From the Sacramento Bee: Struggling California homeowners will have to wait longer before starting the $1.83 billion government aid program that will pay down loan balances and provide monthly cash assistance. The "Keep Your Home California" program was supposed to...
The North San Diego County Coastal detached sales in October held up better than expected. Here are the comparisons from previous years of the change in detached sales between September to October in the SD coastal region from Carlsbad to La Jolla: Year Sep Sales Oct...
Reader southswell sent in this comment: Jim Thanks for your continuous housing education for the regular folks. I bought my house last year in Palos Verdes area (close to Redondo Beach) and was wondering if you had any links or posts related to home renovation...
The next installment of property taxes is now due. The home sales closing from today forward will be paying their first half installment (July 2010 - Dec 2010), pro-rated through escrow. For current homeowners, you can pay up until December 10th and avoid the 10%...
From cnbc.com: Location: Old Town, San Diego, CA Notable ghost: “Yankee Jim” Robinson In 1849, as news of the Gold Rush broke, young Thomas Whaley moved from New York to California and opened a hardware store in San Francisco. Arson destroyed his business in 1851, so...
From cnbc.com The White House Location: Washington, DC Estimated home value: $263,170,000* Notable ghosts: Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln It makes sense that a home this old and with so much history has a lot of ghosts. Abigail Adams, wife of second president John...
Buying an estate with lavish grounds may be less appealing in these more-conservative days:
