Foreclosure pain intensifies in valley, state
[SJ Mercury News]
he number of Santa Clara County homeowners who lost their properties to foreclosure last quarter jumped more than 500 percent, while those facing that fate nearly tripled, indicating that relief from the painful real estate crisis is still a distant hope.
Bay Area foreclosures soar
[Oakland Tribune]
The number of homes entering foreclosure between April and June more than doubled in the East Bay, San Mateo and San Joaquin Counties from the same time a year ago, according to numbers released Tuesday by DataQuick Information Services.
Sacramento-area home sales climb again
[SacBee -- Real Estate News]
For the third straight month, capital-area home sales climbed above figures for the same time last year, a welcome indicator in a region searching for the bottom of its long housing slump. But median prices continued to slide.
