Pacita's Quick Bytes of Real Estate
A REALTOR's perspective on events that shape and affect the real estate market.
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2008
When underwriters speak, everyone listens. How true is this? Several of my accepted offers are on homes needing repairs. On more than one occasion, the loans were not approved because the underwriters flagged comments made by the appraisers. WHAT UNDERWRITERS WANT (these comments are verbatim) 29...
11/24/2008
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For people who think learning how to use an iPhone would be challenging, this is a must-see: a tutorial from a 2-year old! I thought this would be a video of girl playing with the iPhone. But watching her go through the motions, and where her little finger went for each function, it was obvious t...
11/23/2008
When I got my Blackberry 8310, I had to bookmark a link to a Blackberry 101 video tutorial on the very basic features of using it. And gosh, did it save me time. It's so much better than the printed manual. So when I got my iPhone, I was looking for a similar tutorial, and saw this Guided Tour th...
11/23/2008
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The Blackberry faithful are lining up to get RIM's latest entry, and its first touch-screen Blackberry --- the Storm. But does it, and will it measure up to the iPhone? US News and World Reports' Dave LaGesse says "Storm Is a Fun BlackBerry, but No iPhone Killer". He writes: The Storm is packed w...
11/21/2008
There are several property owners who are looking to get their property values reassessed. I've helped a few of my clients and other associates with their applications. Some have succeeded in getting their property tax assessment adjusted. Some folks know where to go, how to proceed. Some need a...
11/20/2008
Before getting my new 3G iPhone, I went online to find out as much as I can about iPhone. There's a wealth of information out there. So I'm sharing the various info I've bookmarked (okay, I'm using Active Rain to "park" all this info so I won't have to re-do most of this search). Here's a good st...
11/19/2008
The buyer of an REO property backed out of contract. My clients moved into first position. My buyer's bank has to approve the loan based on the appraisal that they order. If the bank doesn't approve the loan, my buyers will back out, too. When my clients' bank's appraisal was completed, it was at...
11/19/2008
What a ride this is --- a flurry of competing press releases from Realtor.com and ForSaleByOwner.com. But neither press release addresses the provisions of the May 2008 settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Association of Realtors. NAR, Realtor.Com® Set Record Straigh...
11/17/2008
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Your REALTOR: Pacita C. Dimacali November 2008 Call me for exceptional real estate service and results. Copyright © 2008 Realty TimesAll Rights Reserved. Smaller Homeowner Relief Already In Place Don't wait for home owner bailout provisions to trickle down from the $700 billion Emergency Econo...
11/16/2008
It's a nightmare. A few Alameda listings have gone on and off the MLS while buyers and sellers try to figure out how to get the sale to go through. The glitch? The city has flagged the properties as having unpermitted work. And unless the work is done according to code --- and this could involve ...
11/16/2008
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