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12.31.2007	2007: The Year in Housing By Kelly Bennett \| voiceofsandiego.org
12.30.2007	For the Bay Area real estate industry, 2007 went from boom to tizzy By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
12.30.2007	Experts expect real estate slump to last well into 2008 By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
12.30.2007	San Diego County's woeful housing market is dragging other economic sectors to the depths of despair By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
12.28.2007	Realty reality: Housing prices are headed way down By Christopher Thornberg \| Los Angeles Times
12.24.2007	Analysis: Budget faced realism deficit By Kevin Yamamura \| Sacramento Bee
12.24.2007	Reeling Financial Institutions Stumble Forward Into 2008 By Mike Allen \| San Diego Business Journal
12.23.2007	Lending rules 2 years late, a few billion dollars short By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
12.22.2007	State sees little job growth in November By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
12.21.2007	Bay Area home sales hit new low By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
12.19.2007	Bargain hunters push Inland home sales up By Leslie Berkman \| The Press-Enterprise
12.14.2007	Budget battle heats up By Kevin Yamamura and Aurelio Rojas \| Sacramento Bee
12.11.2007	Housing downturn may hit California hardest, experts warn By Kelly Zito \| San Francisco Chronicle
12.06.2007	$417,000 buys a home without a jumbo loan By Barbara E. Hernandez \| San Jose Mercury News
12.05.2007	Report augurs gloom for I.E. By Matt Wrye \| San Bernardino Sun
12.04.2007	O.C. lenders in subprime market disappearing By Mary Ann Milbourn \| Orange County Register
12.03.2007	Another Sign Of The Collapse By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
12.03.2007	Bush Administration's "Teaser-Freezer" Plan May Do Little To Ease Concerns Of Housing Woes Dragging Economy Into Recession By Jacob Cherian \| All Headline News
12.02.2007	Experts: Bailout Not Complete Solution By Alan Zibel \| Associated Press
11.30.2007	Cajoling, Shame And Persuasion In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
11.30.2007	Super-Rich, Wow, Still Buy Big; Other Real Estate Creeps Along By Robert Struckman \| New West
11.28.2007	'What Subprime Has Giveth, Subprime Has Taketh Away' By Kelly Bennett \| voiceofsandiego.org
11.28.2007	Report predicts further housing slide By Chris Bagely \| North County Times
11.28.2007	Despite Rigorous Lending Standards, Wells Fargo to Write Down $1.4B By Jonathan Liss \| Seeking Alpha
11.27.2007	How low will they go? By Staff \| Los Angeles Times
11.19.2007	Former UCLA Economist Says National Economy Slipping Into Recession By Mike Allen \| San Diego Business Journal
11.18.2007	Builders offer cuts of as much as $150,000 on some housing units By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
11.18.2007	This Is A Hard Landing For California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
11.17.2007	East Bay jobs take dive By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
11.17.2007	State job market stalls By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
11.17.2007	Economists employ 'R' word on jobs data By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
11.17.2007	Layoffs cast pall over area By George Avalos \| Inside Bay Area
11.14.2007	Ripple effect of foreclosures touch entire communities By Kelly Zito \| San Francisco Chronicle
11.11.2007	To buy or not to buy: That is the question By Jeff Collins \| Orange County Register
11.08.2007	Bumpy housing market ahead By Debra Gruszecki \| The Desert Sun
11.07.2007	Outlook dim for Coachella Valley's short-term growth By Kimberly Pierceall \| The Press-Enterprise
11.07.2007	On A Daily Basis Prices Are Dropping In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
11.07.2007	Real estate market to pick up -- in 2009 By Debra Gruszecki \| The Desert Sun
11.06.2007	Schwarzenegger orders plan for 10% budget cuts By Evan Halper \| Los Angeles Times
11.04.2007	Much Of The Boom Has Turned Out To Be A Bubble By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
11.04.2007	Time to buy? Depends on whom you ask By Jeff Collins \| Orange County Register
11.01.2007	Foreclosures Soar as Housing Wealth Faces Huge Risk By Staff \| Foreclosure Warehouse Blog
10.31.2007	Mortgage Mania Part 13 - A Halloween Story By Chris Iverson \| 3 Oceans Real Estate
10.30.2007	Inland shoppers watching their spending By Jack Katzanek \| The Press-Enterprise
10.30.2007	Fires out, California housing still burns By James Saft \| Reuters
10.29.2007	Can fires rekindle slumping housing? By Jon Lansner \| Orange County Register
10.28.2007	Rebuilding expected to spur economy By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
10.27.2007	Insider Q&A hears Fed likely can't help housing By Jon Lansner \| Orange County Register
10.27.2007	County's $160 billion economy gets hit in short term By Mark Walker \| North County Times
10.27.2007	Foreclosure City By Pamela Leavey \| The Democratic Daily
10.26.2007	Billions in housing wealth at risk as foreclosures soar By Kelly Zito \| San Francisco Chronicle
10.26.2007	California wildfires may cost insurers $1.6 billion By Zachary R. Mider \| Worcester Telegram and Gazette
10.26.2007	Gold Reaches For Highs Not Seen Since 1980 By Jon Nadler \| International Business Times
10.26.2007	A Very Realistic Expectation For California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
