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Keep Your Home California…Details here…
I read about this a week or so ago in relation to the "Keep Your Home California" program and then just caught this story in the UT so I thought I would share it... Keep Your Home California is a program that was developed in collaboration with numerous community partners, foreclosure counselors, housing advocates and others directly involved in...
Click Here To Read More...Are Home Values Going Up or Down? Its all in the Showings….
I came across this post/article and thought I would share it. As a busy listing agent I am able to stay in tune with the local market by the overall buyer demand for my listings and how many showings that demand manifests into. If I list a home that I know is priced right and I get a more activity that...
Click Here To Read More...When is it a smart decision to refinance again?
What a crazy market we are in huh? You refinance to 5.5% and then rates drop lower? Then even lower? A common question I get is when should you look at refinancing again? Those who refinanced their mortgages a year or so ago, when interest rates averaged just below 5 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate loan, may already be wondering whether...
Click Here To Read More...Just Released-Nationwide Delinquency Rates…Not for the faint of heart…
February 2012: What are the Numbers? • 6 million delinquent or in some stage of foreclosure • 2.5 million likely HAMP/HAFA eligible 60+ day delinquent loans • As of 2-29-2012, there are 974,000 active permanent HAMP modifications • Total U.S. delinquency rate 8% (4 million) • Unemployment rate nationwide 8.3% (nearly 13 million Americans unemployed) with California at 11% • 5.3 million estimated "long-term unemployed" • $1.4...
Click Here To Read More...Coldwell Banker’s Real Estate Channel is #1 on YouTube!
Why Video? Simply put, the market demands video. Not just photos. Not virtual tours. Full-motion video. That's why Coldwell Banker is leading the way with innovations like On LocationSM. Now, whenever a Coldwell Banker agent like myself posts a video, it appears on YouTube's most visited real estate channel, and gets published at coldwellbanker.com and the Coldwell Banker App for iPad. Take...
Click Here To Read More...6 moves to avoid when buying a home…
I learned a long time ago that “common sense is NOT common practice“. This is especially the case during the emotional time that surrounds buying a home, when people tend to do some non-commonsensical things. Here are a few that I’ve seen over the years that have delayed (and even killed) deals: 1. Don’t deposit cash into your bank accounts. Lenders...
Click Here To Read More...Most Americans beleive rents AND home prices are set to rise…
This is from Fannie Mae’s Quarterly National Housing Survey they issue every ninety days. Fannie Mae also does a monthly survey covering different aspects of the housing market. Here are some record numbers we found interesting in Fannie Mae’s March report. 1. Thirty-three percent of respondents expect home prices to increase over the next 12 months, the highest level over the past...
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