Real Estate

Pending home sales were essentially flat in July, although they remained well ahead of where they were one year ago, a positive sign for the country’s housing market. Nationwide, pending sales were up only 0.5 percent from June but were up 7.4 percent compared with July 2014, according to the …

For Paul Herrera, helping to remove the roadblocks that licensed Realtors face is a full-time endeavor. As government affairs director for three local associations – the Inland Valley Association of Realtors, Inland Gateway Association of Realtors, and the California Desert Association of Realtors – he works to impact public policies …

A neighborhood retail center in Riverside has been sold. Tyler Village, an eight-building development near Galleria at Tyler, sold for $13 million, according to Faris Lee Investments, which represented both parties in the transaction. The sale was announced Monday. The buyer and seller were identified only as private investors in …

Southern California’s housing market continued to improve in July. Single-family home sales were up only 0.6 percent month-over-month but rose nearly 17 percent compared with July 2014, according to CoreLogic’s monthly report on the region’s housing market, which was released Tuesday. A total of 24,235 new and existing houses and …

If there’s one thing most buyers know about VA loans, it’s that they are the best way for veterans of the United States military to purchase a home with no money down. But one thing that isn’t always understood is the relationship between VA loans and credit scores (also known …

Builders’ confidence in the single-family home market was essentially unchanged this month, rising only one point. Still, the 61 ranking is the highest reading since November 2005, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Home Builders, a trade association in Washington, D.C. Builder confidence is on a …