| Home Front: Impact fees may be the next battlefield for area builders (The Sacramento Bee) |
| When the housing market soared in Sacramento a few years ago, many cities, counties and school districts hiked fees for a new house, with some soaring into the $80,000s and $90,000s. Builders complained, but moved on. Times were so flush they just paid some and passed the rest to buyers. What did $90,000 matter if a house sold for $470,000 or more to a buyer using exotic financing? It's ... |
| 12/19/2008 |
| Home Front: Foreclosed Sacramento property to sprout new houses (The Sacramento Bee) |
| At last, Home Front has found a more pleasant way to tell a foreclosure story. When Golden 1 Credit Union recently foreclosed on a 1-acre property near Rio Linda, it didn't just put it back on the market at a big loss. California's biggest credit union instead gave the parcel to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat plans to build four houses on the property. On Saturday a sad outcome will start ... |
| 12/16/2008 |
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