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homes: 20 Cities You Don't Want to Live in ...Yet.... - 03/22/11 11:22 PM
Fresno made the list on this CNBC report.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42135402?slide=17
On a positive note, we didnt make the "bedbug infestation list" 
Sometimes I do wonder WTF I'm doing here and if it wasnt for the majority of our 6 kids being here.... I'd probably exit stage right.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
Need … (2 comments)

homes: Real Estate Agents a Waste of Money... - 12/06/10 06:16 PM
Its only a matter of time before the market eleminates the middle man and agents are no longer needed.... at least not employed to the degree they are at present.
When the service becomes available that allows the owner to represent themselves in an efficient manner - THEY WILL.
Come on... … (11 comments)

homes: Real Estate Is “For Sure” Double Dipping … - 12/06/10 04:35 PM

 
 
I have often said that we hit a bottom but I wasnt sure if we would bounce along the bottom and go up or bounce along the bottom and drop off a cliff.
Here’s an opinion from someone smarter than me:
Nouriel Roubini: Real Estate Is “For Sure” … (2 comments)

homes: Fresno is a Bed Bug Free Zone! - 10/28/10 04:45 PM
Folks wishing to make a visit to Fresno California should be able to enjoy a bed bug free stay.  According to the Bed Bug Registry there are no reported incidents of outbreak:
http://bedbugregistry.com/
If you would like to buy a home while you're here, feel free to give me a call: … (2 comments)

homes: Borrowers Got Liars Loans - Banks Get Liars Forelosures - 10/18/10 09:40 PM
The revelations just keep getting worse.
'Foreclosure Mill' Employees Got Gifts For Altering Documents, Witness Says.
SNIP:
At a large Florida "foreclosure mill," a manager signed up to 1,000 documents a day without reading them and employees were given gifts to speed up foreclosure paperwork, according to depositions released today by … (1 comments)

homes: Fresno Housing Authority Offering Rehabed Homes in Fresno -- but at what cost to tax payers ??? - 08/31/10 11:21 PM
The reason I am wondering is I happen to be looking at a listing for a home: MLS#358901
The home is located at 3423 E Illinois Ave, Fresno, CA 93702.
This is a small 2 bedroom 1 bath home with 808 sq. ft.
According to the listing information given … (0 comments)

homes: Fresno Price Reductions Inspire Broker to Blog.... - 08/31/10 04:15 PM
Ok, I know I have been absent from the blog scene but I just read an agent's comment on an MLS listed home that compelled me to hit the keyboards.
The comment: "VERY cooperative and creative seller"
My questions to the agent would be, if the seller is so cooperative how … (0 comments)

homes: Fresno housing market has foreclosures, but remains tight – USATODAY.com - 12/15/09 06:58 PM
The housing market in Fresno is still fraught with foreclosures, posting the nation’s 15th-highest rate in the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.com.
That means the market there is saturated with available homes, right? Not quite.
read the entire article here
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homes: Another BAD MLS PICS Blog... - 12/08/09 01:33 PM
Haven't done one for awhile and could not resist these.   I'm sure I could find worse ones if I look but these just happened to land in my email box moments ago.
 
 I think this means there's a shower:

THIS MUST BE THE SHOWER DOOR - NICE :)
 
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homes: Major Home Builder Agrees With Little Known Real Estate Broker - 11/19/09 01:37 PM
 
Back in April I called:  
FHA – THE NEW SUPRIME LENDER Now I'm not alone. Toll Brothers Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Toll said. “Yesterday’s subprime is today’s FHA,”  
It's crazy! It's OBSCENE! A first time home buyer puts in an offer for quarter of a million dollar … (0 comments)

homes: Have We Dodged THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 21st CENTURY? - 07/27/09 02:26 PM
In a former blog I proclaimed we were in the beginning of the Great Depression of the 21st Century. [ GO HERE TO READ BLOG ].
Recent economic data indicates we are are on the cusp of a recovery, the only question is what kind of recovery. [ GO HERE FOR … (0 comments)

homes: Horseback Riding in Fresno - 06/23/09 05:53 PM
Just got in from horseback riding.  Weather is absolutely perfect.  In my 22 years in Fresno this has to be the nicest summer weather I have ever experienced.  PERFECT weather for the equestrian.  I am SO in touch with my inner cowboy!  My little pony never broke a sweat.

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homes: Fresno Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally - 06/03/09 06:26 PM
Fresno Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally
May 30th, 2009
Off Topic: Meaning this has nothing to do with the Fresno Real Estate Market.
I went downtown on Saturday to check out the Revfest at the Fulton Mall and on the way there I saw huge crowd gathered so I … (0 comments)

homes: Bargain Hunters Snap up Fresno Homes - 05/22/09 10:28 PM
.... so says an article in today's Fresno Bee. And its true, and I have to admit that I have been behind the curve on market reporting but hope that will change.  Its actually difficult to blog all that you would like when you're busy transacting business.  Don't get me wrong, … (1 comments)

homes: Fresno CA And The Economic Stress Test - 05/18/09 03:56 PM
The Associated Press recently released a map measuring  the amount of economic stress being endured by each county in the nation.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW
As you can see, All of California has been hit hard and Fresno is no exception.  
 
 
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homes: Alan Greenspan Addresses National Association of Realtors Midyear Meeting - 05/15/09 06:35 PM
Why the National Association of Realtors would hire the most prominent architect of the Housing Bubble to speak at their midyear meeting is totally beyond me understandable: they want to hear some someone "talk their book".  Greenspan certainly has the credentials.  His management of our nation's money supply fueled the bubble and lined the … (2 comments)

homes: 19 Million Homes Vacant In US - 05/13/09 12:39 PM
In Feb Bloomberg reported -- A record 19 million U.S. homes stood empty at the end of 2008 and homeownership fell to an eight-year low as banks seized homes faster than they could sell them. 
They also said: the report counted 4.1 million vacant homes for rent and 4.8 million seasonal properties. 
read … (0 comments)

homes: Fresno Now California's Fifth Largest City... - 05/01/09 06:27 PM
... and you thought this was just a podunk hick-town full of raisin farmers.  
NOT!
According to the latest statistics released yesterday by the Department of Finance Fresno's population grew by 10,578 people in 2008.  That was enough to bump the city up over Long Beach and make it the fifth … (0 comments)

homes: What If The Contractor You Hired Is No Longer In Business? - 04/30/09 12:10 AM
Fresno California
When your purchasing a home there is a good chance that either your agent or the agent may hire a contractor to do work on the home prior to closing.   Contractors in California (and probably most other states) don't need to be well capitalized  in order to start … (1 comments)

homes: Fresno Ca Real Estate Market Bleet - 04/29/09 12:16 AM
Was busy doing showings this afternoon in an area where sales have been brisk.  The volume of REOs in this particular neighborhood has been so high that I noticed prices drop 10% in a matter of about 2 or 3 months.  I noticed a lot of homes with non-mls lock boxes … (0 comments)

 
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