Bargain Hunters Snap Up California Homes

NPR | By Steve Milne

Published August 25, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

The housing market may be in a downward spiral, but it's a buyer's market for many deal seekers in California. Yet for first-time buyers, the path to home ownership can still be rocky.

Steve Milne is a reporter for member station KXJZ in Sacramento.

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