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August 2011 RCDs
By ft Editorial Staff • Jul 26th, 2011 • Category: August 2011 Journal, Recent Case DecisionsA digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Posts Tagged ‘developer’
Just think positive and be happy?
By Tara Tran • Jul 20th, 2011 • Category: July 2011 Journal, real estate newsflashCalifornia’s investors and developers of commercial property just can’t fight this feeling anymore: the real estate market for office and industrial spaces will soon see better days before you know it. And that’s a good thing not only for them, but for the whole recovery. The optimism coming from that camp of the industry is [...]
February 2010 RCD
By ft Editorial Staff • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: February 2010 Journal, Recent Case DecisionsA digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Federal government: give up the comedy routine and get to work
By ft Editorial Staff • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: real estate newsflashThe Making Home Affordable program created by the current administrated has made matters worse for homeowners and the economy. Homeowners have been dragged along with lender’s extend-and-pretend temporary loan modifications, pouring money into loans that are ultimately foreclosed on by lenders. Money wasted in trial modifications would have been saved for moving expenses and rental [...]
Homebuyer beware: the real estate game lacks fair play
By ft Editorial Staff • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Feature Articles, January 2010 Journal, Journal ArticlesThis article classifies participants in the real estate market, differentiating beneficial real estate participants from those that are harmful.
November 2009 RCD
By ft Editorial Staff • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: November 2009 Journal, Recent Case DecisionsA digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Extra hurdles for condo purchase-assist loans
By Bradley Markano • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: real estate newsflashProspective condominium (condo) buyers with less than a 20% down payment, and their agents, must brace for the lender bias against condo units. This should come as no surprise since condo prices and sales volume during a business cycle are extremely volatile. Condos are the last to jump in price, and price inflation is far [...]
Broken before you buy ‘em: Whole development demolished before finish
By ft Editorial Staff • May 7th, 2009 • Category: real estate newsflashAfter considering the price tag for completing construction on a halted housing tract they foreclosed on in Victorville, CA., a Texas-based bank decided razing the whole project would cost less in the end. So the 16 homes (with models finished, others merely framed) were brought down and what could be salvaged was sold for scrap. [...]
May 2009 RCD
By ft Editorial Staff • May 1st, 2009 • Category: May 2009 Journal, Recent Case DecisionsA digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Lower development costs anticipated in Riverside County – but will it help?
By Connor P. Wallmark • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: real estate newsflashDeveloper fees were lowered in Riverside County by the Western Riverside Council of Governments to mirror the national construction cost index, which has been moving downward due to the lower costs of labor, steel and concrete. Development fees for a single family residence (SFR) in Riverside County has decreased $234 due to the annual adjustment. [...]
