Buying
Is your real estate agent really working for you?
“You need to use a little truth serum to get prospective real estate agents to come clean,” Says Becki Saltzman, author of the upcoming “Arousing the Buy Curious.” Saltzman offers these five tests to determine if prospective agents will work for your best interests.
California’s home prices at highest level in 5 years; competition intensifies
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - Strong sales in higher-cost coastal regions and heated market conditions drove home prices in California to the highest levels in March since May
Jekyll-Hyde real estate agent force closes deal
There's something both benevolent and sinister about this real estate agent. You'd like to join him for a spot of tea, but you wouldn't want to meet him in
Housing discrimination against gays, transgenders, families, marital status alive, too well, legal in most states
“It’s high time to amend the Fair Housing Act to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity as well as source of income.” NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE -
Gen Yers buying homes sooner than expected in Silicon Valley
Generation Y or Gen Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is poised to be the next big demographic to enter the housing market. Gen Y elders are already
April is ‘Fair Housing Month,’ for good reason
Welcome to National Fair Housing Month. On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, an expansion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The
Homeownership counseling can save your most valuable asset
DEADLINE NEWSROOM - Home ownership counseling has become as necessary for home ownership as the money you'll need to invest in what's likely your most valuable asset. Studies reveal
Silicon Valley nonprofit buys, rehabs homes for first-time, moderate-income home buyers
NHSSV - Allen and Erin Johnson were more than a little discouraged in their attempts to buy a home. Time after time, they would make an offer on
Many consumers not buying into housing recovery
Housing affordability is up! Interest rates are at record lows! It's cheaper to buy then rent! Home prices are rising! The housing recovery is on! Buy now! Conditions are
How much home can you afford?
CHIP POLI – The last decade of housing market uncertainty has left many prospective home buyers wary and confused about how much home they can afford. Many home buyers
California home sales slump with short supply; demand boosts median price 21%
DATAQUICK - An estimated 28,719 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 0.5 percent from 28,871 in January, and down 3.1 percent
SF Bay Area home sales droop with tight supply; median price off the hook, up 24.6%
"The last time the number of homes sold exceeded the historical average for a given month was back in 2006." DATAQUICK - San Francisco Bay Area home sales eased
South SF Bay Area’s low housing supply stifles sales, inflates bubble fears
The South San Francisco Bay Area's tumbling supply of homes for sale is causing prices to skyrocket, sales to crash and some market watchers to, well, see bubble. With
The low-down on big down payments
SUSIE SHORTSLEEVE - You can buy a home with as little as 3 percent down, thanks to federal government loans and others with eased restrictions. Low-down payment mortgages are
Infographic: Why sellers rule in the Golden State
Movoto looked at California's 10 largest cities (by population) to get a better idea of what caused the state's turnaround from a buyer's market to a seller's market