10.25.2007	Thornberg: ‘Trouble on the Horizon’ for Real Estate Market By Matthew Frank \| New West
10.25.2007	Experts predicting downturn for Montana's real estate market By Brittany Tait \| KPAX Missoula
10.25.2007	Amenity Properties Hot, Entry-Level Housing Not By Yogesh Simpson \| New West
10.25.2007	Though Tragic, CA Fires Won’t Affect Economy By Nellie Day \| GlobeSt.com
10.24.2007	Mortgage crisis claims 325 jobs in October By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
10.24.2007	Region's economy is expected to bounce back By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
10.24.2007	Fires won't hurt long term, economists say By Peter Y. Hong and Andrea Chang \| Los Angeles Times
10.22.2007	A New Bottom For The Cheerleaders In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
10.22.2007	In Real Estate Conversation, 'People Hear What They Want to Hear' By Kelly Bennett \| voiceofsandiego.org
10.20.2007	Housing holds back economy By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
10.20.2007	Jobless rate still faltering in county By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
10.20.2007	The Cooling-Off Is A Plus For Some In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
10.19.2007	Outspoken economist doesn't talk like one By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
10.19.2007	Respite's Over By Doug Noland \| prudentbear.com
10.17.2007	Southland home sales and prices plummet By Peter Y. Hong and Maura Reynolds \| Los Angeles Times
10.17.2007	Economist Christopher Thornberg on the Real Estate Market’s Future By Robert Stuckman \| New West
10.16.2007	SoCal Home Sales Plunge By Gary Gentile \| Associated Press
10.13.2007	This Time The Builders Are The Speculators By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
10.12.2007	Home prices take a big hit By Brian Wargo \| In Business Las Vegas
10.08.2007	From Times Of Craziness In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
10.07.2007	Job losses mount as real estate declines By Quinn Eastman \| North County Times
10.05.2007	Externalized Costs: The Free Market's Free Lunch--A Local Case At The Port of Los Angeles By Paul Rosenberg \| Openleft.com
10.04.2007	Economists see South Bay downturn likely By Staff \| San Jose Business Journal
10.01.2007	Christopher Thornberg (Beacon Economics) By Admin \| Money-RX Blog
09.30.2007	Cities reap rewards of teamwork By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
09.29.2007	The Housing Crunch Hitting East Contra Costa Hard By Staff \| KCBS Radio
09.27.2007	Building, finance fed growth By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
09.26.2007	Bay Area economy, pay, cost of living are at the top of the heap By Sam Zuckerman \| San Francisco Chronicle
09.26.2007	Construction, finance drove local economy By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
09.25.2007	State Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.5 Percent in August By Staff \| California Real Estate Journal
09.23.2007	They Cried Wolf. They Were Right. By Vikas Bajaj \| New York Times
09.23.2007	Hardships force homeowners, mortgage holders to accept short sales By Leslie Berkman \| The Press-Enterprise
09.23.2007	The Bust Part Of The Cycle In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
09.22.2007	Wobbling Under The Weight Of The Housing Downturn By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
09.22.2007	Highest in three years, worse than nationwide By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
09.22.2007	East Bay jobs rise as housing falls By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
09.22.2007	State job market troubles continue By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
09.19.2007	Economists: Local ’08 doldrums loom By Kate Williamson \| San Francisco Examiner
09.16.2007	Buyer's market takes hold in home listings By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
09.14.2007	August home sales hit 15-year low By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
09.13.2007	Home sales plunge in August By Annette Haddad \| Los Angeles Times
09.13.2007	Freddie Mac Seeks to Get Mortgages' Paperwork By Thomas Heath \| Washngton Post
09.13.2007	Forecast predicts short East Bay recession By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
09.09.2007	Bond Fund Investors May Be in for Shock By Alan Zibel \| Associated Press
09.08.2007	Job losses worsen fears By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
09.07.2007	Investors snare area office complexes By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
09.07.2007	Vulture investors circling proposal By Michael Braga \| Sarasota Herald-Tribune
09.01.2007	Tell us 'Will President's mortgage help be enough?' By Jon Lansner \| Orange County Register
08.28.2007	As Mortgage Mess Unravels, Some Investors Clean Up By Thomas Heath and David Cho \| Washington Post
08.28.2007	Housing inventory rises By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Inside Bay Area
08.26.2007	Housing crisis -- no end in sight By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
08.24.2007	The Beginning Of The Fall In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
08.24.2007	Fannie and Freddie, old and new By Christopher Thornberg \| Los Angeles Times
08.24.2007	More Bay Area layoffs By George Avalos \| San Mateo Times
08.23.2007	Mortgage fiascoes devour jobs By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
08.20.2007	This Ain't My American Dream! By John S. Heneghan \| Servant Financial
08.19.2007	It's Not Business As Usual In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
