There is definitely some controversy going on with the HAMP default numbers. From HousingWire: “Since the Making Home Affordable report was posted on July 20th, Fannie Mae, which administers the program, has reported to Treasury an issue in its implementation of the delinquency statistic methodology used to report performance of permanent modifications. [...]

The Real Estate Channel has an interesting article: Why Are Banks Withholding Highend Repossessions Over $300,000 From the Market? Here is what he had to say about OC: Orange County is situated between Los Angeles and San Diego. With a population of roughly 3 million, it includes such cities as Irvine, Santa [...]

Editorial Note: English is not the first language of the writer of this post, BK. Please forgive the minor errors (and OC Reader Forums inside jokes) and take in the ideas presented by this talented and experienced architectural historian and housing market researcher. First of all City of Irvine has created several urban sectors with tremendous failure in [...]

Thanks to Yelp, a recent and terribly random craving for breakfast pizza (not pizza that happens to be eaten the next morning, but rather pizza with, say, eggs on it) led myself and my adventurous companion to Matador Cantina in Downtown Fullerton. This was fortuitous as I had already purchased a Restaurant.com gift certificate for Matador and [...]

Why the three headed monster of South Beach may be good for the Lakers and bad for LeBron Let’s first clear the air – regardless of who they sign to play around the Miami Thrice, or how many hours it takes Pat Riley’s goons to convince soon to be ex-coach Eric Spoelstra that the Heat’s new practice facility is [...]