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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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Pasadena Native Lost Her House To LA Wildfires One Day After Paying Off Her Mortgage: 'It's Gone'
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How The Mircale Malibu Mansion And Pacific Palisades Home Survived The Devastating LA Fires
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What Happens To Your Mortgage And Property Tax When You Lose Your Home In A Natural Disaster?
Builders sent in to renovate an 18th century chateau in western France's Bordeaux wine region reduced it to rubble instead, according to the Russian owner of the property. After Sandy Homeowners Houseless Until the Insurance Money Kicks In (Commentary)
It took one day for Superstorm Sandy to destroy my house. So far, it's taken more than a month for insurance to help me get back in. White House to Seek $50 Billion in Sadny Relief
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in emergency spending to help rebuild states pounded by Superstorm Sandy, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Toll Brothers Results Indicate Steady Housing Recovery
Toll Brothers Inc, the largest luxury homebuilder in the United States, reported a higher quarterly profit and said new orders rose sharply, indicating that the U.S. housing market is well on its way to recovery. Home Prices Post Biggest Jump in Over Six Years
Home prices posted their biggest annual jump in more than six years in October in a sign the housing sector continues to recover, data analysis firm CoreLogic said on Tuesday. AIG Names New CEO for Mortgage Insurer United Guaranty
American International Group Inc shuffled the management of its mortgage insurance unit for the second time this year, naming a new chief executive for United Guaranty and moving the prior CEO to a senior underwriting position. On Twitter, Obama Puts Question Mark Over Mortgage Deduction
Taking to Twitter to press his case in "fiscal cliff" talks with Congress, President Barack Obama said on Monday that tax breaks benefiting middle class families such as the mortgage interest deduction could be at risk if rates for top earners do not rise. Credit Agencies Win Legal Victory on Mortgage Ratings
Major credit rating agencies won a fresh legal victory as a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by Ohio pension funds that sought to recoup millions of dollars of losses on risky mortgage debt they said were based on flawed, inflated ratings. Halle Berry Selling House Where Brutal Fight Broke Out Between Her Fiance and Ex Gabriel Aubry
You can't beat the priceless re-sale value of being able to quip, "This is where those that actor you've never heard of beat the living crap out of that model you've never heard of!" New Jersey Residents Want Shore Rebuilt with Strict Standards
The Jersey Shore, where hundreds of homes were swept away or damaged in Superstorm Sandy, should be rebuilt, but with new, stricter building codes to protect against future storms, a poll of New Jersey voters said on Tuesday.