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Sacramento ranked 10th highest in nation

If you are looking for that specific zone that received three times more foreclosure notices than the whole US, Sacramento is the one. At least according to a mid-year report from RealtyTrac, released Thursday. More than 2.5% of households in the Sacramento region received a foreclosure filing in  the first half of this year. That [...]

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June home sales drop in California

While Realtors talk about a slight boost in California home sales, the number of transactions is still 11% lower than a year ago, a tracking firm reported. The numbers published by DataQuick are: a total of 38,975 homes sold last month, meaning a 9.7% rise from 35,536 in May. “June likely benefited from a combination [...]

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Foreclosures and defaults are down in Marin County

Although 2011 began with a high inventory of foreclosures, Marin County foreclosures slowly declined in the second quarter and mortgage defaults also dropped, according to figures released this week by Bradley Real Estate. “This may be the point where we look back and say it’s starting to go in another direction,” Robert Bradley, president of [...]

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Bay Area home sales are on the rise

June brought a minor boost for California’s housing market, but activity was still slower that a year prior, according to DataQuick. A total of 38,975 homes were sold in the state last month, which means 9.7% rise from 35,536 recorded in May. The nine-county Bay Area homebuyers purchased 7,998 new and resale condos in June, [...]

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Local lender forecloses on Westamerica Bank land

It looks like we witness a new era in foreclosures: the era of lenders foreclosing on banks. This is based on a situation that happened recently in Sacramento: Intra-Pacific Commercial Inc foreclosed on a property in South Sacramento from Westamerica Bank. Westamerica Bank became the owner of the land through a series of events, including [...]

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Notices of house repos are up in San Francisco Bay Area

The number of of notices of house repossession showed a significant increase and residential real estate experts in the San Francisco Bay Area are worried about more mortgage trouble that could fluid the market in the area. According to market data, the number of delinquent borrowers who received notices of house repossession reached the 20,000 [...]

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Nick Nardolillo faces foreclosure on his Livermore winery

Nick Nardolillo faces several bad news these days. Fremont Bank has filed a lawsuit seeking to foreclose on the Livermore winery, where Nardolillo has been living for more than 10 years. This could happen just because of the housing crash that hit the market in 2008. The problem is that Nardolillo and his winery partners [...]

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Bay Area real estate investors plead guilty to rigging bids at foreclosure auctions

The Department of Justice announced that eight Bay Area investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate auctions. According to the charges, the investors participated in a conspiracy to rig bids by agreeing to refrain from bidding against one [...]

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