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 brighter economic picture sent mortgage interest rates higher this week, with housing finance giant Freddie reporting that a 30-year fixed-rate home loan averaged 4.16%, up from 4.1% last week. The interest rate for a 15-year fixed mortgage, popular wi
Continue reading >>A mining town in California has been put up for sale on Craigslist for $225,0000 and it comes complete with a gold mine, a bar with a liquor license and even an opium den. Seneca is a 12-acre ghost town in Plumas County and is being touted by its current
Continue reading >>With Las Vegas home prices much higher than last year, Wall Street investors have started to pull back and buy fewer properties
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