Foreclosures Decline Again, But California #3 Worst State

Archive for May, 2011

Foreclosures Decline Again, But California #3 Worst State

Sunday, May 29th, 2011 | Comments Off

California, Surf, Sun, Fun, Foreclosures. California is often near the top for many things. Sometimes that is good. In the case of foreclosures, it is very bad! According to RealtyTrac the foreclosure property marketplace, April saw foreclosure filings default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessionson 219,258 U.S. properties, a 9 percent decrease from March and […]

Life Science Investors Use Bad Assumptions

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 | Comments Off

A Silicon Valley Bank study recently looked at the behavior of private, venture capital-backed biotech and medical device companies in mergers and acquisitions. The study reviewed private merger or acquisition transactions by a selection of biotech and medical device companies. The conclusions about investments in life science companies surprised the bank because they ran counter […]

Cal Bank Offers Equipment Loans, Services For Dental Offices

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | Comments Off

Dental offices have high startup and maintenance costs. Typically, equipment is so expensive that it has to be paid off over time. California Bank & Trust just announced two new offers to help dental offices manage payments for new equipment and for other services. The new equipment loan is one component of the new product […]

Improve Your Credit Score If You Live in California

Monday, May 2nd, 2011 | Comments Off

Many people have bad credit, and want to improve their credit score. Who do you turn to, and who you can trust? Our consumer advocate editors searched high and low to find this information… There’s one firm that handles 70% of the credit repair services in the US — Lexington Law — which has handled […]

Rabobank Named Among The Best in California

Sunday, May 1st, 2011 | Comments Off

Rabobank Among Best J.D. Power & Associates released its banking ratings last week. According to its report, only Rabobank, which serves nonmetropolitan California areas was rated “among the best.” In the San Francisco area, Wells Fargo, Union Bank, and Bank of the West were considered “better than most.” Citibank About Average U.S. Bank, based in […]

Archive for May, 2011