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California Housing Market info

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Calif. median home price - June 08: $368,250 (Source: C.A.R.)Calif. highest median home price by C.A.R. region June 08: Santa Barbara So. Coast $1,035.000 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. lowest median home price by C.A.R. region June 08: High Desert $180,570 (Source: […]

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Fresno Home Sales - Perking UP!

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

With prices continuing to decline in the Fresno Real Estate Market buyers are shuffling into the market. Anyone who has read my blog in the past (say since this time last year) knows that I have advised extreme caution and repeatedly stated I believed prices were going lower.
At this time last year sales were […]

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Fresno Real Estate Market - Some GOOD News

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a tidbit gleaned from a recent publication of the Grapevine:
A FAR survey of 1,800 single family residences in an equal amount of homes from high, medium, and low income in the Fresno Clovis area found that 43 out of 1,800 homes had active notices of default. Translation:
97.5 % of the Fresno/Clovis homes are […]

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Say What????

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m looking at the marketing remarks on one of the listings on our MLS.  Now, just so you know, Marketing Remarks are the remarks that EVERYONE CAN READ: not just agents — but the public as well. (We have another box called AGENT REMARKS and in that box ONLY agents can read what […]

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Fresno California Real Estate Market Statistics

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The *Fresno Bee reported today that Home Sales in Fresno are UP.
The increase in sales is a function of prices dropping to levels that either make the home prices attractive to investors or providing the opportunity for first time buyers and others to enter the market.
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I am personally working with 2 first time home […]

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H.R. 3221 — HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 2008

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Highlights of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.
Got some time on your hands? You can read the recently passed Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 HERE.
It’s 260 pages long so its definitely not a quick read. You can read summary of the bill here.
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Mortgage Fraud in Fresno

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today I went to a presentation given by a Fresno Deputy District Attorney on MORTGAGE FRAUD in our local market.  Listening to the kind of schemes that people use to defraud others was enlightening.  Criminals are just that: Criminals.  And they don’t give a second thought to lying, cheating, or stealing.  If they can do […]

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House Flipping Fraud — A & E Realty Show Exposed

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I had to laugh when I watched this video because although I am not familiar with Sam Leccima and this particular series I am fascinated when I watch these guys on TV and usually am left wondering how it is the producers figure that money was actually made.  Trust me, there is nothing easy about […]

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Attention Realtors - Don’t Forget to Resize Your Pictures

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Attention Realtors! When posting your pics to the MLS make sure they are least 400 X 300 pixels in size (MLS format size). It’s ok if they’re larger because the system will automatically resize them. But if you upload them at this size …

(actual size of the pic taken from the Fresno MLS)
people […]

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Fed Holds Interest Rates - What the Fed decision means for you…

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Read CNN’s staff writer Jessica Dickler’s take on today’s action (or non-action) by the Fed. [Article Here]
This is what caught my attention:
“So if you are in the market for a house, now could be the time to pull the trigger before rates rise even further. As Tyson points out, yields on 10-year treasury notes are […]

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