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Torrance, CA - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westside Estate Agency has listed the Garwood Residence, a sleek post and beam Malibu home designed by famed architect John Lautner, for $15.9 million.

Torrance, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the $6.6 million industrial sale of the Walnut Business Center in the City of Industry, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®), a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), today announced that Ventura County Regional Data Share MLS (VCRDS), which is comprised of the Conejo Simi Moorpark (CSMAR) and Ventura County Coastal (VCCAR) Associations of REALTORS®, is providing the time-saving zipFormMLS-Connect® feature free for its members. This will offer its 3,300 agents easy accessibility to MLS information while inside of their forms and get parties to the signing table quickly. VCRDS is the fifth MLS in California to offer zipFormMLS-Connect®.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A continued lack of housing inventory constrained California pending home sales in September, while the share of equity sales reached its highest level in four years, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A continued shortage of available homes for sale lowered California home sales in September, while the median price reached the highest level in more than four years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported

Torrance, CA - October 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christine Deschaine of Lee & Associates LA North/Ventura Inc., one of the largest broker-owned and full-service commercial real estate firms in the country, has been named the exclusive leasing representative of the 10,500 square feet of retail space at to The Gibson, a new mixed-use apartment development in Santa Monica, Calif

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®) today announced that East Bay Regional MLS (EBRMLS), which is comprised of Contra Costa MLS, Bay East MLS, and East Bay Regional Data Inc., is allowing access to the time-saving zipFormMLS-Connect® feature for its members. This will give agents easy access to MLS information while inside of their forms, as well as get parties to the signing table quickly. In addition to Bay East Association of REALTORS® and Contra Costa Association of REALTORS®, four other local associations make up this regional MLS: Alameda, Berkeley, Delta, Oakland, and West Contra Costa Associations of REALTORS

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) applauds California Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) for introducing legislation today that will allow responsible homeowners to take advantage of current low interest rates on mortgages

Torrance, CA - October 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the $6.7 million sale of a 15,000-square-foot retail property located at 16 3rd Avenue Extension, Chula Vista, Calif.

Torrance, CA - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the sale of a 45,000-square-foot industrial property located at 3923 Oceanic Drive in Oceanside, Calif

Torrance, CA - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prologis, a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, has acquired an industrial property in Compton, Calif. Peter D. Bacci and Jack Cline of Lee & Associates, one of the leading broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the nation, represented the buyer and seller of the 132,926-square-foot property, located at 175 East Manville Street.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California’s housing market will continue to recover in 2013, as home sales are forecast to increase for the third consecutive year and the median price to rise for the second straight year, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) “2013 California Housing Market Forecast,” released today.

Torrance, CA - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial brokerage firms, has recently completed the sale of the industrial property located at 4388 Old Santa Fe Road in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The 21,382-square-foot building was valued at $3.7 million.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today directed Ally Financial, Inc., formerly known as GMAC, to prove immediately that it is complying with state law or, if it cannot, to cease and desist from foreclosing on California homes.

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the final parts of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights have been signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown.

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the arrest Thursday of four suspects who have been charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and elder abuse for operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens of investors of over $2.3 million

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®), a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), today announced that Sandicor, Inc. is allowing access to the time-saving zipFormMLS-Connect® feature for its members. This will offer agents easy accessibility to MLS information while inside of their forms and get parties to the signing table quickly. Three local associations: East San Diego County & Pacific Southwest Association of REALTORS®, North San Diego County Association of REALTORS®, and the San Diego Association of REALTORS® own the regional MLS in San Diego County

Torrance, CA - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has negotiated the 85,773-square-foot long-term industrial lease at 11240 Warland Drive in Cypress, Calif. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales declined in August but continued to maintain a strong pace, recording five consecutive months of year-over-year sales gains, while the median price reached a four-year high, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported.

Washington, D.C. - September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) called on Congress to move quickly to pass their legislation that could help millions of American families refinance following the announcement that the Federal Reserve will take steps to keep interest rates low for homeowners and other borrowers