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Retail sales fell 1% for the week ending August 20, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs index. On a year-over-year basis, retailers saw sales increase 3%. New home sales fell 0.7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000 units from a downwardly revised rate of 300,000 units in June...
08/29/2011
Are you looking to buy or lease a home? Or maybe you just want to see what's out there. Here are the open houses taking place this weekend in the Malibu area. For more information on the listings, visit www.4Malibu.com or email us at Info@4Malibu.com. MALIBU 6473 Zuma View Place No. 137 (3 bedroo...
08/28/2011
Foreclosures made up roughly one-third of all home sales this spring. While that's a smaller share of sales from the previous quarter, it's six times the percentage of foreclosures in a healthy housing market. Foreclosure sales, which include homes purchased after they received a notice of defaul...
08/27/2011
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Despite home prices in major urban centers decreasing 31 percent between 2005 and 2009, property taxes across the U.S. increased by nearly 20 percent. There is good news, however; homeowners can fight back. Homeowners should keep in mind that property taxes do not always correspond with home ...
08/27/2011
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08/27/2011
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California pending home sales dipped in July from the previous month, as did the share of sales of distressed properties, the California Association of Realtors said. Pending home sales in California fell 1.7% in July, according to CAR's Pending Home Sales Index. The index was 117 in July, down f...
08/23/2011
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Analysts reacted to the July new home sales decline Tuesday with dread, saying the housing market has years of stalled recovery ahead. The Commerce Department reported the seasonally adjusted rate of new home sales in July declined 6.8% from one year ago, coming in below analyst expectations. Sal...
08/23/2011
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California dropped 4.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted 458,440 units in July, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. July home sales were up 4.5 percent from ...
08/21/2011
Concerns about job loss and increasing consumer pessimism reveal that 64 percent of Americans surveyed during the second quarter say the economy is on the wrong track, according to Fannie Mae's latest quarterly National Housing Survey. The monthly survey found that 70 percent of respondents now b...
08/21/2011
Fannie Mae recently extended its HomePath Buyer Incentive Offer, in which buyers may be eligible to receive up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance, through October 31, 2011. To qualify, your initial offer must have been submitted on or after June 14, 2011 and you must close by October 31, 2011. In...
08/21/2011