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‘Day-at-the-beach’ sell tougher for vacation rental owners in Gulf Coast

The Gulf Coast’s economically pivotal vacation rental playground faces a value crunch that could cost individual properties as much as $80,000 in lost value, according to the most exhaustive study to date of the Gulf oil disaster’s impact on residential [...]

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San Francisco Bay Area ground zero for national housing recovery

With some Golden State home prices skyrocketing again, the focus is turning to the California region that could be truly ground zero platinum for the nation's next real

Gulf Coast homeowners get mortgage relief

With livelihoods and home values threatened by the Gulf oil disaster, its a good thing lenders and others are coming forth to offer special relief for homeowners. Fannie Mae

More bad news for Gulf area home values

Much of the nation is poised to recover from the worst housing downturn since the Great Depression, but the Gulf of Mexico area's housing markets could be in

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HomeAway helps Gulf area vacation property owners brace for oil spill fallout

After an April 20 explosion and fire ruptured an oil well and sank the BP operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 5,000 feet down in the Gulf of Mexico,

Q&A with Olivia Edwards, 2009 President SAMCAR

With so much uncertainty in the housing market, it's a good time to seek insight from real estate leaders who have their fingers on the pulse of this

Q&A with Julia Truesdale Keady, 2009 President SILVAR

Julia Truesdale Keady 2009 SILVAR President Uncertainty in the housing market makes it a good time to seek insight from real estate professionals, leaders who have their fingers on the

Q&A with Kim DiBenedetto, 2009 President MCAR

Kim DiBenedetto President MCAR With so much uncertainty in the housing market, it's a good time to seek insight from real estate leaders who have their fingers on the pulse

Silicon Valley swamped with REOs

Remember when banks lobbied heavily for the right to sell real estate? They now understand the phrase "be careful what you wish for." When President Obama recently signed legislation

Quincy Virgilio, 2009 SCCAOR President Q&A

With so much uncertainty in the housing market, it's a good time to seek insight from real estate leaders who have their fingers on the pulse of this

Local relief for national housing hangover

Don't expect the federal government to have all the answers for the economic crisis that's really hitting home. Real estate is a local state of mind. Amazon.com WidgetsWith its legislative

Affordability moving into Silicon Valley

Growing affordability already appears to be clearing the logjam of unsold homes and tightfisted sellers are taking note. New data contains evidence of greater affordability likely in the

Word on the street: Housing market grim

Want to know what the experts on the street are saying about the housing market? Log onto the Federal Reserve's Beige Book and you'll get a one-of-a-kind, down-to-earth examination

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