document.write("<h1>SacBee -- Real Estate</h1><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/05/3006672/the-path-of-a-short-sale.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>The path of a short sale</a></h1><h2>9/4/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>Homeowner owes more than the house is worth. The homeowner does not need to be facing a foreclosure to do a short sale. Some lenders require the seller to be facing a financial hardship, however.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/05/3006215/short-sales-can-be-great-deals.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Short sales can be great deals, nightmarish ordeals</a></h1><h2>9/4/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>A phenomenon that reappears like clockwork when real estate sours, short sales now make up almost one in four home sales across ailing segments of the Sacramento market.<blockquote style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;padding:10px\"> 	<a href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/05/3006215/short-sales-can-be-great-deals.html?mi_rss=Real%20Estate\"><img src=\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2010/09/04/17/7W5SHORTSALE.highlight.prod_affiliate.4.JPG\" height=\"119\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\"/></a> 	<br/> 	Chelsea Irvine, 27, works last month on her first house, a fixer-upper in Sacramento. The legislative assistant for a lobbying firm blogged about her months-long short-sale odyssey that ended successfully in July. \"I love the house. It's one of the reasons I stuck with it,\" she said.</blockquote></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/01/2996847/1000-workers-fear-for-jobs-at.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>1,000 workers fear for jobs at Sacramento's HomeEq</a></h1><h2>9/1/2010 5:32:01 AM</h2><p>Uncertainty hangs over 1,000 employees of North Highlands loan servicer HomEq today &#150; and also the larger regional economy &#150; as Ocwen Loan Servicing takes over after announcing plans to close the firm.<blockquote style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;padding:10px\"> 	<a href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/01/2996847/1000-workers-fear-for-jobs-at.html?mi_rss=Real%20Estate\"><img src=\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2010/08/31/21/3M1HOMEQ.highlight.prod_affiliate.4.JPG\" height=\"136\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\"/></a> 	<br/> 	An employee enters the parking lot of HomEq in North Highlands on Tuesday. The company's sale has created fears of layoffs.</blockquote></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2995818/amid-criminal-probe-michael-lyon.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Amid criminal probe, Michael Lyon temporarily steps down as CEO of his real estate firm</a></h1><h2>9/3/2010 3:27:01 AM</h2><p>Michael Lyon, the prominent Sacramento real estate businessman under criminal investigation amid allegations of secret video recordings, is temporarily stepping down as chief executive officer of the company that bears his name.<blockquote style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;padding:10px\"> 	<a href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2995818/amid-criminal-probe-michael-lyon.html?mi_rss=Real%20Estate\"><img src=\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2010/08/30/17/LSMICHAELLYON.highlight.prod_affiliate.4.JPG\" height=\"248\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\"/></a> 	<br/> 	Michael Lyon, president of Lyon Associates Realtors, talks with the Bee's business department, January 8, 2003. Sacramento Bee/  Lezlie Sterling</blockquote></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2994207/top-auction-bidders-of-infamous.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Top auction bidders of infamous Puente house intrigued by past</a></h1><h2>8/31/2010 2:02:04 AM</h2><p>A couple from Georgetown are looking forward to moving into the notorious Dorothea Puente boardinghouse in Sacramento.<blockquote style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;padding:10px\"> 	<a href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2994207/top-auction-bidders-of-infamous.html?mi_rss=Real%20Estate\"><img src=\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2010/08/30/22/2M31PUENTE.highlight.prod_affiliate.4.JPG\" height=\"119\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\"/></a> 	<br/> 	Tom Williams and his wife, Barbara Holmes, had looked at a Victorian next to boardinghouse where Dorothea Puente killed tenants, then they ended up buying the notorious site.</blockquote></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2994104/real-estate-magnate-michael-lyon.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Real estate magnate Michael Lyon under investigation</a></h1><h2>9/3/2010 3:27:01 AM</h2><p>Sacramento County law enforcement officials are investigating a prominent real estate businessman in connection with allegations he made secret video recordings of houseguests and others in bedrooms and bathrooms through cameras concealed in clock radios and behind vents, The Bee has learned.<blockquote style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;padding:10px\"> 	<a href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/31/2994104/real-estate-magnate-michael-lyon.html?mi_rss=Real%20Estate\"><img src=\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2010/08/30/21/2W31LYON.highlight.prod_affiliate.4.JPG\" height=\"270\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\"/></a> 	<br/> 	Michael Lyon</blockquote></p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/24/2977945/sacramento-realtors-to-fund-energy.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Sacramento Realtors to fund energy-efficient aid for buyers</a></h1><h2>8/23/2010 5:16:00 PM</h2><p>In a first of its kind in California, the Sacramento Association of Realtors will give qualified homebuyers $2,000 in cash to help make energy-efficient improvements.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/20/2971009/regions-home-sales-fall.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Region's  home  sales fall</a></h1><h2>8/19/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>Home sales tumbled sharply across the Sacramento region in July as government tax credits that had prodded thousands of buyers off the fence largely expired.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/18/2965919/california-home-foreclosures-hit.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>California home foreclosures hit Latinos hardest, study says</a></h1><h2>8/17/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>Latino homeowners have taken the harshest blow from California's foreclosure crisis, accounting for 48 percent of homes repossessed from late 2006 through 2009, a nonprofit consumer group reported Tuesday.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/17/2963323/states-home-builders-report-major.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>State's home builders report major shrinkage</a></h1><h2>8/17/2010 1:14:04 AM</h2><p>California's once-mighty home building industry has seen its economic impact downsized 80 percent since 2005, the California Homebuilding Foundation and Center for Strategic Economic Research said Monday.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/14/2957842/ponzi-indictments.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>3 Carmichael residents among 8 charged in $11.4 million real estate fraud</a></h1><h2>8/13/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>An alleged $11.4 million Sacramento real estate fraud scheme that promised investors up to 15 percent returns from land development and house flipping has resulted in charges against eight people for mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/12/2953229/42000-of-californias-jobless-will.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>42,000 of California's jobless will get help with mortgages</a></h1><h2>8/11/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>More than 42,000 laid-off California homeowners are about to get a break.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/10/2948077/sacramento-county-da-steps-up.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Sacramento County DA steps up fight against realty fraud</a></h1><h2>8/9/2010 5:00:00 PM</h2><p>The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, aiming to corral more scammers preying on struggling area homeowners, announced an expansion of its real estate fraud unit Monday.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/07/2943190/brief.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Tax-credit deadline set for novice homebuyers</a></h1><h2>8/8/2010 4:08:02 AM</h2><p>First-time California homebuyers seeking state tax credits of up to $10,000 have until midnight Sunday to apply, the state Franchise Tax Board announced Friday.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2008/05/19/951603/april-2008-sacramento-region-home.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>April 2008 Sacramento region home sales and price trends</a></h1><h2>5/19/2008 2:53:05 PM</h2><p>View a chart of home sales in the Sacramento area.</p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2008/03/07/769457/january-2008-sacramento-region.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>January 2008 Sacramento region home sales and price trends</a></h1><h2>3/7/2008 9:39:00 AM</h2><p>Data for resale single-family detached homes that closed escrow. </p></div><div class='RSS_Entry'><h1><a href='http://www.sacbee.com/2007/05/23/191391/home-sales-charts.html#mi_rss=Real Estate' target='new'>Home sales charts</a></h1><h2>1/22/2009 8:34:05 AM</h2><p>Home sales charts.</p></div>");