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Real estate experts have seen promising signs for Southern California and Newport Beach real estate. Over the past few months, the Southern California region has posted increases in both its home sales and median sales prices. Despite real estate struggles that began in 2007, prior to the economic recession of 2008, which only [...]
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San Jose, the oldest city in California, is rich in cultural and historical heritage. It has a diverse racial population and numerous economic opportunities. Families journeying to San Jose are finding out why the city is said to be enjoyable to live in.
The city is about 175 square miles and perfectly situated in northern California. [...]
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Located about an hour north of San Francisco, the city of Santa Rosa lies at the northern end of the Bay Area. Despite the real estate struggles faced by many real estate markets throughout California since 2007, the economic recession that began in the fall of 2008 only worsened the situation, causing [...]
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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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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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The Santa Cruz real estate market seems to be in a bit of trouble, considering an unpleasant combination of decreasing property values and an overall bad economy. Even efforts at relief by the federal government seem to be falling flat, according to a November 7, 2009 article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. According to the [...]
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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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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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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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