LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Delinquencies at FHA Show Slowdown

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Delinquencies at FHA Show Slowdown

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 07, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The government agency that backs home loans may have some good news for taxpayers. Home mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration are falling into delinquency Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: California Home Default Cases Plunge

LA Real Estate Advice: California Home Default Cases Plunge

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 05, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The California foreclosure crisis appears to be abating, new data shows, as the federal government and big lenders step up efforts to keep troubled borrowers in their homes. Mortgage Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Fifteen-Year Mortgage Hits a Record Low

LA Real Estate Advice: Fifteen-Year Mortgage Hits a Record Low

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 04, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Home-mortgage rates were little changed last week, holding steady for the most part at or near recent lows, including a record for the 15-year fixed-rate loan, Freddie Mac Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credits Fuel 6% Rise in April Home Sales

LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credits Fuel 6% Rise in April Home Sales

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 02, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Number of buyers signing contracts reaches highest level since October. A rush of homebuyers aiming to meet a deadline to qualify for a federal tax credit pushed the number Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: New Home Sales Soar 15% in April

LA Real Estate Advice: New Home Sales Soar 15% in April

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 01, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: New home sales soared in April as homebuyers rushed to claim the tax credit that expired at the end of the month. New home sales climbed 14.8% to a seasonally adjusted rate Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Market Diagnosis- Bipolar

LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Market Diagnosis- Bipolar

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 18, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Bipolar is what comes to mind when diagnosing the post-homebuyer tax credit market. There are two separate forces pulling it in opposite directions, and experts aren’t Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Index Hits Highest Level Since 2007

LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Index Hits Highest Level Since 2007

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 17, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Homebuilders are increasingly upbeat, NAHB data suggest . U.S. homebuilders are growing more optimistic about their fortunes, with many expecting improved sales and customer Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Real Estate Outlook- Up or Down?

LA Real Estate Advice: Real Estate Outlook- Up or Down?

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 17, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: You may have seen the latest home sales and price numbers and wondered: What’s going on here? Are we up? Are we down? Depending on which TV network reported the news Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Default Notices Decline in April, Banks Pick Up Liquidation

LA Real Estate Advice: Default Notices Decline in April, Banks Pick Up Liquidation

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 15, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Foreclosure activity nationwide declined in April, its incidence down both from March levels and from foreclosure activity a year earlier according to RealtyTrac’s Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Sink to Five-Month Low

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Sink to Five-Month Low

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 15, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: National average for a 30-year fixed loan is slips slightly to 4.93 percent. Mortgage ratesfixedMac’s fell this week to the lowest level of the year, as rates fell Read More >

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