The press keeps talking about the excess inventory of homes, but really if your looking for example a 4/2 with min 2000 sqft, there's very few homes worth considering in San Ramon, Pleasanton or Fremont. At best I find 1-3 homes on the market that I would consider having my clients bid on in any
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07/28/2008
Steven Fong and I have been helping organize the distribution of dictionaries to all 3rd graders in the New Haven Unified School District since 2006 on behalf of the Bay East Association of Realtors. The dictionaries' are acquired through a national program called the Dictionary Project. For abo
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07/28/2008
this was just passed to me by Bayeast: I've highlighted in Bold the sections I find interesting. They are not asking that the conforming loan limit stay at a maximum of $729,750, instead they are making the maximum for most of California and other priced areas $625,500. This means any home priced
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07/25/2008
People are under the mistaken perception that they can simply absolve themselves of the debt on their property throught a short sale or foreclosures. That's often not the case, when they refinanced their original purchase money loans or took out a HELOC post purchase. Do your research online and
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07/25/2008
there are two ways I think realtors can add value to the communities and their profession, both involve helping to improve the attractiveness to homes in a community by reducing crime and by improving the students test scores in standard tests. One easy way to help reduce crime is to organize th
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07/16/2008
First Tuesday, an agent education firm forwarded me this info: "Total California DRE licensees are presently at 500,000, but will drop to the 400,000 level before rising again in 2015 - 2020. The rate of drop-out due to expiring licenses is accelerating and the number of drop-outs now far exceed
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07/13/2008
California Association of Realtors just passed this out: FORECLOSURE RELIEF BILL BECOMES LAWThis week, the State Legislature enacted foreclosure reform law to address the adverse effects of high foreclosure rates in California. The new law requires lenders to contact homeowners to explore options
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07/11/2008
I was watching CNBC at lunch and saw that Indymac's stock was trading under a $1. So I assumed something was up. Than when I got back to the office I saw an email form my Indymac rep saying he'd been let go because of the news. I google for news, and discovered they were shutting down lending. Th
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07/07/2008
I've sold the highest price home so far in Eden Shores this year at $900,000. That was for a 3,654 sqft home or $246/sqft. Currently the same size home is asking $191/sqft foot in a short sale, I spoke with the listing agent last week and they had one offer. This home is directly opposite my list
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07/05/2008
Sunil Sethi | Show and Sell Realty | 510-388-2436 2850 Breaker Cir, Hayward, CA Bay facing beautiful luxury home, with easy commute to Penninsula, South Bay and SF 5BR/4.5BA Single Family House offered at $975,000 Year Built 2005 Sq Footage 3,668 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 4 full, 1 partial Floors 2 P
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07/05/2008
