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Officials agree to postpone collecting funds for housing construction projects. The move comes without analysis or discussion about the effect it will have on county finances.
Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year, a real estate trade group reported Tuesday.
Pending purchases index declines 20% from March '07. Firms brace for tough times.
WASHINGTON -- Contacts to buy previously owned U.S. homes hit an all-time low in March and businesses braced for tough times by squeezing more out of their workers in the first quarter, data released on Wednesday showed.
He sees a continued decline in housing prices, and doubts we'll ever see $2-a-gallon gas again.
A study by BizJournals .com, a group of business publications, ranked housing affordability in the nation's metropolitan areas, with terse advice for those seeking a financially manageable place to live: anywhere but California.
The chart lists median prices in thousands of dollars for sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums by ZIP Code. Community names are included for convenience. Some ZIP Codes include multiple cities that, due to space limitations, cannot all be listed by name.
REAL ESTATE
The chart lists median prices in thousands of dollars for sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums by ZIP Code. Community names are included for convenience. Some ZIP Codes include multiple cities that, due to space limitations, cannot all be listed by name.
REAL ESTATE
It's a buyers' market in a getaway area east of L.A. Areas such as Lake Arrowhead are rebounding from 2007 wildfires.
WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes fell in March while the median home price declined, compared with the price a year ago, as a severe slump in housing showed no signs of abating.
Home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area dropped 41% to the lowest level for a March in more than two decades as stricter mortgage standards reduced the number of potential buyers and prices fell, DataQuick Information Systems Inc. reported.
Home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area dropped 41% to the lowest level for a March in more than two decades as stricter mortgage standards reduced the number of potential buyers and prices fell, DataQuick Information Systems Inc. reported.
Just because it's a bad time to own a home doesn't mean that it's a good time to be a renter.
HOUSING
With homes in or facing foreclosure accounting for more than one-third of sales, activity in Southern California inches up in March while the median price falls.
Pending sales of previously owned homes fell a more-than-expected 1.9% in February to the lowest level on record, according to a report from a real estate trade group Tuesday that pointed to more troubles in the beleaguered housing market.
WASHINGTON -- Pending sales of previously owned homes fell a bigger-than-expected 1.9% in February to the lowest level on record, according to a report from a real estate trade group today that pointed to more troubles in the beleaguered housing market.
San Fernando Valley residents fear that dense, high-rise housing projects will worsen traffic.
REGULATION
Investment banks that have long-term access to Federal Reserve 'liquidity' should open their books, the Treasury chief says.
The pace of new-home sales in February is the slowest since 1995. Factory orders for durable goods also decline.
WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes fell in February for the fourth straight month, pushing activity down to a 13-year low as the steep slump in housing continued.
REAL ESTATE
The L.A.-Orange County and San Diego regions experienced declines of nearly 17%.
Southern California officials complain Prop. 1C funds should be allocated by population, which would mean less for Northern California.
The state senator from Thousand Oaks has received $306,000 tax-free for living costs, even though he resides year-round 14 miles from the Capitol.
Owners benefit, but already cash-strapped governments will see less-than-expected revenue.
After record losses in property investment, some see buying opportunities.
Just when it was looking like things couldn't get any worse in the housing market, government officials announced Tuesday that home prices had their biggest fourth-quarter drop in 17 years.
Conquest Student Housing agrees to stop challenging rival developers' plans to build within two miles of the university's main campus.
Tax revenue is down considerably across the nation, creating budget shortfalls and forcing hard choices on what to cut.
THE BIG FIX
Southland house prices have risen past sustainable levels for most homeowners.
MORTGAGE MELTDOWN
Though the city in theory stands to benefit from Bush's mortgage relief plan, agents and homeowners say it may be too little too late.
THE ECONOMY
The White House's move to deal with the growing foreclosure rate comes amid concerns about the '08 elections.
LOANS
The mortgage lender is subpoenaed over charges to homeowners in bankruptcy.
Local prices of single-family homes fell 7% in September from a year earlier. San Diego had the third-biggest drop, at 9.6%, about double the average in a survey of 20 metro areas.
Eric S. Broida wants to trade up. He has been eyeing a multimillion-dollar house near his Pacific Palisades home and thinks it might be a bargain. Eventually, that is.
Those at the San Diego event urge more help for mortgage borrowers at risk of foreclosure.
Programs help low- and moderate-income buyers finally get in the door.
Southland purchases in September fall nearly 50% from a year earlier. Prices drop overall, but L.A. County's rise 1.2%.
HOT PROPERTY
Since summer, when he started on a 91-date world tour, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson has been gone a lot from his home in Chatsworth.
REAL ESTATE
Discounted new homes and foreclosures sink sales of existing houses.
REAL ESTATE BLOGS
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