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Buyer assistance programs threatened

With rising food and gas prices, saving 20 percent for a down payment on a house isn't an option, said Ann Hamilton, a wife and mother with two...
Oakland Tribune, 07/02/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Buyer Assistance Programs Threatened

WITH RISING food and gas prices, saving 20 percent for a down payment on a house isn't an option, said Ann Hamilton, a wife and mother with two...
Oakland Tribune, 07/02/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Home buyers may be advised to wait

WILL BIRDSEY, 34, and his wife Jennifer, 33, both from San Francisco, say they are looking for a house in the Lamorinda area, but don't believe...
Oakland Tribune, 03/14/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Home sales, prices drop

Home sales and prices dropped across the Bay Area with sellers not helped by tight-fisted lenders, nervous buyers and falling home prices, a real...
Oakland Tribune, 03/14/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Housing crisis gets even worse

OAKLEY -- Juan Medina, who spent 30 years working at U.S. Steel in Pittsburg, has no equity on his house here and an adjustable- rate mortgage...
Oakland Tribune, 03/07/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Deal reached on mortgage appraisals

Ruby Aldana-Bonite believes the new agreement by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to only buy mortgages with independent appraisals could help "keep...
Oakland Tribune, 03/06/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication

Group: Lenders not helping consumers

The majority of California's mortgage lenders and loan servicers are not helping consumers facing foreclosure and most will lose their homes, a...
Oakland Tribune, 03/04/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Builders offer buyers smaller, more affordable home options

MOVE OVER McMansion, make room for the East Bay's newer, cheaper house. KB Home will add two new scaled-down models to its new Antioch...
Oakland Tribune, 02/26/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Housing auctions scheduled

Anyone looking for a housing auction has two to choose from in the East Bay this weekend. Hudson and Marshall, a Dallas-based company, will be...
Oakland Tribune, 02/14/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication
Lenders plan to freeze foreclosures, consider mortgage modifications

The Bush administration announced a new intiative that may give homeowners threatened with foreclosure a 30-day reprieve Tuesday, but at least one...
Oakland Tribune, 02/13/08 by Barbara E Hernandez · More from publication