Sacramento Bee

One by one they left-headed for Phoenix, for Tucson and even Las Vegas. These "active adults" exited California, attracted by the promise of a full life, clean air and escape...

Nobody is going to mistake Sacramento for Paris anytime soon, but by one measure-sidewalk cafes-River City is doing its darndest to emulate the City of Light. Ever since the city...

It's one thing to buy a house, but another to be able to afford to keep it. These days, Californians are learning that harsh lesson in near record numbers. One...

The mortgage refinancing business has gone from boom to bust in the past month, with many in the industry predicting a shakeout ahead. By most accounts, the crush of homeowners...

In a sign of an increasing crackdown on mortgage fraud, a Roseville, Calif., real estate agent is facing a prison term for helping a customer scrape up enough money for...

Mayor Mel Hamel is so enthusiastic about the new Sun City retirement village coming to his city that he's thinking of moving in. Hamel, 57, an elementary school principal, is...

A long time ago, back in the late 1980s, a California real estate license was like a permit to print money. It seemed all you needed was a phone, a...

Homeowners with smaller utility bills can afford bigger mortgage payments. That's the theory behind a loan program that allows buyers to increase the size of their mortgages to finance energy-efficient...

California will come roaring out of the recession within the next two years, and the housing market will boom again, according to a panel of economists assembled here. "The worst...

Nearly one in five homeowners who have refinanced their mortgages have done so in the last 18 months, a national study shows. Moreover, 14 percent of those polled are still...