low in February 2008 at $195,600, a drop of 15%. Since February, however, it has risen steadily every month. By May the index (which Read More...
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04 June 2008
Buyers Hurry!--Housing Market doing a 180
Homes are now more affordable then they have been in years. As soon as I state this, the market could turn the other way. It may be many months before we see balance in the markets, but it is coming. Price reductions have increased dramatically in the Read More...
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11 April 2008
Buyers and Renters - The Cost of Waiting
First up: The loss of tax deductions . In most cases, people who lack a mortgage pay more federal and state income taxes than those who qualify for a mortgage deduction. A Mortgage Calculator illustrates this point: Assume that a buyer is currently paying Read More...
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