08.18.2007	Less Work in construction fuels unemployment rise in state, city. By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
08.11.2007	The Bottom Line Is The Buyers Determine The Price By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
08.11.2007	Past Due: Easy loans of real-estate boom are turning, biting homeowners By The Associated Press \| Winston-Salem Journal
08.11.2007	Housing woes afflict many By Annette Haddad, Andrea Chang and Daniel Yi \| Los Angeles Times
08.10.2007	High-Risk Mortgages Become Toxic Mess By Michael Liedtke \| Washington Post
08.10.2007	U.S., European central banks step in to contain mortgage crisis By Sam Zuckerman \| San Francisco Chronicle
08.02.2007	Paychecks make gains in East Bay By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
07.31.2007	Paying The Price For A Housing Bubble In California By Ben Jones \| Thehousingbubbleblog.com
07.31.2007	California: Golden dream or foreclosures by the sea? By Jim Christie \| Washington Post
07.21.2007	Housing clouds economy By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
07.04.2007	Housing dip slows city plans By Nargis Nooristani \| Contra Costa Times
06.19.2007	Slow economic growth into late '08, says report By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
06.9.2007	Insider Q&A ponders Greenspan's housing 'froth' call By Jon Lansner \| Orange County Register Blog
06.06.2007	A new way to tap equity without going into debt Homeowners can sell a share of future appreciation By Carolyn Said \| San Francisco Chronicle
05.24.2007	Pay mortgage by credit card, gain rewards By Staff and Wire Services \| Contra Costa Times
05.20.2007	How will Arizona grow? That's up to all of us By Ann Brown \| Arizona Daily Star
05.19.2007	Builders hiring more workers By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
05.15.2007	Pain of Inland housing slowdown intensifies By Leslie Berkman \| Press Enterprise
05.15.2007	Budget revise draws mixed views By Dale Kasler and Jim Wasserman \| Sacramento Bee
05.11.2007	Weak home market spills over to autos, analysts say By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
05.04.2007	Subprime industry jobs are dwindling By George Avalos \| Contra Costa Times
05.03.2007	States rush to act on mortgage reform By Alan Zibel \| Business Week
04.28.2007	A city undeterred by cooling market By Alana Semuels \| Los Angeles Times
04.25.2007	Home sales plunge 8.4% in March By Roger Vincent \| Los Angeles Times
04.25.2007	State Market Cools/Median price of existing homes up a little By Carolyn Said \| San Francisco Chronicle
04.23.2007	Inland auto dealers feeling fallout of housing market By Lou Hirsh \| Press Enterprise
04.22.2007	Finding a legal escape clause By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
04.21.2007	Payrolls in California grow by 18,500 By Lisa Girion \| Los Angeles Times
04.21.2007	Job growth in state is on par with U.S. rate By Dean Calbreath \| San Diego Union Tribune
04.21.2007	Job market gets tighter By George Avalos \| Inside Bay Area
04.17.2007	Foreclosure pace nears decade high By David Streitfeld \| Los Angeles Times
04.17.2007	Overall March inflation jumps 1% in Southern California By Lou Hirsch \| The Press Enterprise
04.17.2007	Area mortgage defaults skyrocket By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
04.13.2007	Home prices up for region, still off peak By George Raine \| San Francisco Chronicle
04.11.2007	Lawmakers blame mortgage bond investors for meltdown By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Inside Bay Area
03.28.2007	SoCal leaders debate state of the market By Randyl Drummer \| CoStar Group News
03.28.2007	Insiders point to global opportunities By Nellie Day \| GlobeSt.com
03.28.2007	Jobs abound in Calif. hub of shaky subprime lenders By Jim Christie \| Reuters
03.27.2007	Bigger hit expected from housing market woes By Amy Scott \| Marketplace
03.22.2007	Subprime loans going under By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
03.20.2007	Study expects 1.1 million foreclosures By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
03.19.2007	Subprime Mortgages: Problem for Wall Street, Main Street By Kelly Bennett \| Voice of San Diego
03.19.2007	Sub-prime loans concentrated in low-income areas By Jabulani Leffall \| Los Angeles Business Journal
03.16.2007	Inland region bears brunt of inflation By Lou Hirsch \| The Press Enterprise
03.14.2007	Mortgage market trouble generates stock sell-off By Marne Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
03.06.2007	Homeowners take risks By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Inside Bay Area
03.04.2007	High-risk borrowers risk default By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
03.03.2007	California jobs drop a bit By Dale Kasler \| Sacramento Bee
03.02.2007	Study: Homes less affordable By Eve Mitchell \| Inside Bay Area
02.28.2007	Low prices, mired sales deepen housing doldrums By Marni Leff Kottle \| San Francisco Chronicle
02.23.2007	Few households can buy in East Bay By Barbara E. Hernandez \| Contra Costa Times
02.23.2007	Housing market skid cited in lackluster 2007 forecast By Jim Skeen \| LA Daily News
02.20.2007	Cadence breaks ground on 5-story building in S.J. By Katherine Conrad \| Mercury News
02.17.2007	Bay Area home prices, sliding towards the cellar By Janis Mara \| Contra Costa Times
02.11.2007	Slowdown in Bay Area home sales little threat to most, experts advise By Janis Mara \| Inside Bay Area
01.17.2007	Economic Forecast Cloudy By Jorge Casuso \| The Lookout News

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