I was pleased to read this morning that Eastmont Mall is getting a facelift! It was purchased by an Oregon based company last year, and they have now begun a 5-6 million dollar renovation of the entire property. I'm anxious to see how it will look wh...
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You have probably seen a headline or two recently about increased sales activity, and I can personally attest to this as we Realtors are starting to see multiple offers more frequently. In certain price ranges, there are properties tha...
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You may have heard of seller-assisted down payments, and recently there has been much use of this by first time home buyers in particular. Unfortunately, the housing bill that was just signed eliminates seller-assisted down payments with FHA loans. N...
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FHA financing has made it's comeback, and it's currently the prevalent form of financing in todays market, with over half of all transactions closing using FHA backed financing. The guidelines for FHA financing are somewhat strict, in an effort ...
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Mortgage interest rates have been going up and down daily, and in some cases the swing is significant. With the volatility of the stock market, each day brings new news, some good and some bad. It's this good and bad "news" which drive...
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Last week I got a call from a reporter with NBC11 News who said they were doing a story on the reported 2% gain in home sales in the last month. It turned out to be my first television appearance! I met them at a property in Oakland, showed it to the...
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It used to be that getting a home equity line of credit was no sweat..as long as you had some equity in your home, a lender would allow you to borrow against it as you needed. However with the recent decline in the market, some lenders now view home ...
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Within the past couple of months, Realtors have been seeing the conversation among clients go from "the market is really bad huh.." to "I think we are close to the bottom..it might be a good time to buy". Just like any cycle, ther...
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