Latest California real estate bargain, former pot houses
Sacramento, California - June 30 2008 - The price of the two-story, 3,800-square-foot house for sale in Elk Grove stands out even in a down market ... consider potential structural problems and health dangers such as mold and chemical contamination ... Administration. Even if former pot houses are fixed up, the remediation work should be assessed, said [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 15:02:35
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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays ... . Wilson plays Henry Poole, a grouchy man who buys an ordinary house in Southern California. Soon after ... house that she thinks is the face of Jesus. She calls in a priest (George Lopez) and starts telling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:00:46
California Cool: A Shady Porch Redesign
house Faced with upfront limitations imposed by the existing house, neighborhood and ever-shifting ground beneath California, the Los Angeles design team at Oyler Wu — Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint — ... Earthy, Angular Modern Home in Portugal Japanese Minimalism in the Caribbean: Dellis Cay Villas [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:00:09
Retro Retreat: 1960s William Cody-designed house in Palm Springs. California, USA
Looking to brighten up your life with some old school Hollywood-style glamour? ... to spare, possibly the perfect getaway. Find out more at the Modern House website ... Well, book yourself into this William Cody-designed mid-century house in Palm Springs. California [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 19:11:32
Hello World: Here comes Biznik LA
This morning I had the privilege of being interviewed by Colleen Rice Nelson for 45 minutes on her Blogtalkradio show, Freelancer Forum ... . His architectural designs quite literally turn structure inside out. “I invite all potential ... and work spaces to visit me in Morongo Valley, California. My next open house is late January [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:16:15
Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California
Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann? The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream. California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00
Pretending To Fly In California
The Press Democrat reports from California. “The collapse of the housing bubble continues to reverberate through Sonoma County, ... years ago when the median hit a record $619,000. Sonoma County home prices have now fallen for 26 ... .” “On Friday, lender GMAC accepted a $303,000 offer for a northwest Santa Rosa home that sold [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 19:31:08
Sacramento Real Estate Market: First or Last to Rebound?
From InvestmentNews.com:As economists and housing experts desperately look for signs of a bottom in the crumbling housing market, ... Thornberg said Southern California home prices likely will continue falling until mid-to-late 2009 ... some investors are starting to make plans based on which major markets are predicted to rebound [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 22:15:05
Weekend CurbedWire: Market Crisis Round-Up
These are bizarre times, people. The latest national and local headlines, and how the news could affect/is affecting Los Angeles ... rates on home loans for hardship circumstances — real estate professionals say interest rate reductions won’t solve the housing debacle in Southern California, where property values have fallen [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 19:55:23
Yikes! There’s Mold in My House
These days, nothing strikes fear into a homeowner’s heart like the news that mold has been found in their house ... of California Department of Health does not recommend testing for mold contamination because ... that I am also among the legions of mold non-experts who have voiced their opinions on the subject [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 14:44:56
North of Wine Country: California’s Secret Clearlake Wedding and Event Venues
While I’ve lived in the Bay Area for 30 years, I took my very first trip to Lake County only recently when I rented a house on Clearlake for a ... of old Europe amongst California’s vineyards has already been achieved in their lovely ranch house, but I learned there are even bigger plans for this property. Situated on a picturesque stretch [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 19:34:02
Summer Vacations
Today we've combined in one document ideas for summer vacations and summer traveling with kids. Once again, you all are amazing! ... only narrow it down to three winners--one for the Summer Vacations category and two for the Summer ... from southern California to "Grandma's house". To help answer the questions of, "how long until [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 20:06:52
Tips for Luxury Home buyers in Southern California
by katie George Today each and every real estate market is very different, so buying a luxury property is must be exciting, ... equipments and a leisure room. Some useful tips to make your search for luxury homes easier: Inspect ... for a new house in Southern California’s luxury real estate market is quite thrilling. With an incredible [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:28:12
Investing In Real Estate In Pasadena Ca
Investing In Real Estate In Pasadena Ca December 19, 2008 | By Cheap In Uncategorized | Comments(0) Buying a home in today’s market can be a challenge, especially in California. With the house ... ; attic, roof, walls, ceilings, floors, windows, doors, foundation and basement. Getting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:25:41
Is Obama Planning For Battle Against A Looming Depression, Not A Recession?
Anyone else wondering if the true extent of our economic troubles still aren't realized, or not being fully communicated to us? ... House Council of Economic Advisors -- University of California, Berkeley professor Christina Romer ... while Main Street suffers; that in this country, we rise and fall as one nation, as one people [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 16:13:58
[Housing Investor Redux] Asking For Seconds, Or Getting Just Desserts?
