Back to location, location, location [Southern California]
The real estate boom endures in parts of the state, including cities east of San Francisco and some near L.A.
The great real estate boom is dead. Buyers can check out dozens of houses without dreading that they suddenly will be priced out of a delirious market. Sellers are eager, sometimes desperate, to make a deal.
But not in a narrow strip of land across from San Francisco. Buyers here often find themselves paying more than expected — if they get the house at all. In a few laid-back towns in the East Bay, the boom lingers.