California home sales are expected to remain essentially flat this year and rise slightly in 2012, according to a housing market forecast from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The trade group predicted California home sales this year will stay roughly flat compared with 2010, at 491,100 units — a relative improvement given the 10 percent …
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Price limits for cheaper rates to expire Oct. 1 The chief economist of the California Association of Realtors says her group is resigned to seeing high-dollar limits on lower-cost “conforming” loans expire on Oct. 1, resulting in greater financing costs for people buying pricier homes. Leslie Appleton-Young said Realtors fought to extend the limit, but …
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Cash is king in the real estate market throughout Southern California in general and in Orange County in particular, where thanks to falling home prices, more people with the means seem interested in plunking down a lump sum and getting a home free and clear. But many of these buyers aren’t just people in search …
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