LA Real Estate Advice: Good Schools, Bad Real Estate

LA Real Estate Advice: Good Schools, Bad Real Estate

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 26, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Despite the housing slump, house hunting in good school districts frustrates parents who often have to settle for less house. It’s supposed to be a buyer’s market. Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates at Lowest Point Since Mid-1950s

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates at Lowest Point Since Mid-1950s

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 24, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: National average for a 30-year fixed loan dips to 4.69 percent. Mortgages are cheaper today than they’ve been in a half-century. If only most people had the job security, Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tighter Standards Slow Down Housing Market

LA Real Estate Advice: Tighter Standards Slow Down Housing Market

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 24, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Borrowers plow through piles of paperwork, endure lengthy scrutiny. Tanya is a self-employed writer with solid credit and enough savings to put 30 percent down on her chosen Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Existing Home Sales Weak But Supply Falls

LA Real Estate Advice: Existing Home Sales Weak But Supply Falls

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 23, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly fell last month, a decline economists and real estate agents pinned on delays in processing mortgage applications. Existing Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Players Look to Soften Bill

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Players Look to Soften Bill

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 21, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: As Congress moves to finalize new financial regulations, the mortgage industry is working to soften a series of provisions that reshape how most Americans obtain home loans. The Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tips to Make Your House a Home

LA Real Estate Advice: Tips to Make Your House a Home

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 20, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: After getting the keys to their new homes, many first-time home buyers are excited about finally having the opportunity to personalize and furnish their new house. From Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: California May Home Sales

LA Real Estate Advice: California May Home Sales

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 19, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: An estimated 40,965 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was up 9.3 percent from 37,481 in April, and up 4.9 percent from 39,051 for May Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Realtors, Brokers Target Home-Appraisal Rule

LA Real Estate Advice: Realtors, Brokers Target Home-Appraisal Rule

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 18, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The mortgage-broker and real-estate industries are pushing to have a measure that would kill new home-appraisal rules inserted into pending legislation to overhaul financial-sector Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Rates Up From Yearly Low

LA Real Estate Advice: Rates Up From Yearly Low

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 17, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: National average for a 30-year fixed loan dips slightly to 4.75 percent. Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages backed off from yearly lows this week, but still remain historically Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Southland Median Sale Price Over $300K; 4-Year High

LA Real Estate Advice: Southland Median Sale Price Over $300K; 4-Year High

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 16, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Southern California home sales rose last month in all but the lowest price categories as buyers took advantage of tax credits and low mortgage rates. The median price paid Read More >

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