| L.A. Times - Real Estate News Updated : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Hot Property: Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds buy Los Feliz house for $2.9 million The 1960s Buff & Hensman-designed Wong House has a pool, a walled garden and downtown and ocean views. It seems as though actress Scarlett Johansson had no sooner sold her old place in the Hollywood Hills than she and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, closed on a house in Los Feliz for $2.9 million. Publ.Date : Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Home of the Week: Chateau on Lake Arrowhead Completed a few years ago, a Normandy-style estate was built to look a century old. Glen and Linda Keane felt guilty about tearing down the O'Melveny family home. After all, John O'Melveny was part of a group of Los Angeles businessmen who formed Lake Arrowhead Co. in the 1920s and oversaw the lake's development into a popular resort destination. Publ.Date : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Fannie Mae tries to stimulate market for foreclosed homes The mortgage giant quietly launches the HomePath program, which offers subprime-era terms for buyers: minimal down payments, no appraisals, no mortgage insurance and lower minimum credit scores. If you're a buyer with little cash or a small-scale investor looking for a deal on a foreclosed house, a little-publicized national lending program could be just what you need this fall. Publ.Date : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Home of the week update How some of our previously featured properties have fared in the sales market. Buff & Hensman-designed beach house Publ.Date : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Short-sale 'flopping' may be next big housing scam Lenders lose an estimated $310 million annually in undervalued short-sale transactions, according to a study released in August. Publ.Date : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 How to sue your homeowner association to get records or repairs Question: I am fed up with my homeowners association and successive boards for sabotaging owner requests for records and refusing to fix maintenance problems in common areas that directly affect individual units. I believe I have no other choice than to sue the association and the boards. What are the steps I have to take? Publ.Date : Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 |