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Berkeley Real Estate

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Real Estate

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Real estate experts hold optimistic views of the Berkeley real estate market’s future, as recent months have shown promising improvements with increases in both home sales and median prices.  Despite concerns over job security and another wave of home foreclosures, activity in the Berkeley real estate market has increased in the past few [...]

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Oakland Real Estate Market

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Real Estate

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Like so many other cities in the Golden State, Oakland, California, took a heavy hit when the residential real estate crisis began plaguing communities across America, helping to trigger the country’s worst economic recession in decades. Oakland saw more struggling mortgage holders, higher inventory due to foreclosures and a falling in prices. But [...]

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Anaheim

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate

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Anaheim, a neighborhood in the Los Angeles area, has suffered like many of its neighbors in the housing market downtown. With the onset of the financial crisis across the U.S., with ripples felt worldwide, the housing market in California began to take a dive, seeing home values plummet and foreclosures rise. Though the [...]

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Santa Barbara Real Estate

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate

Southern California has had its great share of real estate struggles since 2007, and the economic recession of 2008 only made it worse.  However, over the past few months, a stabilizing real estate market has offered optimistic views of the future of the Southern California real estate market.  Home sales are beginning to rise and [...]

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San Bruno Real Estate

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate

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Real estate experts are optimistic that the real estate in San Bruno and the surrounding Bay Area has hit bottom and is ready to rebound.  Realtors are reporting dwindling inventory of distressed properties and many communities in the Bay Area are even beginning to post year over year gains [...]

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South Orange County real estate market

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Real Estate

The South Orange County real estate market is, not surprisingly, quite similar to the real estate market of Orange County at large. The statistics and numbers for the two regions are commonly considered jointly, since the distinction between North and South Orange County is largely colloquial and generally not recognized on a statistically official level. [...]

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Restaurant Reviews for San Francisco

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Reviews

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San Francisco is a great city home to thousands of restaurants representing ethnic cuisines from around the world.  With everything from that hole-in-the-wall coffee shop to that elegant, upscale, fine-dining restaurant, any person in San Francisco will be able to find a more that satisfying meal.
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