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New home sales climb in April
New home sales climbed strongly in April, an indication that a long-awaited building market comeback is strengthening. Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 2.3% above the prior month and were 29% above the same period last year. New homes sold...
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U.S. home sales rise in April
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes increased in April, hitting their highest level in nearly four years and signaling that the housing market continued its rebound last month. Home sales increased 0.6% from the prior month and were up 9.7% from...
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Twisters batter Oklahoma, killing 1, injuring 21, wrecking homes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A series of tornadoes raked a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, destroying homes and a trailer park in Oklahoma, killing one person and injuring at least 21 others, officials said. As night fell, rescuers with flashlights picked through the rubble...Tags: Mary Fallin, National Weather Service, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Death toll rises to 2 in Oklahoma tornadoes; more storms expected
The death toll from the most recent outbreak of tornadoes in the Midwest climbed to two on Monday morning as parts of four states braced for the possibility of more storms by nightfall. An official at the Oklahoma state medical examiner’s office...
Tags: Mary Fallin, National Weather Service, Weather Warnings, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Southland housing market heats up in April
Home prices in the Southland surged last month and sales reached boom-era levels. Dwellings in the six-county area sold at the fastest clip for an April in seven years, as regular buyers and investors snapped up a total of 21,415 properties, real estate...
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Castaic brush fire 80% contained; one lane of 5 Freeway closed
One lane of the northbound 5 Freeway in the Castaic area will remain closed until about 3 p.m. Tuesday as fire officials work on a brush fire that burned about 50 acres, authorities said. The fire was more than 80% contained Tuesday morning, according...
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Bay Area median home price tops half-million-dollar mark — again
The median home price in the San Francisco Bay Area moved above the half-million-dollar threshold last month — a sign of just how hot that market is getting. The median price for a home in the nine-county area was $510,000 in April, up 17% from...
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California's housing market surges in April
California’s housing market surged last month as prices jumped from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area. The state’s median home price in April ticked up 3.5% from the previous month and soared 22.7% from the same month a...
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Home-builder confidence index gains as housing market strengthens
Home-builder confidence improved in May as the housing market showed signs of strength in spring. The National Assn. of Home Builders said its index of confidence in the housing market gained three points to 44 from a downwardly revised 41 in April....
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Housing starts fall 16.5% in April, but building permits jump
WASHINGTON -- Housing starts dropped 16.5% in April to the lowest level since November, but permits for future construction rose to a nearly five-year high, providing mixed signals for the red-hot real estate market. Construction on privately owned...
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Garcetti sees Hollywood as 'a template for a new Los Angeles'
Chris Robbins could be a poster child for mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti's vision for Los Angeles. Each morning, Robbins straps on a backpack, cues up his iPod and sets out on a short walk to the subway, which whisks him to his downtown public...
Tags: Apple iPod, Travel, Property, Cirque du Soleil, Subway Transportation
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San Bernardino mobile home park fire extinguished
A wind-driven fire that threatened a mobile home park in San Bernardino was extinguished with damage to one home, authorities said The fire started about 11:22 a.m. at the San Bernardino Spa Mobile Home Estates, and was contained a little more than an...
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