Housing Industry

Short sales routinely show up in credit reports as foreclosures

2013-05-17 20:20:00

WASHINGTON — Are large numbers of homeowners who have negotiated short sales with lenders at risk because of a startling omission in the American credit system? Do their credit reports and scores indicate that they were foreclosed upon, rather...

Student debt could hamper future economic growth, study says

2013-04-18 13:22:00

Looming student debt could hamper future economic growth as young people tamp down on spending and borrowing in the years to come. Compared with counterparts not saddled with student loans, these young workers are less likely to take out mortgages or...

Letters: 'Class warfare' on the L.A. ballot

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Re "Tax vote reflects differing realities," March 9 The Times should be wary about printing such an enlightening article, which notes that though voters in less well-off L.A. neighborhoods overwhelmingly supported Proposition A (the failed half-cent...

No on Proposition A

2013-02-13 00:00:00

The city of Los Angeles is facing a deep budget deficit for the seventh consecutive year, and City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana says there is no end in sight. The cost of city services, particularly labor costs, is expected to grow faster than...

Fertility and immigration

2013-02-08 00:00:00

In Washington, politicians are trying to reform America's immigration system, again. Both President Obama and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are proposing "paths to citizenship" for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. Other proposals abound,...

McManus: Tax reform that hits home

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Would you support a tax reform measure that could help reduce the federal deficit, remove a needless distortion in the economy and make the system fairer? Me too, which is why I'm taking aim at a sacred cow: the home mortgage interest deduction. That'...

Proposed cap on federal tax deductions would hit California hard

2012-12-19 00:00:00

You may be unaware of the local ramifications of one of the proposals currently at play in the danse macabre that passes for fiscal negotiations in Washington. This is the plan to cap federal tax deductions at either a set figure or a percentage of...

L.A. budget official backs 2 tax hikes to avoid public safety cuts

2012-10-17 18:32:25

Real estate website Trulia files for $75 million IPO

2012-08-17 08:31:00

Trulia Inc., which runs real estate website Trulia.com, filed for an initial public offering Friday that could help the San Francisco company raise up to $75 million. In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Trulia did not say how...

Seal Beach man pays $5 million to resolve mortgage fraud case

2012-08-02 13:02:53

L.A. City Hall employee group moves to oppose sales tax hike

2012-11-16 12:13:17

L.A. City Council votes to put sales tax hike on March 5 ballot

2012-11-13 12:33:33

George Kohl, senior managing director of CBRE, Inc. has been elected president of the The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago).

2012-11-11 20:39:00

Donald E. Bingham has joined KL Gates LLP as a partner in the firm's finance practice. Bingham joins KL Gates from Sidley Austin LLP. He focuses his practice in the areas of commercial lending, intellectual property finance, capital markets, and structured finance transactions.

2012-10-09 12:30:00

Michael Curran, 40, has been promoted to managing director in the landlord leasing group of Jones Lang LaSalle. Curran is a 15-year veteran of the local commercial real estate industry and has worked for Jones Lang LaSalle since 2001. He currently oversees leasing efforts for Aon Center.

2012-09-06 00:00:00