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Home Vacancy Falls to Pre-Housing Bubble Levels
EDITOR'S PICKS
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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Pasadena Native Lost Her House To LA Wildfires One Day After Paying Off Her Mortgage: 'It's Gone'
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How The Mircale Malibu Mansion And Pacific Palisades Home Survived The Devastating LA Fires
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What Happens To Your Mortgage And Property Tax When You Lose Your Home In A Natural Disaster?
Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of monster storm Sandy on Tuesday as New York City and a wide swathe of the eastern United States struggled with epic flooding and massive power outages. Don't Like Your House? Consider 'Swapping' With Your Parents
Ed Zwirner and his wife, Alison Loeppert, recently bought an historic house in the Chicago suburbs without brokers' fees, tight moving deadlines, undetected defects or other stresses that accompany one of life's biggest purchases. At the same time, Loeppert's parents made a similar move. Cubans Start Cleanup of Hurricane Sandy Destruction
A day after Hurricane Sandy shattered Santiago de Cuba, retiree Rosa Maria remembered the sound of the storm as it battered her home in the city center. Insurers Must Set Aside More Capotal for Mortages
Insurers must set aside more capital against their mortgage-related investments to protect against possible future downturns in the housing market, state regulators agreed on Friday. Mitsubshi Targets Growth of Tiny Property Funding Business
Japan's top trading house Mitsubishi Corp is expanding its small real estate financing business to benefit from rising property purchases by foreign investors in the country and an expected jump in refinancing of loans, a senior executive said. Los Angeles Greenlights $1.2 Billion Football Stadium
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a $1.2 billion plan to build a downtown football stadium, moving America's second most populous city closer than it's been in nearly two decades to having a professional football team. Disaster-Proofed Homeowners Aren't Sweating Sandy
Hurricane Sandy is charging up the East Coast as a cold front is tearing across the U.S. from the west and an arctic blast is barreling down from the north. Fannie Mae, Freddie Need Less Government Funding
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to require less taxpayer aid and may be able to stop tapping government coffers as early as next year, the U.S. housing regulator said on Friday, partly because the health of the bailed-out companies has improved. Happy-ish Thoughts About Investing in Housing
While most of the recent news on housing seems to indicate a modest turnaround - like yesterday's report that pending home sales rose but at a slower than expected rate - you still have to be selective in how you invest. A resurgence may not be a sustainable, nor will every area benefit. Pending Home Sales Rise Modestly in September
Contracts to buy previously owned homes rose far less than expected in September, an industry group said on Thursday, but the data continued to point to an improving tone in the housing market.
