<< Return to Real Estate News main menu SF CHRONICLE REALTY NEWS SFGate: Real Estate ARM indexes ARM indexesIndexLast weekPrevious weekYear ago6-month CD2.983.574.756-month T-bill0.921.114.831-year TCMS¤ 1.241.443.723-year TCMS¤ 1.651.823.591-month LIBOR1.422.184.656-month LIBOR2.592.974.74IndexThis monthPrevious monthYear agoCost of funds*... Like a phoenix, Alamo Square has arisen In Haight-Ashbury, it was the Summer of Love - an exuberant celebration of peace and love, psychedelic drugs, music and long hair. Ten blocks away in Alamo Square, the summer of 1967 was more like the Winter of Discontent. The once posh neighborhood - the... Housing industry seeks U.S. mortgage subsidies What will it take to get consumers off the sidelines to buy more houses and help stimulate the economy? How about a mortgage at 2.99 percent fixed rate for 30 years for anyone who purchases a home before July 1? Or how about a nonrepayable federal tax credit... Time for son to get rid of his house - at once Q:My son and his wife own a house. Just before the housing market downturn, they moved 1,000 miles away to pursue a more lucrative career for him. Since then, they haven't been able to rent the house, and if they sold it, they would lose $30,000 to $40,000.... BULLETIN BOARD Monday First-Time Home-Buyer Seminar: Sponsored by Whitney Davis of Zephyr Real Estate and Tina Leonardi of Guarantee Mortgage, 6-7:30 p.m., Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., Suite P, San Francisco, free, reservation required, (415) 533-3990. Tuesday Buying... Return all keys or landlord can make you pay Q:I didn't return a key to the landlord after moving out. Now he says he'll deduct the cost of a new lock and key set from my security deposit. Can he do this? Tenant's attorney Steven R. Kellman replies: A landlord may deduct money from a tenant's security... Real Estate: Neighborhood Homes Sold Sunday, November 16, 2008 Back to Sunday Real Estate   Counties: Alameda  Contra Costa  Marin  Napa  San Francisco San Mateo  Santa Clara  Solano  Sonoma   Ving Rhames' mission: to sell Brentwood house My all-time favorite award-show moment came in 1998 when best-actor winner Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying: "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." There was nary a dry eye in... Staci Coleman Telephone (615) 250-7706 Mobile (615) 424-8201 Contact Staci

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