Oakland, CA Condo Blog
Seeing Ahead in 2009
January 5th, 2009 at 9:49 AMSeeing ahead in 2009 What can home buyers and sellers expect? Experts say foreclosures, economic woes make predictions dicey. By Scott Van Voorhis, ... Read More
What the market could look like in 2009
December 28th, 2008 at 7:23 PMHere Comes 2009 Marni Leff Kottle, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, December 28, 2008 So long 2008, and don't let the door hit you on the way ou... Read More
New York Style in Downtown Oakland
December 21st, 2008 at 7:34 PMThe Oakland Federal Building, built in 1914, is located at the intersection of two of Oakland's main thoroughfares: Broadway and Telegraph. The near... Read More
Bull Markets Start with Buying Opportunities
December 1st, 2008 at 1:05 PMYes prices are still declining but low prices and low mortgage rates are creating a great opportunity to buy, and upswings in the market typically com... Read More
Lock Your Rate in Today!
November 26th, 2008 at 9:03 AMBy Kathleen M. Howley Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. mortgage rates fell more than three-quarters of a percentage point today after the Federal Reserve ... Read More
Recession hits hard everywhere
November 18th, 2008 at 1:14 PMEconomists say recession is here, and will last Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, November 18, 2008 The global economy has plunged into ... Read More
Should you keep paying your mortgage?
November 17th, 2008 at 6:53 PMAre you an idiot to keep paying your mortgage? Kathleen Pender Sunday, November 16, 2008 Should you keep paying your mortgage? If y... Read More
Bailout Plan Amended
November 13th, 2008 at 12:45 PMTreasury alters bailout to give more to banks Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, November 13, 2008 (11-12) 18:20 PST -- Th... Read More
Home Sales Up - Median Price Down
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:34 PMBargains push bay home sales, but prices plunge James Temple, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, October 22, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area home... Read More
85 Billion Bailout of AIG
September 17th, 2008 at 4:54 PMU.S. to Take Over AIG in $85 Billion Bailout; Central Banks Inject Cash as Credit Dries Up Emergency Loan Effectively Gives Government Control of In... Read More
How the Fannie/Freddie Takeover Affects You
September 14th, 2008 at 3:13 PMHow the Fannie and Freddie takeover affects you The feds want mortgages to remain available at good rates to creditworthy borrowers. That's good ... Read More
Government Seizes Control of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
September 7th, 2008 at 12:23 PMPaulson Engineers U.S. Takeover of Fannie, Freddie By Rebecca Christie and Dawn Kopecki Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government seized control o... Read More
Lower Rates & Incentives Benefit Homebuyers
September 4th, 2008 at 9:17 AMFrom The Street.com by Peter McDougall 09/03/08 - 01:59 PM EDT The economy grew at a healthy 3.3% in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of... Read More
Bay Area Home Values - UP and DOWN
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 PMHome values hold in few places in Bay Area Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Like an endangered rain forest,... Read More
Lock your rate in now - mortgage rates are on the rise
August 8th, 2008 at 6:30 PMMortgages get more expensive - again In wake of huge losses, Fannie Mae announces changes that will make home loans harder and more expensive to obta... Read More
Signs point to recovery in CA
July 31st, 2008 at 8:41 PMCalifornia's Discount Foreclosure Sales Point to Housing Bottom By Dan Levy and Daniel Taub July 31 (Bloomberg) -- California led the U.S. into the... Read More
Can you really time the bottom?
July 28th, 2008 at 5:59 PMThe Mansion Family by Portfolio Staff August 2008 Issue Luxury-home builder Bob Toll on how to know when the housing collapse has finally hit bo... Read More
Early signs of recovery?
July 17th, 2008 at 5:42 PMBottom's Up: This Real-Estate Rout May Be Short-Lived By JONATHAN R. LAING This real-estate rout has been more painful than prior ones, but it m... Read More
How does Fannie Mae work?
July 16th, 2008 at 10:54 AMFrom the New York Times July 11, 2008 Making Sense of Problems at Fannie and Freddie An examination of how Fannie Mae works, the current problems... Read More
Bush bullish, Bernake bearish
July 15th, 2008 at 8:28 PMSan Francisco Business Times - by Steven E.F. Brown President George W. Bush said Tuesday that the U.S. economy will likely continue to grow as it... Read More
Foreclosures aren't always great deals
July 13th, 2008 at 7:45 PMHow to buy a foreclosed home Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, July 9, 2008 How do I buy a foreclosed property at a bargain price... Read More
Middle Class Millionaires Facing Foreclosure
July 13th, 2008 at 7:30 PMFrom the San Francisco Business Times (7/11/2008) by Mark Calvey So-called middle class millionaires, those with $1 millio... Read More
Mortgage Financing Should Get Better in the Coming Year
July 7th, 2008 at 6:41 PMS.F. Fed president Yellen expects house prices to drop further this year San Francisco Business Times Monday, July 7, 2008 National home prices... Read More
Congressional Bailout Bill...will it help or hurt the economy?
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 PMAs Housing Bill Evolves, Crisis Grows Deeper By VIKAS BAJAJ, New York Times June 29, 2008 When Congress started fashioning a sweeping re... Read More
CA Bill will require lenders to give more notice to buyers in default
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 AMFrom the Associated Press (07-02) 17:02 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) -- Lawmakers have sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill requiring more notice from lend... Read More
Developers convert condos to rentals
July 1st, 2008 at 8:36 PMBy Blanca Torres, San Francisco Business Times 06/13/08 Rather than let unsold condomiums sit empty, developers have converted units in three downto... Read More
Beware of registering at new construction site without your agent
June 25th, 2008 at 6:02 PMBeware of signing in at model home site. Research builder, shop for mortgage, get lawyer's advice. by Allan Lengel, Washington Post Sunday, Ju... Read More
Design for Berkeley Art Museum
June 25th, 2008 at 11:05 AMWritten by John King, San Francisco Chronicle He doesn't have the name recognition of a Frank Gehry or a Daniel Libeskind, but Toyo Ito is one of Ja... Read More
Buying a foreclosed home - what you need to know
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 PMBy Stephen Gandel, Money Magazine senior writer Last Updated: June 23, 2008: 3:23 PM EDT cnnad_createAd("592722","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/sit... Read More
Homebuyers look closer to work
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 PMBy Adrian Sainz ASSOCIATED PRESS Article Created: 06/18/2008 01:56:27 PM PDT var requestedWidth = 0; ... Read More
© Copyright 2007 Highrises.com, LLC - Sitemap | Agent Log-In | Designed by Real Estate Webmasters