Home Prices See Gains, But That’s Not the Whole Story
Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article It is not exactly a trend, but for the second-straight month, U.S. home prices saw year-over-year gains. Including distressed sales (foreclosures and short...
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Wells Fargo Bankers Toting Guns Aim at 40% of Market: Mortgages
In mid-January, sales managers in Wells Fargo Co. (WFC)’s mortgage unit, the largest in the U.S., gathered at a hotel south of San Francisco dressed as cowboys, six shooters strapped to their hips. The...
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US Home Builders Begin to See Credit Thaw
The U.S. home building industry is finally coming off its lowest volumes ever, albeit in fits and slow starts. New single family home starts fell 6.5 percent in July from the previous month but are...
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Why Home Refinancing Boom Is Different This Time
U.S. home owners are refinancing their mortgages at the fastest clip since 2005, but the difference now is they are putting cash in, not taking it out. At the going rate, 25 percent of all first-lien...
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Home prices increased at a six-year high late in 2012, SF had second highest …
WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes. The Standard Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home...
View ArticleBay Area luxury home sales boom in 2012
Led by an eye-popping $117.5 million paid for a Woodside mansion – the most expensive U.S. home ever – luxury properties in the Bay Area and California saw sales surge in 2012, according to real estate...
View ArticleHome prices in Bay Area up 17.5% in January
Home prices in the five-county San Francisco metro area surged 17.5 percent in January versus a year ago – one of the biggest gains nationwide – according to a key gauge released on Tuesday. Overall,...
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Bay Area Housing Prices Take Big Jump
advertisement U.S. home prices jumped 10.9 percent in March compared with a year ago, the most since April 2006. A growing number of buyers are bidding on a tight supply of homes, driving prices...
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