California

The Bay Area's super-costly housing market has made it hard — sometimes impossible — for schoolteachers to put down roots and buy homes near their jobs.

Robert and Dolores Sexton never saw it coming: a classic real estate ruse the Bay Area retirees say has cost them the home they bought almost 42 years ago.

Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and using those funds to build affordable housing in Los Angeles.

A week after officials disclosed a 57% rise in Los Angeles' veteran homelessness, advocates say the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying housing development on its West Los Angeles campus.

Jenni Leocadio vowed not to go couch surfing at her sister's again after getting evicted from her two-story Santa Ana, Calif., apartment in April.

Three Northern California men, including one of Oakland's largest landlords, were convicted of creating a massive bid-rigging scheme to scoop up hundreds of foreclosed properties at suppressed prices.

Auditors performing a review of Ocwen Financial padded time sheets and claimed excessive and improper expenses, including lengthy travel and meals at strip clubs and casinos, according to a lawsuit filed against Fidelity Information Services.

Only 32% of California households could afford to purchase the $496,620 median-priced Golden State home in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report issued by the California Association of Realtors.

To address an unintended consequence of the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures, California regulators are making it easier for lenders to prove compliance with rules limiting interest charges on mortgage closings that take more than one day.

With double-digit price appreciation returning to some Bay Area markets, we're used to hearing that the region's homeowners are a lucky bunch, richer by the minute.