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CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS – California home sales declined in March from February's pace, while the median home price snapped a 16-month annual price decline and posted

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, on April 17, announced seven bills in the California Homeowner Bill of Rights to protect homeowners from unfair practices

California's attorney general and a host of Golden State legislators are pushing to secure a Homeowner Bill of Rights designed to protect homeowners from abusive mortgage practices and

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

The five largest U.S. mortgage lenders have offered a $25 billion settlement proposal that could make it easier for some struggling homeowners to avoid foreclosure and have their

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

PAUL WINDUST ESQ - Community associations increasingly face issues with medical marijuana. It is a confusing area because federal and state laws conflict and social mores are in

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

A California homeowner assistance program funded with $2 billion in federal stimulus money is upping the ante to help more struggling homeowners facing foreclosure and unemployment. The four-pronged

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

Focus like a laser beam on housing. Just writing down all of California's underwater mortgages to market value would pump more than $20 billion into the state, create more

The short sale system in California isn't just broken, it's getting worse. Unfortunately, that means home owners who were looking for the short sale alternative to foreclosure could be

If you live in California and find yourself facing foreclosure, chances are greater than in any other state, you'll be the victim of foreclosure rescue fraud. Nearly one-in-four complaints

When housing went down in the Golden State it took Californian jobs and a chunk of the economy with it. The bust has cost the Golden State hundreds of

California struck gold, receiving the biggest chunk of a special $1.5 billion federal fund pie for programs that target struggling homeowners in states hardest hit by the housing

California's home prices are literally skyrocketing again, soaring in some of the Golden States' largest metro areas by 30 percent to more than 50 percent in little more

First-time home buyers should take a look at California Housing Finance Agency's (CalHFA) new home loan option, the Cal30, a fixed-rate, 30-year loan that will finance up to

Maybe the media does have a negative role in the current housing market -- just not necessarily as a spoiler. While some real estate industry leaders have called for