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The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) Center for California Real Estate (CCRE) is partnering with the University of California Center Sacramento to sponsor, “Housing Affordability in California: Current Challenges and Potential Policy Solutions” in an effort to address the state’s rapidly declining homeownership rate.

The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) announced today that it has been re-certified as a Bay Area Green Business by the California Bay Area Green Business Program, after meeting stricter standards for conserving resources, preventing pollution and minimizing waste. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.

A felon was convicted and sentenced today for burglarizing two homes and assaulting and robbing a homeowner on Christmas and fleeing the scene after being shot by the homeowner. Jeremy William Bell, 31, Fullerton, pleaded guilty today to a court offer of two felony counts of first degree residential burglary, one felony count of aggravated assault, and one felony count of robbery, with sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon, and a prior prison conviction in 2012 in Riverside County for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Over the People’s objection, Bell was sentenced to three years in state prison.

Under a public-nonprofit partnership with the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, developer Pacific Housing, Inc. will reach its goal of selling all 10 new homes in the first building phase of the Heritage at Del Paso Nuevo development in North Sacramento. A grand opening celebration is planned for Wednesday, April 13 at 10 a.m., at 640 Ford Road

CORONA DEL MAR, CALIF. - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced...

How does a barista, some oysters, and a server’s cousin lead to entrepreneurship? Well, it’s a long story and the premise for the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ 2016 consumer ad campaign which launches today in four California markets.

International award-winning firm KTGY Architecture + Planning is pleased to announce that Chapman University’s Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts recently celebrated its grand opening.

Global real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson negotiated the sale of 8100 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles, California, a 29,000-square-foot building best known as Fred Segal, a well-known icon in the fashion world, on behalf of the seller. The buyer is retail real estate investor, CormackHill, LP.

LBG REAL ESTATE COMPANIES, LLC (LBG), a Southern California-based investor in retail real estate, announces that the firm has completed the sale of a prime, newly-redeveloped retail center in Huntington Beach, Calif. to a private investor based in Orange County at a sale price of $18,555,000.

Low inventories and eroding affordability coupled with financial market volatility contributed to a second consecutive month of year-over-year declines for pending home sales statewide, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

Hanley Investment Group, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced today that Senior Vice President Jeremy McChesney completed the sale of two single-tenant NNN-leased properties occupied by O’Reilly Auto Parts in separate transactions with the same buyer to complete 1031 exchanges. The combined purchase price for both properties was $5,537,500.

Moderating home price appreciation and improving housing inventory combined to spur California’s housing market in February as existing home sales increased from both the previous month and year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

For the first time since August 2014, pending home sales in California decreased in January on an annual basis, according to a recent report from the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.). On a monthly basis, statewide pending home sales rose from December

Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced the sale of a single-tenant absolute net-leased Walgreens property located at 6100 Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park, Calif.

Mercer Vine, an emerging leader in Los Angeles luxury real estate, has announced its exclusive listing of 1312 Beverly Grove Place in Beverly Hills, California for $6,495,000. “This house is the essence of California living, ushering in year-round sunlight through expansive windows and grand ceilings,” said Adam Rosenfeld, founding partner at Mercer Vine and one of the property’s listing agents.

Statewide pending home sales in California decreased in January on a year-over-year basis for the first time since August 2014 as a shortage of homes for sale and low housing affordability persist and volatile financial markets distract buyers, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

Seniors and the homebound residing on the Peninsula and in the South Bay may request free assistance with household tasks through the REALTOR® Service Volunteer Program (RSVP) during the week of May 2-6. RSVP is offered each year in the month of May by REALTOR® and affiliate members from the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) and neighboring REALTOR® associations to qualified seniors who cannot perform certain household tasks due to physical or financial constraints. The deadline for seniors to apply for this free assistance is April 8.

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), who represents many of the communities around the former Exide Technologies facility in Vernon, as well as the site of the facility itself, issued the following statement today about Governor Jerry Brown's proposal of a $176.6 million spending plan to fund expedited and expanded testing and cleanup of residential properties, schools, daycare centers, and parks around the former Exide facility

California existing home sales posted their best January performance in three years as year-over-year sales recovered from delayed escrow closings late last year caused by new loan disclosure rules, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

Current pricing ranges from $648,000 up to $700,000. Three bedrooms are offered in two different floor plan layouts. Homes are approximately 1,540 to 1,704 square feet and take advantage of spacious great rooms. Sought-after downstairs bedrooms/bathrooms are included with every home and most homes also feature a small yard. Parking is easy with attached, private two-car garages.