Long Beach, California; September 24, 2009

Real Estate News: Beyond the Headlines from C.A.R.

The California Association of Realtors has just released their latest Beyond the Headlines report to keep California home buyers and sellers up to date on recent developments in the real estate market.  The Beyond the Headlines report provides articles published in the past week of great interest to real estate market watchers.

This week features articles from prominent sources including The Wall Street Journal, Money CNN, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle.

Whether you are a buyer or seller of real estate, and irrespective of your timeframe, be it today, next week, next month, or many months into the future, you need to understand the trends taking place in the real estate market and understand the powerful influences on the market.

The Beyond the Headlines publication makes it easy by gathering highly relevant and timely articles and presenting them in one easy to read format.

Access the California Real Estate Weekly Update for September 24, 2009

I’m sure you’ll benefit from reading the articles provided every week, so without further ado let me identify the topic covered in the latest newsletter.

This week, the following real estate related articles appear:

FHA will tighten credit standards – The Wall Street Journal

Obama bolsters program that insures home loans – Money CNN

Uncle Sam bets the house on mortgages – The Wall Street Journal

A reckoning on option ARMs – The New York Times

Feds plan to tinker with mortgage interest reporting – Los Angeles Times

Short sales spread across real estate market, leaving frustration in their wake -  Chicago Tribune

U.S. home prices rise 0.3 percent in July – San Francisco Chronicle

1.4 million Americans score $8,000 tax credit – CNN Money

Want the home buyer tax credit? Don’t shop for furniture – The Wall Street Journal

Homeowners who “strategically default” on loans a growing problem – Los Angeles Times

$40 billion home loan time bomb set for 2010 – San Francisco Chronicle

Access the California Real Estate Weekly Update for September 24, 2009