Price of Southern California homes falls 41% from peak
Stockton, Calif., tries digging out of foreclosure crisis
Home defaults slide as California law puts on the brakes
California Home Sales Revive, But Not Without Intense Pain
Southern California home prices continue to slide
Foreclosure shopping fuels ‘unprecedented’ SoCal rebound
The Pain of Selling a Home for Less Than the Loan
Bay Area home sales, median prices down in August
Bay Area home prices get hammered once again
Squeeze on homebuyers tightens
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Lansner on Real Estate Update: Insider Q&A: The new DataQuick dude
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Southern California home sales rose unseasonably last month from September as buyers shook off gloomy financial news and took advantage of often-steep discounts. The median sale price fell to $300,000 – a 67-month low – as foreclosures once again accounted for half of all resales... full story
The number of mortgage default notices filed against California homeowners fell last quarter for the first time in three years as a change in the state’s formal foreclosure process took effect. If that procedural change hadn’t kicked in during early September, indications are that third-quarter default filings would have been about the same as the record number filed in this year’s second quarter... full story
An estimated 40,317 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 6.1 percent from 37,988 in August and up 64.8 percent from 24,460 in September last year. California sales for the month of September have varied from last year's record low to a peak of 69,304 in 2003, while the average is 45,035. MDA DataQuick's statistics go back to 1988.... full story
Bay Area home sales soared last month above the record-low levels of a year ago, marking the largest gain in over six years. The median sale price did the opposite, diving to $400,000 – 40 percent below its summer 2007 peak – as more sales shifted to lower-cost inland markets laden with foreclosures... full story