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LOS ANGELES (March 24) – Home sales decreased 28.5 percent in February in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 26.2 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

LOS ANGELES (March 21) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the "Los Angeles Times" are sponsoring the Southern California Home Buyer's Fair at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The 7thAnnual HBANC Women ’s Council Spring Basket Event fosters a sense of community, competition and fun. Donated baskets are filled with household supplies, personal care items, and other themed gift s.Last years ’ event resulted in more that 60 baskets donated to Shepherd ’s Gate a HomeAid charity. Not only is this event open to members of the HBANC, it is also open to the public.

March 17, 2008. SACRAMENTO – The pace of home sales at California new-home communities began 2008 with a sluggish pace, the California Building Industry Association reported today, prompting CBIA to reiterate its call for the state Legislature to quickly take action to assist homebuilding, one of the state’s leading industries.

Newport Beach, CA—With over thirty years of real estate auction experience, the LFC Group of Companies is strongly positioned to lead the way in the home auction industry.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA–The St. Joe Company has selected Internet real estate auction marketing firm, the LFC Group of Companies, to auction more than 3,000 acres of its prime land in the Florida Panhandle. What makes this opportunity so rare is that The St. Joe Company, one of Florida’s largest landowners and developers, has taken an innovative approach in choosing to sell its land through an online auction.

Congress must finish the job on FHA modernization bill so more families can keep their homes Temporary loan limits part of Economic Stimulus Package

Countrywide Financial’s shoddy lending practices have left hundreds of thousands of mortgage borrowers at risk of losing the single most important asset in their lives – their homes. If Bank of America acquires Countrywide, these mortgage borrowers could either benefit or suffer greatly from the merger

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken action against a major builder of manufactured homes by requiring it to recertify its Woodland, California plant. In a settlement announced today, Fleetwood Homes of California has agreed to a HUD-monitored recertification process for its Woodland plant. The company must also provide notification and correction of defects to its consumers, and pay a civil money penalty.

DALLAS -- (Feb. 4, 2008) Mortgage fraud activity jumped past $4.0 billion last year -- with California and Ohio leading the way, according to the FraudBlogger Index published and maintained by

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor, director and Enterprise Community Partners Board Trustee Edward Norton, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dignitaries and formerly homeless residents gathered today at 9:30 a.m. at the St. George Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the first solar electric system installation for a low-income, multiunit building on the West Coast.

San Francisco – The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced today that it is developing a new affordable housing set-aside program, the Homeownership Preservation Subsidy (HPS) program, to help provide a long-term solution for low- to moderate-income homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes because of increases in their monthly mortgage payments.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2008) – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), one of the world’s leading commercial real estate services and investment management firms, has renamed Triple Net Properties, LLC, its subsidiary, Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, LLC.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's housing market may be fledging but with interest rates hitting historic lows and home prices falling, now is a great time to buy. With the market in their favor, more buyers are heading to foreclosed real estate auctions because they can purchase property at significant discounts. Hudson & Marshall, the country's largest foreclosed real estate auction firm, will auction over 200 bank owned homes in the San Francisco area on February 16th at 11:00am and February 17th at 1:00pm at the Hilton Oakland Airport

Fairfield, Calif., February 4, 2008 - The Fairfield Redevelopment Agency announces an invitation to purchase 4.29 acres of Agency-owned real property. The site offers prime commercial and residential development opportunities and is at 2030 North Texas Street, the former Fairfield Bowl property.

January 28, 2008, SANTA ANA, Calif. First American Natural Hazard Disclosures (FANHD), a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE:FAF) family of companies and a leader in the real estate disclosure report industry, announced today that it has launched the FANHD California Property Tax Disclosure Report, creating a cost-effective choice for real estate professionals and their clients.