An Old Spanish-style flipper between Kensington and SDSU - MAP. I hate when they are active when I leave, and pending when I return, which is what happened here:
Year: 2011
How To Auction A House
From the miamiherald.com: The United States government had more than two million reasons to celebrate Saturday. A longtime Coral Gables resident designated $1 million and his historic home to the federal government in his will to help wipe away the nation’s $15...
More Principal Reductions
Does anybody know someone who got a principal reduction? From HW: A borrower is more likely to get a principal reduction than a short sale or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure under the Home Affordable Modification Program. The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives...
Post-Peak Foreclosures
Thanks for the ideas, suggestions, and well-wishes for the blog! How long will foreclosures persist? Flat or bumpy pricing isn't enough - because homeowners on a tight budget can have a single life-changing event that forces them to sell. They need a rising market...
Bubbleinfo Survey
I am gearing up for a better bubbleinfo.com experience in 2012, and could use your help! How would you like to see this blog improve? Content What topics need more coverage? More regional posts, or keep it local? More stories from the field? More videos, or less? ...
More Rentback Can-Kicking
From HW: Bank of America is looking at a new program to rent a home back to the borrower after foreclosure. "There are programs that we are quite interested in," said Ron Sturzenegger, who leads the bank's legacy asset servicing division, in an interview with...
Ice Cube on Eames
Hat tip to profhoff for sending this along, from Huffington: Ice Cube proves to be an apt guide on modern architecture in this Pacific Standard Time video about the Eames architect legends. He reveals a little known fact about himself: before he became a rapper, he...
Re-Calibrate or Bust
Virtually everyone in America has had to find a way to cope, or else:
Lunar Eclipse
From the U-T:
Local House Ripoff
From the Patch: Two Oceanside men who pocketed more than $500,000 by filing grant deeds on vacant, foreclosed homes and sold the stolen homes to investors for cash were each sentenced Friday to three years and four months in state prison. Wesley Anderson Cristman, 28,...