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ARM indexes Index Last week Previous week Year ago 6-month CD 1.48 1.56 3.38 6-month T-bill 0.27 0.18 3.39 1-year TCMS¤ 0.40 0.45 3.42 3-year TCMS¤ 1.12 0.96 3.23 1-month LIBOR 0.43 0.47 4.57 6-month... More>>

Home prices seen falling 10% in Britain in 2009
Associated Press
House prices in Britain will fall 10 percent this year as banks rein in mortgage lending and buyers are deterred by the economic slowdown, a leading property researcher forecast late last month... More>>

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Monday First-Time Home-Buyer Seminar: Sponsored by Whitney Davis of Zephyr Real Estate and Tina Leonardi of Guarantee Mortgage, 6-7:30 p.m., Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., Suite P, San Francisco... More>>

Tenant rights if property sold for demolition
Project Sentinel
Q: The city where my apartment complex is located has approached me about purchasing the property for a large retail development. At this time I'm not sure I'll sell, but would like to know what... More>>

Mortgage rates set another record low
Associated Press
Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record level for a fourth straight week, dropping to the lowest mark since Freddie Mac started tracking the data nearly 28 years ago. Rates have been falling since... More>>

Developer lures buyers with Bentley offer
Alex Veiga
If you want them to buy it, throw in a free $200,000 Bentley. At least that's what an Arizona home builder is hoping as it tries to unload a pair of multimillion-dollar custom homes that have been... More>>

Jakob Dylan puts Brentwood home on market
Ann Brenoff
Like a Rolling Stone, singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan may be moving on. The 39-year-old son of Bob Dylan has listed his classic Spanish estate in Los Angeles' Brentwood Park neighborhood at $11 million... More>>

New rules making appraisers angry
Kenneth Harney
When you apply for a mortgage to buy or refinance a house, should you be concerned that your appraiser is being paid much less - maybe just half - of the $300 to $600 you're charged on your settlement... More>>

San Mateo condos' pluses beat the minuses
Judy Richter
In real estate, it's said that location is almost everything. Sometimes it adds to desirability; sometimes it detracts. Sometimes it does both. That's the case with Park Bayshore condominiums in San... More>>

Benbow a destination hotel in the redwoods
Georgia I. Hesse
Few hotels and inns rank as destinations in themselves: the Peninsula in Hong Kong, the Villa d'Este on Italy's Lake Como, the Greenbriar in West Virginia, Claridge's in London, the Ritz in Paris... More>>

 
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