Bay Area home prices rose last month in the increasingly expensive region, while sales fell from a year earlier. The median sales price in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area increased 1.8% from September to reach $539,750 in October, research firm Da
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New data released on Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows the dramatic effects that the recession had on real estate values. Nationally, homes lost 9% of their median values from what the Census describes as the three-year recession period (2007-09) t
Continue reading >>A sprawling parking lot across the street from Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles has been sold to local investors who plan to build a large-scale residential and retail complex — perhaps including a hotel.
Continue reading >>Reverse mortgages just got more complicated.
Continue reading >>The Federal Housing Administration has announced plans to reduce its stake in the market, an indication it sees some signs of strength in real estate.
Continue reading >>With Treasury yields creeping higher lately, mortgage rates rose in the latest week as well, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate jumping to 4.46% – the highest reading since the week ending Sept. 19 – from 4.29% a week earlier, according to
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