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Tag Archives: Real Estate

Are There Jumbo Home Loans in the Inland Empire?

Wholesale Capital Corporation

There are, says Wholesale Capital Corporation (WCC) president Ed Hoffman. Jumbo loans in California – which are loans that exceed the conforming loan limit for a given county (in both Riverside and San Bernardino counties, that limit is $417,000) – are slightly less common in the Inland Empire than in …

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Conference Calls for More Houses, Less Red Tape

Conference Calls for More Houses, Less Red Tape

San Bernardino County needs to build more single-family homes that people can afford to buy, and the sooner that happens the better. That was the overwhelming consensus at a housing policy conference held Friday at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario. The event, which attracted about 250 people, was sponsored by …

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Local Distressed Sales Keep Dropping

Distressed Sale Continue to Drop

Distressed sales, including bank-owned properties and so-called short sales, accounted for 10.1 percent of all single-family home sales in the Inland Empire during March, according to data released Thursday. That number was significant because it marked the greatest improvement of any major market from its distressed sales peak, which in …

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Learning Center Building is Sold

Inland Empire Retail Properties Sold

A building in Victorville that is occupied by a KinderCare Learning Center has been sold. The free-standing structure at 13615 Bear Valley Road sold for $4.6 million, according to Faris Lee Investments. Faris Lee represented the seller, a private investment group in Beverly Hills. ReMax FH Commercial represented the buyer, …

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Number of Non-Equity Homes Continues to Decline

Non Equity Homes Continues to Decline

The number of underwater residential properties in the Inland Empire dropped during the first quarter of this year, another sign of the region’s housing market’s slow but steady improvement. Overall, 10.2 percent of mortgaged residential properties in Riverside and San Bernardino counties had negative equity at the end of the …

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Home Prices on the Rise

Home Prices Up

Inland Empire home prices, including distressed sales, were up 5.9 percent in April year-over-year, according to data released Tuesday. That matched both the state and national trend: prices of single-family homes in April were up 6.6 percent in California and 6.2 percent nationwide compared with April 2015, Irvine-based CoreLogic reported …

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