Archive for April 15, 2013

U.S. Banks Bullish on Housing Recovery, Believe Rising Home Prices Sustainable

Bankers predict an ample supply of money for home mortgages over the next six months. With the spring home-buying season well under way, a survey of U.S. banks found that lenders are bullish on the housing recovery and confident that home ...

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Survey: Americans Increasingly Say Now Is a Good Time to Sell a Home

Nearly twice as many people believe now is a good time to sell a home compared with a year earlier, according to a new survey from Fannie Mae. The federal mortgage agency’s National Housing Survey for March found that 26 percent of America...

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Pacific Union Moves Up Power Brokers List

We’re excited to announce that RISMedia’s Real Estate Magazine has named Pacific Union one of the top “Power Brokers” in the United States for the second year in a row. In a sign of our phenomenal growth over the past year, Pacific U...

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Real Estate Roundup: New Rental Homes Reach Capacity; Pending Sales Retreat

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious: New rental properties that have flooded the market may have reached their capacity, a tight supply of homes kept home sales flat, and first time b...

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What Words Will Make Your Real Estate Listing Get Noticed?

Looking to draw attention to your real estate listing?  Trulia have sliced and diced their way through millions of property listings on for-sale homes to find the most-used words and phrases. To read the full report, Click Here.

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Western States Lead Rebound in Home Prices

Strong price growth in California and other Western states helped the U.S. see its biggest year-over-year jump in home prices in almost seven years. To read the full report, Click Here.

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2012 Sales Up Phenomenal 45% at Pacific Union

Pacific Union experienced tremendous growth over the past year, but even we were surprised (and pleased!) to learn that our sales growth in 2012 was more than double that of any other large real estate firm in the Bay Area.The San Francisco B...

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Real Estate Roundup: Home Prices Jump, New-Home Sales Slowing

 Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious:HOME PRICES JUMP Home prices are on the rise in cities around the U.S., with San Francisco showing the second-strongest annual gain in the S&P/Ca...

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California Homeowners Warming Up to Solar Power

California leads the nation in the number of homes with solar panels installed, thanks in part to an assortment of state and federal rebates and incentives designed to cut reliance on fossil-fuel energy sources.More than 95,000 homes in the st...

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