Real Estate News

• People in business - 11/8/2008
  

  Jennifer Shaffer Bagshaw has assumed ownership and management of Aspens on the Creek, a retirement community of manufactured homes.

• Valley home sales rise for second month - 11/6/2008
  

  For the first time since March 2005 more homes were sold in Jackson County during consecutive months than in the corresponding period the previous...

• Foreclosures leave residents at a loss - 10/26/2008
  

  With the numbers rising across Jackson County, leaving homeowners with more questions than answers

• Permits for new homes show significant decline - 10/18/2008
  

  Fewer than half as many homes will be built this year as last year in the Rogue Valley if construction continues at the pace it's on so far.

• Local real estate sees small boost - 10/8/2008
  

  The Rogue Valley real estate market showed some signs of improving in September, but the current uncertainty in global financial markets leaves the...

• Medford John L. Scott franchise changes hands - 10/2/2008
  

  Jimmie DeLoretto has acquired the Medford John L. Scott Real Estate franchise from Steve and Lori Hawkins.

• FHA launches mortgage help program - 10/2/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration on Wednesday rolled out a program that aims to help thousands of struggling borrowers refinance into more...

• Affordable housing mission faces uncertain future - 9/11/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — The suspension of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as private enterprises means the federal government can no longer require them to...

• Local real estate sales begin to climb - 9/5/2008
  

  A breath of fresh air blewthrough the RogueValley's real estate

• Bicycling Realtors - 8/30/2008
  

  PORTLAND — With gas prices high, bicycles flying out of stores and a buyers' market for houses, a handful of real estate agents around the...

• Home-price slide continues - 8/27/2008
  

  U.S. home prices continued to fall at a record pace through the first half of 2008, according to a major indicator reported Tuesday.

• Western home sales inch up - 8/26/2008
  

  Sales of existing homes in the West edged higher overall in July, as many buyers took advantage of falling prices in foreclosure-ravaged areas in...

• Big mortgage insurers lose $2.6 billion so far this year - 8/15/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — Large mortgage insurers have reported $2.

• Mortgage mess hits renters, too - 8/9/2008
  

  WASHINGTON — James Austin was stunned when a real estate agent showed up to snap photos of the house he was renting last year and casually...

• Home prices draw first-time buyers - 8/8/2008
  

  As local real estate prices continue to retreat, first-time home buyers are mustering their resources.