One of the success stories of the housing market malaise has been the California real estate recovery, in terms of transactions ... of discounted foreclosures helped push the median sale price down a record 35 percent from a year ... and are pricing properties at market levels. Houses in certain markets in other markets like Detroit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:35:44
The Britt House in Paradise Gardens
Paradise Gardens, an impossibly cool mid-century housing development outside Phoenix, AZ, ... plans, to shame. Attributed largely to the architect Alfred Beadle, who was responsible for the only Case Study House to be built outside California, the development consists of a number of ranch style [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 19:50:07
CC & A.J. press conference roundup
CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55
The Next Little Thing?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/garden/11tiny.html?_r=1&em&oref=login ...Michael Janzen .. ... ? ... The catalyst, he said, was watching the value of his home plummet with the rest of the real ... of Sebastopol, California. Tumbleweed has sold five houses and 50 sets of plans, up from a yearly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 03:14:52
Telegraph Fire: Day 5
More than 1 million homes (about 61% of all new housing) built in California, Oregon and Washington between 1990 to 2000 were erected at the edge of fire ... , including one firefighter, and about 2,750 homes and other building. Official damage estimates [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 00:17:19
Who's Afraid of the Netroots?
Who's Afraid of the Netroots? by BooMan Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 01:40:33 PM EST Since the right-wing and even some of the mainstream media, ... vaguely communist anti-American collection of tired old hippies, I've put together (with some help) a list ... Siegelman, former AL-Gov Alaska Mark Begich, AK-Sen California Nancy Pelosi- Speaker of the House [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 17:41:05
Today's new word (phrase) is CONSTITUTIONAL LEVEL OF CARE
This phrase appeared in a JAMA want ad for a “medical executive” (physician? Bureaucrat? Bean counter?) to work in the California prison system ... report on the $2.3 billion dollar plan obtained by The Bee called the $230,000 per-inmate cost "staggering." It is nearly five times the average $46,104 needed to house a run-of-the-mill California [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 23:35:13
Icon: John Lautner’s Chemosphere House
With it’s an octagonal design that’s part Jetsons, part Bond, ... and informed his designs, from coffee shops to plans for endless cities. Unfolding from the hills, nestled ... John Lautner’s Chemosphere House is considered a masterpiece of California Modernism. Perched [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:31
Attorney: Santa shooter carried secret guilt
From Stan Wilson CNN LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) ... and started a raging house fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina, had a son who sustained severe brain damage several years ago in an apparent swimming pool accident while he was in Pardo’s care, according [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 03:12:51
Years Of Appreciation Have Been Wiped Out In California
The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California ... The median house price in Santa Clara County plunged [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 16:47:42
CA House Races Roundup - July Edition
Greetings and welcome to the latest installment of the California House races roundup. We're just around 100 days to go until the election, and things are starting to take focus [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 17:33:48
Restoring Freeman
Picture 1 Mark Hertzberg at WrightinRacine.com has posted a new article about the challenges of restoring the Samuel Freeman House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's California concrete block designs. Check it out here. Image copyright Mark Hertzberg [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:48:23
California Bleedin’
California Bleedin’ January 20th, 2009 by Bill Steigerwald California has apparently turned itself into Pennsylvania ... their devalued houses) for the same reason they and their ancestors moved out West in the first place — ... was a booming, upbeat utopia with lots of good jobs, cheap housing, low taxes and relatively few economic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:06:34
A Fire Restoration
Recently, South California experienced a fire. A large number of houses was damaged and in need of restoration. Can you imagine that a certain company offered fire restoration services 24/7? But it is true, WaterRestoration911 created a service division dedicated toward Fire and Smoke Damage. Just dial [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 06:34:03
The First To Fall And The Last To Rise
The Manteca Bulletin reports from California. “In the go-go days of stratospheric housing price increases some newer neighborhoods - such as Woodward Park, Diamond Oaks, and Villa Ticino - were seeing prices jump as much as $5,000 a month. Now those neighborhoods have returned back to earth as closed deals so far this month signal that banks are [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 18:59:11
My First Work: Victorian Home Addition Near USC
Date: 2008-12-30 19:17:26
Housing Push for Hispanics Spawns Wave of Foreclosures
California Rep. Joe Baca has long pushed legislation he said would “open the doors to the American Dream” for first-time home buyers in his largely ... in his district have lost their homes to foreclosure. For years, immigrants to the U.S. have viewed buying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:39:44
Housing Push for Hispanics Spawns Wave of Foreclosures
California Rep. Joe Baca has long pushed legislation he said would “open the doors to the American Dream” for first-time home buyers in his largely ... in his district have lost their homes to foreclosure. For years, immigrants to the U.S. have viewed buying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:39:44
So long, Jacques Littlefield. Say hello to General Patton.
Date: 2009-01-15 23:59:02
Wall Street Journal reports on causes of the housing bubble that burst our economy and in the long run helped no one out...
