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    Sacramento Bee California home sales drop in August compared with last year The median home price of an existing, single-family home in California rose 1.2 percent compared with July and 8.6 percent from a year ago, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported this week. Followin...

I recently read an article regarding office photocopiers that save images to its own hard drive.  I was completely ignorant of this.   I never gave it any thought whether they had hard drives but just wanted the dam thing to work.  Some copiers will save data, images, personal records, ssn number...

For the second time in three years, Prudential achieves distinction among full service real estate firms Prudential Real Estate ranks highest among home sellers that use full service real estate firms according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction StudySM. This is...

      Wall Street Journal 10 reasons to buy a home With newspaper headlines declaring that foreclosures are on the rise, short sales are difficult to navigate, and the rate of homeownership is on the decline, some home buyers may no longer see the value of purchasing a home. However, there are se...

  Central Valley Business TimesCalHFA offers new 30-year mortgageThe California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) announced this week the launch of a new fixed-rate, 30-year, FHA-insured mortgage program for low- and moderate-income home buyers.KEEP THIS IN MIND• CalHFA provides financing and prog...

  The Wall Street JournalFive mistakes home buyers makeAffordable home prices and historically low interest rates have created an ideal situation for many qualified first-time home buyers to purchase a house. Despite this opportunity, some buyers may be overconfident and make mistakes during the...

  The New York Times New online help from Fannie Mae Since the start of the housing downturn, the number of Web sites and foreclosure-prevention companies claiming to offer help to struggling borrowers has greatly increased. While some of the businesses are legitimate, others are fraudulent and ...

  Sacramento BeeAppraisal sites on Net often fail to pin down accurate pricesOver the last five years, one of the newest developments in real estate is the ability for home buyers and sellers to search online for a home’s value. Popular Web sites such a Zillow.com, Cyberhomes.com, and Eppraisal....

Sacramento Bee 42,000 of California's jobless will get help with mortgages The U.S. Treasury Dept. announced yesterday it is providing additional funding to a California program to help homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments due to unemployment. The program, administered through t...

Los Angeles Times What the new consumer protection bureau will do for home buyers Part of the financial reform bill signed into law by President Obama includes the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which will write new rules and monitor problems and abuses in areas such as resi...