by Connie De Groot | May 29, 2015 | News
From LATimes. Southern California home prices and sales climbed in April for the second straight month after a period of stagnation. The gains, however, may signal a tough summer ahead for buyers, who face a dwindling supply of homes in most areas. The price and sales...
by Connie De Groot | May 28, 2015 | News
From HousingWire.com Thanks in large part to the continually low interest rate, mortgage originations rose 17% year-over-year in the first quarter, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. RealtyTrac’s Q1 2015 U.S. Residential Loan Origination Report showed...
by Connie De Groot | May 25, 2015 | News
(From Business Insider) Eager to buy your first home this spring? Already own, but want to trade up? Be warned: there’ll be plenty of competition. Bidding wars have broken out in hot real-estate markets like Denver and Los Angeles, where there aren’t...
by Connie De Groot | May 21, 2015 | News
With $6 billion in assets, I Fei Chang is thought to be the biggest female developer in the U.S. Chang, a Taiwan native and a Yale grad, takes pride in her ability to move quickly. Chang is managing the $1-billion Metropolis hotel, condominium and shopping complex in...
by Connie De Groot | May 20, 2015 | News
(From CurbedLA) Jay Duplass is the one with glasses who plays the damaged brother in Transparent and prefers Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and suburban Eagle Rock. Mark Duplass is the affable leading man type who goes for Contemporary architecture and rich-hip...