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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Brightly painted home prompts debate in earth-toned La Palma
California | Local |
August 31, 2008
When Adnan Essayli set out to paint the outside of his La Palma home, he wanted a color resembling gold-toned travertine, like the stone-walled homes in his native Beirut. Read more
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Less-known housing tax changes
Business |
August 10, 2008
Tax breaks for owning real estate are undergoing another shift, thanks to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act recently signed into law by President Bush. Read more
Law narrows home sellers’ use of tax-free exclusion
Business |
August 10, 2008
– Deep in the nearly 700 pages of the new housing bill just signed into law is a complicated tax code change that could affect substantial numbers of people who purchase second homes or rental investment real estate in the coming decade with an eye to occupying them as their main residence later. Read more
Friday, August 8, 2008
Builders’ loan units faulted
Business |
August 8, 2008
One of the biggest construction workers unions on Thursday warned of more housing problems ahead – particularly for borrowers living in new-home communities – and lays much of the blame on the nation’s home builders. Read more
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Green energy financing OKd
California | Local |
July 23, 2008
Berkeley and Palm Desert may be poles apart when it comes to politics. Read more
Sunday, July 20, 2008
A refi lifeline, with strings
Real Estate |
July 20, 2008
WASHINGTON – After six months of haggling and political gamesmanship, a massive housing-relief bill is heading for final approval. Read more
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Housing bill may get boost
Business |
July 15, 2008
The Bush administration’s emergency move to shore up the mortgage market will reap another dividend on Capitol Hill: It’s helping propel into law a broader housing bill that was threatened by wrangling between House and Senate Democrats. Read more
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The superhero with a hammer
Real Estate |
July 13, 2008
With his brawny build, he looks a little like Mr. Read more
DIGGING It’s your job
Real Estate |
July 13, 2008
WHEN Jody Costello and her husband, Don, set out to add 700 square feet to their San Diego hillside home, they thought they knew what they were doing. Read more
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Mortgage crisis takes toll on children too
Real Estate |
July 6, 2008
WASHINGTON – Everyone realizes the cost of foreclosure can be staggering. Read more
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Refinancing spurred sub-prime crisis
Business |
July 5, 2008
Vicki Miller bought her childhood home in Altoona, Pa., from her mother’s estate for $32,000, using a nice, traditional mortgage from the local savings and loan. Read more
Sunday, June 29, 2008
She hopes to land a deal by trading her ‘floating condo’
Real Estate |
June 29, 2008
AS PEOPLE warm to the idea of home swapping, some are taking the creative concept to the next level. Read more
Let’s swap homes
Real Estate |
June 29, 2008
DANNY BRAGG and his wife, Danika, who own a modern, four-bedroom home in San Bernardino County, are thinking of moving. Read more
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The kitchen, revisited
Home & Garden |
June 19, 2008
HIDDEN behind a downturn in the stock market, pain at the gas pump and historic home foreclosures, the high-end designer kitchen gleams on. Read more
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Home will sell (if priced right)
Real Estate |
June 15, 2008
WASHINGTON – You can spruce up the outside of your house to the point where it stops passersby in their tracks. Read more
Don’t fret over equity report
Real Estate |
June 15, 2008
WASHINGTON – As a homeowner, seller or buyer, what should you make of the Federal Reserve’s latest report on Americans’ home equity positions? Read more
Short sale, tall order
Real Estate |
June 15, 2008
RESIDENTIAL short sales sound like a picnic: Owners need to sell their homes for less than they owe, lenders forgive the difference and buyers grab a good deal. Read more
Amid housing-market slump, prospects for renters perk up
Real Estate |
June 15, 2008
Renters may be the big winners in the housing slump, especially in places like Southern California, Las Vegas and Florida, which have thousands of vacant for-sale and foreclosed homes and condominiums on the market. Read more
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Arm yourself with info before mortgage rate resets
Real Estate |
June 8, 2008
WASHINGTON – Borrowers who opted for an adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, in return for a lower starting rate often fear that when the mortgage resets, they’ll either have to refinance – possibly at a higher rate – or face a big kick in their pocketbooks. Read more
Friday, June 6, 2008
Wildfires heat up debate on rising rebuilding costs
Business |
June 6, 2008
Stan Newman figures it will cost him close to $400,000 to rebuild his three-bedroom home, which burned to the ground in the fall when a wildfire swept through his neighborhood in the San Diego County community of Rancho Bernardo. Read more
