Archive for August 28, 2015

Real Estate Roundup: Bay Area Median Home Price Just Shy of Record High

Recent news of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes a report that the median sales price for a Bay Area home is just a few thousand dollars short of its all-time high. Also, more Golden State homeowners are t...

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Bay Area Employment 10 Percent Higher Than Prerecession Levels

California continues to outpace the U.S. for job growth, with the Bay Area's thriving economy at the forefront of the state's recovery. The state added 80,600 nonfarm positions in July while the unemployment rate fell to 6.2% on a season...

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Second-Quarter Home Prices Rise in 9 of 10 U.S. Metro Areas

A limited number of homes for sale fueled prices across the country in the second quarter, with more than 90 percent of metro areas posting annual gains. San Jose and San Francisco were the nation's two priciest housing markets, where homes...

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Homebuyers Paying Less in Closing Costs in 2015

Good news for home buyers: Average closing costs have dropped 7.1 percent over the past year, according to a nationwide survey. In California, closing costs fall slightly below the national average. To read more, Click Here.

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Real Estate Roundup: Returns on Home Flipping Down in Expensive Markets

Recent items of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes news that even as home-flipping returns rose across the U.S. in the second quarter, they were weakening in expensive places like San Francisco. Also, Chine...

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