From the Wall Street Journal.... Housing Push for Hispanics Spawns Wave of Foreclosures-"California Rep. Joe Baca has long pushed legislation he said would "open the doors to the American Dream ... . Nearly 9,200 families in his district have lost their homes to foreclosure. Foreclosure Crisis Hits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00
13 Fear Is Real: Meet The Contestants
On Wednesday, January 7 at 8 PM ET on The CW, 13 lucky or should we say, ... scares and lots of beware of the dark moments, all designed by a mastermind of terror. In addition ... Diego, California) Occupation: Marketing and Product Specialist Favorite Horror Films: “House [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 17:00:03
What The Rise And Fall In Housing Has Done
The Ventura County Star reports from California. “Thousands of Ventura County residents were pushed out of their homes last year, and many more were left hanging on by a thread — a situation exacerbated by mounting job losses. In Ventura County, December foreclosure filings surged 37 percent from November and 97 percent from a year ago, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:59
They Just Plain Walk Away In California
The BBC News reports on California. “In May 2006, at the height of the housing boom, Karen Trainer bought a $500, ... they can do is walk away from their home.’” “As a sign of the changing times, some 60% of borrowers do not even [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 22:33:37
California Budget Passes Assembly and Goes to Governor
Both Houses Pass State Budget In Late Night Session Going Into Early Tuesday Morning Hours - Governor's Threatened Veto Could Force Legislature To ... . Parra said then she would not vote for any budget proposal until the Assembly acted on important water [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 10:41:55
The Golden Filter
In the past six months, ... 2009 9:00P The Glass House w/The Presets Pomona, California [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:23:06
Decor - Green Home Moving Sensation Wins California&;039;s Highest Environmental Honor
Who would have thought house moving can be as stressful on trees and landfills as it is on the old marriage? ... . Hard-to-recycle, colored plastic bleach bottles from your laundry room and other unwanted ... , we just grind them up and make new ones." In addition to the containers, Brown makes green packing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 09:00:00
Houses Bigger Than Their Egos
The Sacramento Bee reports from California. “‘Welcome,’ says the letter dated May 20, 2005 ... But we had a chance to get a hell of a lot better deal than that.’” “On Jan. 15, 2008, the house went ... and her family had missed eight payments. O’Hagan lives today in a rented town house in Woodland [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 22:24:49
Michael S. Smith’s Houses – A Winner!
Michael S. Smith, interior designer from California, has been profiled here a few times before: ... the book, not the words. There are, of course, exceptions. Rose Tarlow’s The Private House comes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 04:55:00
2008 Year in Review1 January 2009
I hope you appreciate how much thinking this entailed on my part, at a time when thinking is not my strong point.JANUARYAs always, New Year’s was held at the Romgi’s parents’ house (a tradition we missed this year, since they were in California partying it up!). Delicious food all evening, firecrackers at midnight. Ah [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 19:46:01
Stark Blasts Insurers as the ‘General Motors of Medical Care Delivery’
After Hillary Clinton’s health-reform push foundered in the early ’90s by alienating nearly everyone who’d be affected, Obama & Co ... to be. But California Democrat Pete Stark, a health-care hardliner in the House, has already got industry’s ears ringing. Stark, chairman of the health subcommittee of the powerful House Ways and Means [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 14:40:36
Stark Blasts Insurers as the ‘General Motors of Medical Care Delivery’
After Hillary Clinton’s health-reform push foundered in the early ’90s by alienating nearly everyone who’d be affected, Obama & Co ... to be. But California Democrat Pete Stark, a health-care hardliner in the House, has already got industry’s ears ringing. Stark, chairman of the health subcommittee of the powerful House Ways and Means [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 17:40:00
Valencia Realty - Hiker’s Dream
Valencia Realty - Hiker’s Dream Located in Los Angeles County, California, Valencia is a community filled with beauty and fun ... . Available houses include unique and beautiful dwellings in West Creek and Americana-inspired homes in Rivervillage. Homes range from small townhomes to large single-family homes. The options are endless [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:45:50
Green Science: Renzo Piano’s California Museum Redesign
Looking like a cross between a hobbit house and a space ship, ... in modern designs. Under one of the structure’s 90 foot domes is the Morrison Planetarium [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 14:39:26
“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics
ranch-house-3 Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday ... . But not all one-story houses are ranch homes. Ranch-style, ranch bungalow, ranchette, rambler, California [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57
New Home Sales Up; New Home Sales Down: A Real Estate Economy In Flux Makes Trends Hard To Define
35.3 percent. By any measure, a staggering number. It is by how much new home sales have dropped from July 2007 ... California for people with excellent credit who are seeking and getting houses at relatively cheap prices [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 12:25:58
