Posts Tagged ‘los angeles real estate’

The List of Celebrity Short Sales is Increasing

Posted on February 2nd, 2012, by LAURA KEY

They say celebrities are just like us, except richer, better looking and skinnier.  Perhaps. What is indisputable, however, is that they are not spared from suffering through falling property values and other economic hardships so many Middle Americans are suffering through today.  Many of these athletes or celebrities bought when they received their big paychecks, [...]

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Avoid Foreclosure: Know Your State’s Foreclosure Law

Posted on February 2nd, 2012, by LAURA KEY

The foreclosure law of the state in which the property is located controls how the foreclosure process is completed. Every state’s foreclosure statute delineates the various time periods for each step involved in the entire foreclosure process from start to finish. So, the statute can be seen as a roadmap of sorts, assisting homeowners interested [...]

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10927 HAMLIN ST NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606

Posted on February 1st, 2012, by LAURA KEY

10927 Hamlin St North Hollywood, CA MLS #11-566959  - 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Call 800-399-9659 to schedule a showing! Click Photo for Virtual Tour!

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Worries Over Potential Dismantling of UCLA’s Japanese Garden

Posted on February 1st, 2012, by LAURA KEY

UCLA is planning on putting Bel Air’s one and a half acre Hannah Carter Japanese Garden (and an adjacent house) on the market next month and has already started taking out some of the objects at the site. The garden was donated to the university in the sixties by a former chair of the UC Board of Regents [...]

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Expanding our efforts to help more homeowners and strengthen hard-hit communities

Posted on February 1st, 2012, by LAURA KEY

Today, the Administration announced important enhancements to the Making Home Affordable Program, including the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), to expand the reach of the program to help additional homeowners stay in their homes and strengthen hard-hit communities. These enhancements will provide additional relief to struggling homeowners, renters, and their neighborhoods to accelerate the housing [...]

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Foreclosure Homes Account for 20 Percent of All U.S. Residential Sales in Q3 2011 According to RealtyTrac(R)

Posted on January 27th, 2012, by LAURA KEY

RVINE, CA, Jan 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — RealtyTrac(R) ( www.realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosures, today released its Q3 2011 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report(TM), which shows that sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 20 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the [...]

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REAL ESTATE: California Home Construction Reaches All-Time Low in 2011

Posted on January 27th, 2012, by LAURA KEY

Responding to falling prices and stiff competition from foreclosures, home building activity in 2011 dropped to an all-time low in Inland Southern California, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Building Industry Association. Statewide, 2011 marked the third lowest year on record for overall housing production. A record low in the volume of [...]

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Proposed New City Council Map: Shakeups For Westchester, Watts, Hancock Park, But Ktown Still Split in 4

Posted on January 27th, 2012, by LAURA KEY

The LA Redistricting Commission released its proposed City Council District map today and there is already a good amount of outrage going on. The Commission redraws the map every ten years to split the city’s 15 districts evenly among the population and to ensure minority representation. As the LA Times explains, “The draft maps were drawn by commissioners in a [...]

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City Could Keep Scofflaws From Getting New Building Permits

Posted on January 27th, 2012, by LAURA KEY

The City Council today voted to move forward with the “Clean Hands” Ordinance, a new ordinance modeled on a 25 year old LA County law that prohibits a contractor from pulling permits (e.g., for grading work) when in violation of codes or regulations (e.g., doing grading work without a permit). If passed, the new ordinance would [...]

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An Insight Into The Real Estate Los Angeles: Sellers’ Gain

Posted on January 25th, 2012, by LAURA KEY

It would quite astonishing to see a dichotomy throughout almost everything in Are generally and the same applies to its real estate. Real estate property Los Angeles tops the national foreclosures list as well as unemployment is just about 10%. But if are wondering by investing in these conditions you will be able to easily [...]

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