Oakland will begin construction this summer on a major makeover of Lake Merritt, including downsizing 12th Street to make room for a park, and bike and pedestrian paths at the south end of the lake. The City Council this week approved most parts of ...
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So you heard that H.R. 5140 became a law 1 week ago on February 13th and will temporarily raise the $417k conforming limit until the end of 2008. You ask, what are the details, what is the timeline and what does it mean for you and your clie...
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When there is a death in the family, a properly planned estate can help avoid a lot of the issues and headaches involved with transferring or selling the property of the deceased person. When it comes to real estate, perhaps the most impor...
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Sometimes sellers need to list their house while they remain living there, and this is fine but the selller must be able to remove much of their personal belongings from the home. This means minimizing pictures and the like, as we...
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If you are thinking of buying real estate, the very first step you should take is to get in touch with a competent mortgage professional who can pre-qualify you and let you know where you stand in terms of getting a loan. Now if you make hundreds o...
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Just like the stock market, real estate will always be a long term investment. Our hot market from 2002-2005 led many people to believe that real estate is a get rich quick scheme, where you can simply flip homes one after the other and turn a profit...
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It's no secret that Countrywide has been in trouble since the mortgage industry began having problems. This is because Countrywide was holding over half of all the sub-prime mortgages that were made to borrowers, and of course the sub-prime loans are...
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They have been common in SF for years, but only in the past several years have we started to see TIC or "Tenant In Common" units for sale. Unlike a condo, ownership as a TIC means that instead having a deed to the property, you own a 25% or...
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