Regarding the CA fires

Regarding the CA fires, we at County Properties wish everyone well, including their family, friends and neighbors! Active listings on the market last week were at: 21,120 condos/homes, today the count is 20,545 for all of San Diego County and South Riverside County....

Mortgage resets: Ignorance may be bliss,

Mortgage resets: Ignorance may be bliss, but it could mean a lot of pain for all the players in the subprime crisis when a record number of adjustable rate mortgages reset. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — About $50 billion in adjustable rate mortgages reset this...

Fed Lowers Key Rate to 4.75 Percent

(Sept. 18) – In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half point on Tuesday – the first cut in over four years – and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump and jarring credit crunch from driving the...

Stocks Boosted by Fed Discount Rate Cut

Associated Press NEW YORK  –  Stocks soared Friday after the Federal Reserve did what Wall Street was clamoring for and cut its key discount rate a half percentage point. The move quelled credit worries at least for the time being and sent the Dow Jones...

The lending market lost its rudder

The lending market lost its rudder and took a nosedive last week and interest rate on some programs went up as investors stood on the sidelines in confusion. Where does an Investor put his or her money now? Unemployment is up slightly to 4.6%…the Jobs Report...

FORECLOSURES FELL 7 PERCENT IN JUNE

While foreclosures rates remain substantially higher across the country over 2006 figures, the number of filings of loan defaults, auction sales, and bank repossessions fell by 7 percent in June, according to the U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released July 12 by...

A record week for the Dow Jones

A record week for the Dow Jones, pushing over 13,900 for the first time ever. Perception is 90% of reality- nobody wants to hear negative news (retail sales took a dive, the subprime market lingers like a bad hangover, gas prices are up, the housing market crunched...

Home Prices Expected to Recover in 2008

As Inventories Decline Home prices are expected to recover in 2008 with existing-home salespicking up late this year and new-home sales rising early next year,according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®.Lawrence Yun, NAR senior...

rates dip after 5 weeks

Rates on 30-year mortgages, after rising for five straight weeks, edged down slightly this week, Freddie Mac reported in its nationwide survey. Thirty-year, fixed-rate mortgages fell to 6.69 percent this week from 6.74 percent last week, when rates had jumped to the...

LUXURY HOME MARKETS REMAIN STRONG

High-end home values remained strong in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco during the first quarter of 2007, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Indexâ„¢, which tracks homes valued at more than $1 million in key California markets....

Employment report showed strong job growth

Friday’s employment report showed strong job growth with 157,000 new jobs added in April. The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates alone when it meets June 27-28. Consumer spending rose by 0.5 percent in April. Mortgage rates took it on the chin...

investing still a good deal

Now may be the time to get into the game Real estate has its market cycles like any type of investment, and lately it’s been getting bad press. Investors may have second thoughts about putting money in this asset class right now, what with all the talk about a...

Merger Mania Overtakes Subprime Fears for Now

    Global stock markets rebounded early on Monday as a wave of takeover activity helped investors shake off an obsession with the slumping U.S. housing market. The Dow Jones industrials closed up 115 points. Concerns about rising mortgage defaults remained...