Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Survey: Rents and Home Values Higher -- Associated Press
Survey: Rents and Home Values Higher: "Rent payments and home values have increased over the past five years and a greater percentage of the population has graduated from high school, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Commuting time to jobs hasn't changed much, and neither has the number of rooms in those homes.
Those facts were among the highlights of the bureau's American Community Survey for 2004, which looked at key demographic, economic, housing and social data for the country and how they have changed since 2000."
Those facts were among the highlights of the bureau's American Community Survey for 2004, which looked at key demographic, economic, housing and social data for the country and how they have changed since 2000."
Man killed, another in critical condition in 2 East Palo Alto shootouts -- San Francisco Chronicle
Man killed, another in critical condition in 2 East Palo Alto shootouts: "(08-30) 10:36 PDT East Palo Alto (SF Chronicle) -- One man was killed and another hospitalized in critical condition Monday night as result of two shootings that occurred in East Palo Alto within minutes of each other, authorities said.
Police Sgt. Alma Zamora said both shootings happened shortly after 9 p.m."
Police Sgt. Alma Zamora said both shootings happened shortly after 9 p.m."
Friday, August 26, 2005
Salvage Heaven / Predemolition sales offer help-yourself, home-hardware bargains -- Carol Lloyd, San Francisco Chronicle
Salvage Heaven / Predemolition sales offer help-yourself, home-hardware bargains: "It is 9 a.m., an hour before opening, and already a small crowd of shoppers has assembled. They peer through windows, scoping out the products and eyeing each other with appraising glances. Like so many deep-discount, for-a-limited-time-only sales, this event has attracted hard-core bargain hunters, with checkbooks in hand and prepared to spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
But despite the anticipatory anxiety wafting through the morning air, this is no orgy of shameless consumerism but a recycling extravaganza disguised as retail madness. Because everything that gets bought here is one less thing headed for the landfill."
But despite the anticipatory anxiety wafting through the morning air, this is no orgy of shameless consumerism but a recycling extravaganza disguised as retail madness. Because everything that gets bought here is one less thing headed for the landfill."
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Quake insurance could get cheaper / Schwarzenegger on panel looking at rate reduction -- George Raine, San Francisco Chronicle
Quake insurance could get cheaper / Schwarzenegger on panel looking at rate reduction: "A proposal to reduce earthquake insurance rates in California -- considered prohibitively expensive by many consumers -- will be reviewed today by a panel of the state's most powerful elected officials.
The proposal before the California Earthquake Authority is that the rates be reduced by 22 percent, which would result in hundreds of dollars in savings for individual homeowners."
The proposal before the California Earthquake Authority is that the rates be reduced by 22 percent, which would result in hundreds of dollars in savings for individual homeowners."
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Fewer homeowners facing default / Foreclosures down 12 percent, as high prices bail out troubled borrowers -- Kelly Zito, San Francisco Chronicle
Fewer homeowners facing default / Foreclosures down 12 percent, as high prices bail out troubled borrowers: "Fewer Bay Area properties fell into foreclosure in the second quarter, as price appreciation helped financially strapped homeowners stay out of trouble.
A total of 2,123 notices of default were filed on homes in the nine counties during the three months ended June 30, according to DataQuick, a La Jolla (San Diego County) real estate information firm."
A total of 2,123 notices of default were filed on homes in the nine counties during the three months ended June 30, according to DataQuick, a La Jolla (San Diego County) real estate information firm."
