Mortgage Implode-o-Meter  Controversial link rich site that lists, almost too gleefully, recent mortgage company closures.  Great forum used by mortgage professionals. 

Sacramento Landing Blogspot  Sacramento Area housing downturn oriented blog with good links.  Check out the Water Cooler section for personal stories & opinions.

Bankrate.com Comprehensive personal finance, rates & analysis. Has a good roundup of mortgage rate predictions. Keep your pop up blocker on overdrive. 

CityData-Sacramento Forum  Folksy forum & information about Sacramento.   Some really good and some very inaccurate advice about the Sacramento area locations, some blatantly racist comments.   As one poster said, "Don't believe everything you read in here".  Still, this site is worth your time. I really like how clean the site is, without sponsored links & advertisements.  Check out posts by "CityGirl72", "wburg" & "zen_klown".  Their comments & advice are pretty spot on, in my opinion.

What is your Flood Risk?  FEMA tool for evaluating flood risk, by address.

Industry Watch-Mortgage-Lending  Recent news stories by industry. 

CNNMoney.com Real Estate  Lots of recent news, good topical articles. Too many sponsored links.

Yahoo Real Estate News-finance & loans News, real estate guides.  Useful, but not as much unique content as I expected from Yahoo.

Real Estate Journal by the Wall Street Journal.

Subprime Mortgages by County  Interesting graphic.

Sacramento Craigslist Housing Forum More entertaining than useful, not very tightly moderated.  A good window into the stories, concerns & opinions of a wide variety of people on housing, mortgages, rentals.

Sacramento Craigslist Real Estate for Sale Watch out for scammers & overpriced properties that could not be sold via MLS.....Maybe you can find some gold here, I never have.

Housing Tracker.net Easy to read graph of asking prices & inventory of houses for sale derived from MLS listings.