Local realtor Maxine Gellens must be celebrating overtime.

The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) recently released a statement applauding Gov. Jerry Brown for signing a new law which offers greater protection to homeowners who short sell their homes.

I started a business last year, and while a number of people are helping me in various capacities, I have no employees.

Nationwide home remodeling activity reached record highs during May, according to the Buildfax Remodeling Index. The Index was the highest since the Index was introduced in 2004.

If William Shakespeare financed a home today he’d probably ask on the subject of mortgage points: “To pay or not to pay? That is the question.”

The USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County rose 0.7 percent in May. 

The Keep Your Home California program, aimed at keeping low- to moderate-income families out of foreclosure, got a boost in June when more mortgage servicing companies agreed to participate.

Whether you’re buying or selling a luxury home, determining the “real” value of a home is very important.

Just as the housing boom came to an end, the downturn will reverse itself one day, too.

Parsippany, N.J. (August 17, 2009) – It often seems as though men and women are from different planets, but every day millions of couples navigate through day-to-day and even life-altering decisions. Because a home is the biggest purchase most people will make in their lifetime, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC surveyed 1,000 individuals to discover how much men and women differ in the home-buying process.

Even before you enter the property, you know you’ve arrived at a very special place.

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One of the bright spots of the economy is the rise in economic indicators for the last ten months. But in January 2010, five out of the ten indicators that rose weren’t the ones that mattered most. Jobs, money supply, building permits and capital goods ordered all declined.

Prudential California Realty is pleased to announce that K. Ann Brizolis and Associates ranked number one in Rancho Santa Fe and number five in San Diego County for their sales production in 2009.

Kathleen Van Sant-Fisher and Dorothy St. Amour, of Prudential California Realty’s Rancho Santa Fe Properties office, recently earned Prudential’s 15-year Legend award.

Seniors approaching retirement with a mortgage balance and financial assets are faced with the question of whether they should liquidate assets to pay off the mortgage.

Few mortgage borrowers shop alternative loan providers, despite the extensive system of mandated disclosures that are supposed to help them do exactly that.

Turn on any financial news program and at some point you’ll hear the experts extolling the virtues of diversification. Real estate, even through the market downturn, has long been considered a conservative, long-term strategy to growing wealth.

The highest price paid for a home in San Diego County in 2011 was the La Jolla Farms property known as “The Razor” for $14.1 million cash, December 21.