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After years of declining home values and a buyers’ market, 2013 could be the year of the seller.

Though the situation varies by region, we’ve seen a glimmer of hope for sellers and the housing market in general over the past six months. Homes that didn’t move for a year started getting activity as buyers came off the sidelines, their confidence in the

The City of Santa Cruz and Code for America, a national nonprofit that uses talented web professionals to improve government services, are proud to announce the public launch of OpenCounter,  an online small business permitting system.

Designed and developed throughout 2012, OpenCounter reduces the confusion of starting a business by creating an online

When housing prices first went off the cliff, most mortgage lenders refused
to cut deals with homeowners, choosing instead to repossess homes on a
grand scale.

Five years and billions of dollars in losses later, many banks can't cut those deals fast enough, writing off large chunks of mortgage debt and even paying homeowners to move out.

In recent months,

If you're looking for the source of this year's home price recovery, look West.

Western cities are recovering strongly after being hit hardest during the real
estate bust. The trend was confirmed Tuesday with the release of the
Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of 20 large cities. The index
was down 0.1% in October from September but up 4.3% compared with

Citing increased demand, strained inventory, record-low mortgage rates and robust investor interest, a real estate information service reported this month that Santa Clara County continued its rise in this fall.

DataQuick reported that the median home price in Santa Clara County rose to $550,000 in November, up 21.7 percent from $452,000 a year earlier.

  I know it's not really the end as the Mayan calender says but more like the completion of a cosmic cycle, but just in case it actually is the end I'd like to briefly summarize what I think of my life till now.  I haven't achieved all I want to achieve, and I'm not where I thought I'd be at this age, but I have lived the life I've wanted to live, and for

 Cruzio's Industy — telecommunications — keeps changing and our valiant staff works hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every year, we adopt new technology and even invent new ways of doing business. 2012 was a busy year for us, culminating in a being named Business of the Year from the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce (a huge honor!)Here's a look back at we've

U.S. home prices will likely continue rising in 2013, according to the latest round of predictions from Freddie Mac. The government-controlled mortgage giant expects the U.S. house price index to rise by 2% to 3% in 2013.

On December 11, 2012, Freddie Mac published the latest installment of their U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook. The monthly report