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O.C. real estate and finance companies have trimmed 36,000 jobs - or 1-in-7 of the workers - since falling off its 2006 peak. New state job stats show ... Employment in real estate/finance industries - from brokers to lenders to construction workers - to lumberyard employees to janitors - at 225,...
01/27/2009
The Federal Reserve bought $23.4 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae mortgage bonds as part of the central bank's efforts at credit easing. The biggest portion of the purchases from Jan. 8 through Jan. 14 was $9.75 billion of 30-year debt with 4.5 percent coupons, the New York Fed s...
01/20/2009
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate loans fell across the country for the week ended Thursday to an average of 4.96%, the lowest in at least 38 years, says mortgage giant Freddie Mac. It began tracking rates in 1971. The company, now owned by the federal government, said consumers paid an average fee of ...
01/20/2009
In 2008 many homeowners saw the value of their houses drastically drop. Same models were going for half their price in some areas. With this in mind they purchased an additional home and rented out their existing homes. Upon closing on a new home, payments were stopped on the previous home and fo...
01/13/2009
A Grubb and Ellis Co. Outlook ranked Orange County's office market at the best out of 60 U.S. office markets to invest in. But Orange County continues to suffer from the 2007 subprime mortgage meltdown that caused a host of locally based lenders to shut down or move, increasing office vacancies j...
01/08/2009
   According to a closely watched index released Tuesday,  home prices have sunk by the sharpest annual rate on record in October and there are no signs the housing pain is over.   The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index fell by a record 18 percent from October last year, the lar...
01/02/2009
   According to a closely watched index released Tuesday,  home prices have sunk by the sharpest annual rate on record in October and there are no signs the housing pain is over.   The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index fell by a record 18 percent from October last year, the lar...
01/02/2009
Currently in Shady Canyon, more than 70 of the sites remain empty dirt lots or have houses under construction, and dozens of the finished and landscaped minimansions sit unsold. Prices have drastically tumbled. Among the 42 single-family houses listed for sale in Shady Canyon, 38 have been disco...
12/29/2008
Dana Point Harbor's Boat Parade of lights kicked off Friday night with nearly 100 boaters showing off their lighting know-how during this year's "Santa's Sealife" theme. This year is also a chance for new boats to shine, with more newcomers than veterans in the 34th annual parade. If you missed t...
12/09/2008
An estimated 42,293 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was up 4.9 percent from 40,371 in September and up 63.7 percent from 25,832 for October last year. It was the strongest month since December 2006 when 43,431 homes were sold. California sales for the month o...
12/05/2008
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