A listing of real estate transactions recorded in Pitkin County in 2008 (updated through Nov. 12). » more

While the real estate sector continues to take a beating by economic forces, there may be yet another peril on the horizon that could harm the industry just as much--if not more. » more

11/19/2008: Would you like to pay more for less? It's a sales pitch even the slickest used car salesman couldn't pull off, but as the bottom drops out from SLO County's finances, it's becoming a reality. Consi... » more

By Melanie Cleveland -- A year ago, Estate Financial Inc., a real estate lending firm that fueled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of projects countywide, told investors that it was having an unprecedented cash flow crisis. Started in the 1990s, the Paso Robles-based company solicited money from investors to make high-interest loans to developers. Now president Karen Guth and her son, vice ... » more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ? Firefighters were holding their own Friday against a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a wealthy celebrity-studded enclave, but authorities said evening gusts could send the blaze on another destructive sprint. Much of the damage to homes and a small Christian college occurred Thursday night, but several more homes burned Friday in Montecito, a quaint and ... » more

Sunset at Hendry?s Beach. SANTA BARBARA may be tiny ? its 90,000 residents could be seated in the Los Angeles Coliseum ? but it packs Oprah -like cachet. » more

A wind-driven brush fire has destroyed dozens of homes in the Montecito and Santa Barbara areas. The fire broke out around 6 p.m. Thursday night and quickly spread to hundreds of acres. » more

LOS ANGELES -- Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate in northern Los Angeles, while to the west firefighters battled a blaze that had destroyed more than 100 homes. » more

Fierce winds today fanned a wildfire in northern Los Angeles that quickly spread across neighborhoods, burning several homes and threatening dozens of others, while firefighters to the west battled a blaze that had destroyed more than 100 homes. » more

LOS ANGELES----The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in California stood at 53 percent in the third quarter of 2008, compared with 24 percent for the same period a year ago, according to a report released today by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. » more