LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Climb Over The 5 % Mark

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Climb Over The 5 % Mark

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 25, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Standard 30-year fixed loan breaks barrier for the first time in three weeks. Rates for 30-year home loans rose above the 5 percent threshold for the first time in three Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Up, Sales Down

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Up, Sales Down

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 24, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Median home prices increased 15 percent year-over-year in January, according to a report by the California Association of Realtors. Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Gain for Seventh Straight Month

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Gain for Seventh Straight Month

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 23, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice:  Case-Shiller home price index rose 0.3 percent as industry slowly recovers. Home prices rose nationally for the seventh straight month in December as the U.S. housing Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: The Boy Who Cried Housing Recovery!

LA Real Estate Advice: The Boy Who Cried Housing Recovery!

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 22, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Lowe’s reported a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter on Monday, and the nation’s second-largest home-improvement retailer indicated that 2010 Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Fewer People Falling Behind on Home Loans

LA Real Estate Advice: Fewer People Falling Behind on Home Loans

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 21, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is declining. The Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice:10 Rookie Home Buyer Mistakes to Avoid

LA Real Estate Advice:10 Rookie Home Buyer Mistakes to Avoid

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 20, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: It was supposed to be a momentous occasion for Brian, who was about to close on his first home. But after signing a thick stack of documents–and taking part in the Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Is The Mortgage Market Starting to Heal?

LA Real Estate Advice: Is The Mortgage Market Starting to Heal?

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 19, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The mortgage market may have begun to turn: Fewer borrowers fell behind on their payments during the last three months of 2009. A seasonally adjusted 9.47% of all mortgage Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Economy Needs a Stronger Housing Market

LA Real Estate Advice: Economy Needs a Stronger Housing Market

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 18, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Latest data show gains, but not enough to sustain a real recovery. A stronger-than-expected uptick in housing starts confirms that the housing market has bottomed out after Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Southland Sales, Median Price Edge Above Year-Ago Level

LA Real Estate Advice: Southland Sales, Median Price Edge Above Year-Ago Level

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 17, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Southern California home sales eked out a modest gain in January compared with a year earlier but fell sharply – as they normally do – from December. The median price Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: How to Repair Your Home Without Damaging Your Wallet

LA Real Estate Advice: How to Repair Your Home Without Damaging Your Wallet

Posted by Clinton Wade on Feb 16, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Some homeowners have a long laundry list of to-do repairs and, interestingly enough, many of those items don’t get addressed until (or if at all) it’s time to Read More >

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