After shopping for a home, tired buyers often make poor mortgage choices
New research suggests that buyers’ minds are so taxed after they go through the ordeal of finding a house that they often rush into the next step — applying for a loan — and make poor choices. View full post on L.A. Times – Real Estate News Share and Enjoy:
Financial reform bill is likely to include new protections for home buyers and mortgage applicants
Although the Wall Street and banking features of the giant financial industry reform bill taking shape on Capitol Hill have drawn most of the attention, home buyers and mortgage applicants should be major winners when the legislation is finally signed into law, probably early next month. View full post on L.A. Times – Real Estate [...]
A bit of whimsy perched above a Pasadena arroyo
The fairy tale house on a ridgeline overlooking the canyon was built 99 years ago but is well-preserved. A beautifully preserved 99-year-old Craftsman home, built by Pasadena architect J. Constantine Hillman for himself, blends elements of the early 20th century Arts and Crafts movement with a whimsical playfulness to create a fairy tale house with [...]
‘Good Wife’ sells to family man
Santa Monica house changes hands for $3.35 million plus $1. “The Good Wife” star Julianna Margulies might have thought “Modern Family” husband Ed O’Neill was kidding when he bid $3,350,001 for her Santa Monica house. View full post on L.A. Times – Real Estate News Share and Enjoy:
Is landlord’s effort to find new tenant reasonable?
Question: I signed a one-year lease three months before I was laid off. I informed the management that I could not afford the lease. I did some research and learned I was responsible for the remainder of the lease term, unless the unit was re-rented, so I have been watching the rental ads to see [...]