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 MSN, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Sacramento Bee, 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.

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:

Housing may be headed for a double dip – published online by msnbc.msn.com

Schwarzenegger proposes new round of home buyer tax credits – Sacramento Bee

NY Fed: Most successful mortgage modifications reduce borrowers’ principal – Wall Street Journal

Losing a home? A tax bite may be next – MSN Money

Homeowners forced to buy flood insurance after FEMA redraws maps – Los Angeles Times

Real estate faces tough recovery slog – Wall Street Journal

Foreclosures weigh on home appraisals – San Francisco Chronicle

To access all of the articles, open a convenient PDF file using the following link:

Access the California Real Estate Weekly Update for January 7, 2010