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Havens | Yamhill County, Ore.: Rural Vistas, Natural Healing and Pinot Noir

YAMHILL County, Ore., is home to the Chehalem Valley, “chehalem” being an Indian word that refers to the wildflowers like shooting star and larkspur that garland the back roads and twist and twine around barbed-wire fences. But many of the county’s ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, The New York Times,  28 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Greg Sanders

Buyer Assistance Programs Threatened

failure," Bond said. "They should wait until they've saved . . . for at least a modest down payment." 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 small ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ STAFF WRITER, Contra Costa Times,  2 Jul 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Kit Bond

Two home auctions on Sunday

Cummings Park in East Palo Alto, where 23 lofts and townhomes will also be auctioned at 1 p.m. at the San Mateo Marriott. Minimum bids start at $299,000 with fees ranging from $402 to $420 a month. For more information, call 866-443-6899. Looking to ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  25 Jun 2008

Survey: Housing to slide into 2009

single-family permits in the East Bay fell 72.1 percent in May from a year ago to 122 and multi-family starts fell 71.8 percent. In Solano County, single-family and multifamily homes both fell 51.4 percent to 53 while homes on the Peninsula fell 42 ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  24 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University

13 locals charged in mortgage fraud sweep

department) views Long Beach Mortgage as a victim in the case and they were cooperative throughout the investigation," Horwood said. SACRAMENTO — More than a dozen people, most of them real estate professionals in the East Bay, were charged with ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  Jason Brown

Home sales down but foreclosures still hot

down 36 percent from their peaks. Analysis by DataQuick excluded Alameda County. Sales fell to a 20-year low in the Bay Area, but sales were hot for the foreclosure-ravaged East Bay, DataQuick Information Systems Inc. reported today. While many were ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  18 Jun 2008

Rolling out the rainbow carpet

affair via the Internet and by word-of-mouth — they plan on flying in June 24, buying outfits, getting married and celebrating at a local restaurant with friends. Leslie Krongold and Jessica Nussbaum are planning their Aug. 16 wedding in their hometown ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  16 Jun 2008
Related Topics: University of California Berkeley

More home auctions on the block

and Mountain House properties at 7 p.m. June 18 at the Stockton Grand Hotel or those visiting its Web site, www.hudsonandmarshall.com, can bid on a property up to four days before the auction. Second time's a charm. At least that's what Kennedy Wilson ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  9 Jun 2008

Prices drop and buyers descend

Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy. BRENTWOOD — Gregg Winchester and his wife, Cynthia, made an offer on the 2,430-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-bath house the same day they saw it. "We ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Oakley, Inc.

Homeowners pay more with mortgage brokers, study says

that the study's relevance was debatable because of its seven-year-old data. Borrowers in African-American neighborhoods pay on average an additional $120 for title services and those in Latino areas pay an additional $110, compared to non-minority ...

From BARBARA E. HERNANDEZ, Contra Costa Times,  30 May 2008

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