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How Many Condos are Listed in Long Beach Under $250,000?
About 4 years ago, someone left a comment/question on one of my blog posts asking where in Long Beach a condo could be found for $250,000. I don't know where that person is now, perhaps they have already taken the plunge into homeownership, but if no...
New Listing, 5959 Naples Plaza Condo in Long Beach
Cheerful one-bedroom plus den unit is great for the first-time buyer or a second home--close to Alamitos Bay and ocean breezes. This unit with a more contemporary look has been upgraded to include bamboo flooring; newer faux marble pattern kitchen a...
New Listing 5959 Naples Plaza Condo in Long Beach
This is really one of the best buying opportunities areas there is, and walking distance to bay and beachfront in Naples. This one bedroom could really be a two bedroom (with the closet already in place), or the den could remain as office space or TV...
Homeowner Associations and Fannie Mae Loans
Effective March 1, 2009, Fannie Mae is implementing changes to their condo financing guidelines “in light of the current condo market and the need to mitigate risk on condo loans”. Some of these changes may affect a buyer’s ability to obtain co...
What's For Sale in Long Beach under $300,000?
In October, 2007, I wrote a post about properties under $300,000. The picture has changed considerably: Then, there were 360 houses, condos, co-ops, and own-your-owns available in Long Beach. And now, there are 737 in the same category under $300,00...
Condo Listing in downtown Long Beach at The Sovereign
Downtown opportunity with this one bedroom/one bath condominium in a historic building, listed at $320,000, at The Sovereign which is a designated landmark building by the City of Long Beach.This corner unit features hardwood floors and the original...
FHA Loan Bill May Increase Loan Limits
The FHA Modernization Bill passed by the United States Senate on December 13 will bring changes that have been fought for long and hard. FHA loans are currently limited to $359,900 in Southern California (loan amounts are regionally based), and 3% do...
Seaport Marina Hotel Project Will Be Revised
Lennar Homes is now dropping its project to build 425 condos or townhomes plus other mixed use development at the Seaport Marina Hotel site, leaving the current operator of the site, Taki-Sun, to work out a new, scaled-down, project that will please ...
CAR: July's California Median Home Price at $586,030
While the sales volume continues to decline, the median price in this state remains strong. July's median price for single family homes (excluding condominiums) is even a little higher than this time last year, according to the California Associatio...
Plusses and Minuses of Long Beach Condo Conversions
National homeownership by the end of the Clinton Administration supposedly rose to about 65%, the highest ever recorded. But, according to the City of Long Beach within the last few years, during that same time period, that was about how many non-own...
Cooper Arms: Co-op to Condo
Originally conceived in 1922 as the most luxurious co-operative apartment building in Long Beach, it was rival to the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles and the Huntington and Maryland Hotels in Pasadena. The construction of the Cooper Arms reflected the...
Long Beach Ebell: Gone to Lofts, Every One
Long Beach Heritage Museum photoThis conversion took place with the theatre portion of the Ebell Club on 3rd Street. It's namesake in Los Angeles is regarded as very important culturally and architecturally. Fortunately, the original theatre part of...
