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Home of the Week: Chateau on Lake Arrowhead

Glen and Linda Keane felt guilty about tearing down the O'Melveny family home. After all, John O'Melveny was part of a group of Los...

Fannie Mae tries to stimulate market for foreclosed homes

If you're a buyer with little cash or a small-scale investor looking for a deal on a foreclosed house, a little-publicized national...

Short-sale 'flopping' may be next big housing scam

Lenders lose an estimated $310 million annually in undervalued short-sale transactions, according to a study released in August.

How to sue your homeowner association to get records or repairs

Question: I am fed up with my homeowners association and successive boards for sabotaging owner requests for records and refusing...

Index of pending home sales rises 5.2%

An index of home purchase contracts for previously owned dwellings unexpectedly increased 5.2% in July over June, the National Assn. of...

Mortgage rates set new record lows, might hold steady next week

Mortgage rates fell for the 10th time in 11 weeks, setting fresh record lows, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. But a rebound in Treasury...

KB Home says SEC investigation over

Shares of Los Angeles-based KB Home soared on Wednesday after the home builder said an investigation by the Securities and Exchange...

Home prices rise in June, but a drop may be looming

A closely watched national index showed Tuesday that home prices rose in June, the last month that a federal tax credit probably boosted...

Hot Property: Graham Nash is leaving Encino for Hawaii

Their house is a very, very, very fine house, to borrow Graham Nash's own lyrics.

Foreclosures of million-dollar-plus homes on the rise

Foreclosure is blind.

New house is straight out of the Old World

This 2-year-old house inspired by the historic homes of Belgium feels as if it could be sitting in the countryside rather than in a Santa...

Fannie Mae says lenders must verify mortgage applicants' debt loads before closing

Despite earlier reports to the contrary, it turns out that your mortgage lender will not have to pull a second full credit report on you...

Beware of 'improvements' that reduce a home's value

Every real estate agent has seen them: home "improvements" that turn out to be anything but, at least down the road when it comes time to...

Moving away won't shield ex-association board member

Question: Is a homeowner association legally responsible for the actions of any board member who has harmed any member of the...

Diving home sales stoke new worries about economic recovery

The end of a popular government stimulus program drove home sales in July to their lowest levels in more than a decade, fueling fresh...

Countrywide's Angelo Mozilo made exceptions for VIP mortgages, exec testifies

The late "Tonight Show" announcer Ed McMahon was far from the only person to get a special mortgage thanks to Countrywide Financial Corp....

Former L.A. attorney settles charges over 'frivolous and phony' foreclosure relief lawsuits

Former Los Angeles attorney Mitchell Roth has agreed to settle charges that he allegedly collected fees from 2,000 debt-entrenched...