Real Estate News – Hanshaw Properties

Key states move closer to foreclosure-abuse deal

2/6/2012 10:23 PM

California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing a deal that would force the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million household...Read More

Foreclosures at the high end increase across the Bay Area

2/6/2012 8:26 AM

More million-dollar-and-up homes are going into foreclosure or forced into short sales, as the housing crisis catches up with those on the higher end of the market...Read More

State suspends license of contractor in trench collapse that killed Hayward man

2/4/2012 12:04 PM

State officials Friday suspended the license of the contractor building a home in Milpitas where an immigrant carpenter was buried alive over the weekend when a trench collapsed over him...Read More

Restitution ordered for Santa Cruz man convicted of stealing house

2/4/2012 11:23 AM

SANTA CRUZ -- A Santa Cruz man convicted in 2010 of stealing a Ben Lomond home will have to pay $1,895 in restitution to the rightful owners. Raymond Tate sentenced in May 2010 to five months in County Jail and three years' probation for felony charges of filing false property records an...Read More

DeSaulnier to host free foreclosure prevention workshop in Antioch Saturday

2/4/2012 10:20 AM

Bay Area residents struggling to find ways to stay in their homes and pay their monthly mortgage are encouraged to check out a free foreclosure prevention seminar Saturday in Antioch...Read More

Work under way to convert Alameda motel to affordable housing

2/3/2012 9:17 AM

The Central Avenue property will eventually feature 62 apartments...Read More

Closed Red Lion Hotel in Concord gets new owners and a fresh start

2/3/2012 9:02 AM

The East Bay hotel that closed its doors without notice last May, leaving guests stranded without rooms and employees out of work without jobs, is poised to be resurrected under new owners....Read More

Berkeley considers closing its multimillion dollar Wells Fargo account over bank's handling of foreclosure crisis

2/2/2012 8:59 AM

Berkeley is considering closing its Wells Fargo account worth $350 million and entrusting the money to a community bank or credit union, saying the bank is partly to blame for the financial crisis of the last four years...Read More

More mortgage relief from the White House -- but congressional OK doubtful

2/2/2012 8:52 AM

President Obama announced a sweeping plan Wednesday to help underwater homeowners refinance into lower interest loans, but funding for the proposal must be approved by a combative Congress, lowering the possibility that it will help anyone soon...Read More

Vacant Concord Hummer dealership may get new tenant

2/1/2012 8:54 AM

ServiceMaster Clean looks to combine existing offices, add new worker...Read More

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