Markets
SF Bay Area housing sales highest in five years
Don’t read too much into SF Bay Area statistics. They are based on a small, seasonal pool of buyers. Prices edged lower in some areas, but the median reflects how skewed the market has become toward distressed, lower-cost properties.
Two-year apartment industry recovery continues
NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL - Market conditions continued to improve for the multifamily industry across all areas, according to the latest National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey
Silicon Valley’s ‘Facebook Factor’
STEFAN WALKER - More talk about Facebook than football at a recent Super Bowl party indicates the upcoming Facebook IPO has the potential for far-reaching impact on Silicon
California nets $18 billion of landmark $25-billion national mortgage settlement
California's $18 billion cut of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement beats a zero, but it's too small to change the landscape of the Golden State's housing crisis. The
Where is everybody going?
PENSKE TRUCK RENTAL | TRULIA - Penske's "Move Ahead" truck rental list of top moving destinations includes many sunny locales. Trulia's interactive "Metro Movers Report" likewise reveals Florida
Light at the end of the housing crisis tunnel not shining in the Midwest
With the Midwest hardest hit by the housing crisis, home value declines elsewhere appear to be easing. The Northeast appears nearest to bottoming out, but most markets remain
Congress hears plight of San Jose, CA woman evicted from her home of 41 years
JANICE ROMBECK - A seriously ill South San Jose woman who recently was evicted from her home of 41 years by Wells Fargo Bank is receiving support from
SF Bay Area map parody draws controversy
More DeadlineNews.Com Offbeat News Facebook users are floating a spoof of a San Francisco Bay Area map, perhaps meant as a joke, but it could be offensive to some
Home Sweet Superbowl Archive
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California Democrats urge Obama to use special powers to appoint permanent FHFA director
More than two dozen U.S. House of Representatives Democrats from California are asking President Barack Obama to make another end run around stonewalling Republicans, this time for the
Meltdown nears end in mashup forecast of mixed hope for 2012 national housing market
A mashup of several market indices puts the housing recovery start somewhere between 2012 and 2013 thanks, in part, to growing consumer confidence in the economy. Clear Capital's
Goats and golden geese, investors contribute to crashes, recoveries
Investors get it coming and going. They are speculating sinners after markets crash, but saintly saviors when demand for good times are here again. To wit. The Federal Reserve
Underwater homeowners renting out to move up, over or down
Silicon Valley's Julie Larsen Wyss, a broker associate with Intero Real Estate Services, recently met a couple who wanted to buy one of her listings, but had
Retail holiday workers find little joy in housing costs
Christmas just wouldn't be the Christmas without the workers you love, but many workers essential to the holiday shopping season can't afford to buy a home where they
American Dream more sustainable with smaller carbon footprint
The latest study extolling the intrinsic value found in green homes puts energy efficiency at the top of the list of features buyers most desire. The Yahoo! Home Horizon
California consumer advocates call for homeowner relief during the holidays
A number of California community groups joined California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Monday afternoon to draw attention to the plight of homeowners facing foreclosure during the holiday
Voters seek candidates who champion housing
Candidates running for office in 2012 had better put their housing game on the table. From tiny towns to the national electorate, voters have been clear about who
Realtor.com goes abroad, adds rental listings
Capitalizing on the growing number of home buyers from abroad, Realtor.com is delivering its millions of domestic listings to buyers around the world, while showcasing listings from foreign
Rental market booming with new construction, renters spending increasingly more for housing than homeowners
More proof the rental market is firing on all cylinders: multifamily housing construction is up and renters are paying an ever larger share of their income for housing,
‘Keep Your Home California’ loaded with cash to help Californians keep homes
A California program funded with $2 billion in federal stimulus money is designed to help 100,000 struggling homeowners, but since the program launched in February, only 7,000 home


























