Housing WirePro Teck Valuation Service’s home value forecast reported that the top three markets with twelve-month active list appreciation were Stockton and Modesto, California, and Reno-Sparks, Nevada. “Active price is the median price a home is listing for a …Home Values in Western US Continue to Show StrengthNational Mortgage Professional Magazine all 2 news articles […]

Real Estate Revival ContinuesForbesReal Estate was the cause of it all or so it seemed over the last six or seven years as the financial world came crashing down around us. Banks acting badly … To follow Mrs. Lappin on Forbes.com click on the button at the top of this article. To … …read more

Stockton Real Estate Investor Admits Role in Bid Rigging at Foreclosure AuctionsLoanSafe(Source: Justice Department) — An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced …Eastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to […]

More lenders are opening themselves up for jumbo loans and more insurers are willing to back them with private mortgage insurance. …read more

While everyone in the market might have their own opinions on housing, only a select few have the capabilities of telling you what you need to know in 140 characters or less. HousingWire sifted through and chose the best Twitter profiles to follow in 2014. …read more

As 2014 arrives, so too does a completely rethought HW Magazine. It’s time. And in fact, it’s probably the single most dramatic overhauling of the content in our monthly flagship since the magazine first launched. (Yes, really.) …read more

Home Values in Western US Continue to Show StrengthNational Mortgage Professional MagazinePro Teck Valuation Services’ December Home Value Forecast (HVF) update looks back at the housing indicators over the last 12 months in a number of residential real estate categories. These include current sales price, 12-month active list price … …read more

Despite signs of a slowing housing market and larger market and extra-market forces, Sterne Agee predicts housing demand will increase. …read more

Law Firm Insider: 12/31/2013U.S. News & World Report (blog)Venable LLP hired real estate/land use lawyer Geoffrey Etnire as a partner in San Francisco. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP hired Rishad A. Patel as an associate in its office in California’s Silicon Valley, where he will be a member of its patent … …read more

Our mission since I first began writing HousingWire (as a blog more, than six years ago!) remains as simple now as it was then: move the markets we serve forward. Visitors to HW’s offices, along with all HW staffers, know our mission well: after all, it’s the very first thing you’ll see emblazoned on a […]

Hitting a record gain since February 2006 and marking the seventeenth consecutive month that both composites increased on an annual basis, the 10-city and 20-city composites posted year-over-year gains of 13.6%. …read more

Hitting a record gain since February 2006 and marking the seventeenth consecutive month that both composites increased on an annual basis, the 10-city and 20-city composites posted year-over-year gains of 13.6%. …read more

The Illinois state legislature has extended legislation that provides foreclosure protections for homeowners seeking loan modifications by extending a local law that allows judges to set aside foreclosure sales when a homeowner is already pursuing a loan mod through a federal program. …read more

What can we make of the seeming incongruity of indicators in the housing market as 2013 comes to a close? Mortgage applications recently hit a 13-year low. Existing home sales fell for the third consecutive month – and for the first time on a year-over-year basis in quite some time. …read more

Year Ahead: Continuing renaissance in Oak ParkSacramento Business JournalAccording to commercial real estate sources, Teach For America, a not-for-profit group, will be expanding its footprint in an office building at 3400 Third Ave. And College Track, a nonprofit organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs that is aimed at … …read more

How To Get Screwed When Buying Real EstateForbesBuy A Building For Your Business Not many small businesses today could afford to buy a building for their business, considering that banks typically require the buyer to put down 35%-50% of the purchase price. But the federal government-backed loan … and more …read more

How NOT To Get Screwed When Buying Real EstateForbesBuy A Building For Your Business Not many small businesses today could afford to buy a building for their business, considering that banks typically require the buyer to put down 35%-50% of the purchase price. But the federal government-backed loan … and more …read more

California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at …Imperial Valley NewsSacramento, California – An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. Anthony B … …read more

Eastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Bid …7thSpace Interactive (press release)WASHINGTON—An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. Anthony B Joachim of …Eastern California Real Estate Investor […]

Eastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud …eNews Park ForestAn Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. Anthony B. Joachim of Stockton, Calif … …read more

Over the past year, lenders shifted and realigned their businesses for shrinking profits, rising rates and increasing regulation, as news headlines remained populated with announcements of mergers and acquisitions. …read more

Eastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Bid …Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)WASHINGTON—An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. Anthony B. Joachim of … …read more

By Steve One of the key documents of an Estate Plan is called the “Power of Attorney”. As you’ll learn today, this has many uses both in estate planning and in many other areas of our personal life and business. WHAT IS A POWER OF ATTORNEY? Some times in life, we want to give another […]

With an off-year election looming and storm clouds on the horizon for Democrats, there will be no end of pressure to prop up the housing market, force interest rates down below market reality and more partisanship in DC. …read more

Despite an onslaught of new regulation to reduce the threat of too-big-to-fail banks, banks are starting to question what the end picture is supposed to look like. …read more