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Glamorous foreclosures – Beverly Hills foreclosure and short sales – $4 million Beverly Hills foreclosure goes for a second round and $2 million short sale.


Rental roulette on the west coast. California foreclosures are up 22 percent from Q4 of 2010 to Q1 of 2011. Santa Monica buy versus rent example. Rent for $5,500 a month or buy at $1,950,000.


Pasadena $2.4 million short sale and the Dual Income, No Kids growth from 2000. Have younger professionals shifted housing priorities because of the economy and inflated home prices?


Corona del Mar enters real estate correction – sub-$1 million short sale goes below 2003 sales price. $4 million of visible distressed real estate but $53 million in shadow inventory for tiny Corona del Mar.


Beverly Hills short sale selling for $2.15 million and below the $3.3 million in loans. Beverly Hills has 3 foreclosures listed on the MLS but 107 are currently active.


Shadow inventory grows in Southern California – Huntington Beach foreclosure with $1.4 million in loans and no payments made in a year. Auction scheduled for end of March in a mid-tier Southern California beach city.


The financial allure of renting – How the real estate industry silences the voice of one third of Americans. Homeownership back to 1998 levels because owning a home requires income and affordability. $650 billion in real estate wealth evaporated in the last quarter of housing data.


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