Economy
Homegain is a company based out of San Francisco, CA — Emeryville — and I know the GM, Louis Cammarosano. HomeGain exists as a portal for finding real estate agents, researching home values, and viewing homes for sale — yes, kind of like a Zillow or Trulia, but with more Realtor research. HomeGain is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC a strategic joint venture formed by Belo Corp., Gannett Co., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company, and The Washington Post Company. Classified Ventures’ also owns and operates Cars.com, an automotive Web site where consumers can find information on new and used cars and shop for a vehicle, Apartments.com, a national on line apartment guide and relocation resource and Homescape.com, a national network of local newspaper real estate websites.
Read MoreDon’t buy this gorgeous beach front property on 30-A in Santa Rosa Beach, near Alys Beach, Seaside and Watercolor if you think you might be getting a divorce. On the other hand, do: I’m looking for a great deal in Florida!
Read MoreI was downtown with my mother-in-law this week, and I said to her, look at Museum Tower: it looks to me like they are experimenting with different panes of glass, perhaps to solve the re-flectivity issue. No confirmation, but it sure looked that way to this evil eye. Then today, a very smart move by…
Read MoreWe just said this at dinner last night: you can’t trust much of what you hear from politicians during normal times. But during an election year? Truth becomes as rare as finding a $150k home on Beverly Drive. We’ve seen this in real estate this year. The Affordable Care Act (which I lovingly call “Obamacare”,…
Read MoreIn the eyes of the latest S&P/Case-Shiller housing report, which indexes existing (not new) home sales in 20 major U.S. cities, it’s 2003 when it comes to housing prices. That’s good news. We are told the average U.S. home price in July rose 1.6%, this compared to the previous month, marking the third straight month that…
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