Spurred by the pending demise of the federal homebuyer tax credit, buyers are awakening from their snowy winters' nap. Reports from agents and brokers across the county suggest February and March sales are picking up as buyers realize credit has just six weeks to go.

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For the second time in three weeks, a major national report on foreclosures and delinquent mortgages suggest that the flood of foreclosures that washed over the housing markets in 2009 is ebbing and may even be at an end.

Foreclosure notices fell 2 percent last month and were only 6 p...

While sales of low-priced foreclosed homes are sparking bidding wars in some areas and there’s talk of healing in California, a huge storm cloud hovers over the Golden state: the high-end real estate market.

In California, delinquencies on jumbo mortgages, which are too large fo...