Published by the Sacramento Bee on 1/21/10 Sacramento area homeowners closed 40,534 escrows during 2009, falling just shy of the region's 2008 total, researcher MDA DataQuick reported Thursday. In 2008 the region saw 41,030 closed escrows. Analysts say sales fell slightly in 2009 as cheap bank re
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01/25/2010
On December 19, 2009, I published my monthly newsletter and warned my clients that FHA Loans were going to get more expensive in 2010. Today, the FHA formally announced the cost of the loans they insure will be increasing very soon. Here are the changes: The current Up Front Mortgage Insurance
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01/19/2010
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010 - "The Year of the Short Sale" For nearly four years, various elements of a perfect storm have been brewing and gaining strength as they have swept across the real estate landscape, leaving the hopes and dreams of home owners in their wake. Entering the New Yea
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01/19/2010
This is the 2nd of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. Why is the number of Short Sales rising? Due to the recent economic crisi
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01/18/2010
This is the 3rd of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. Why is it difficult to sell a short sale listing? Since the peak of the h
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01/18/2010
This is the 4th of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. What is being done to make handling Short Sales more efficient? On Novemb
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01/18/2010
This is the 5th of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. I have a home to sell and I cannot afford my payments. Losing your home t
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01/18/2010
This is the 6th of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. Selling my home via a Short Sale sounds too good to be true, what's the ca
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01/18/2010
This is the 7th of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. Should home buyers attempt to purchase short sale listings? I am actively
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01/18/2010
This is the 8th of 8 postings in a series about "short sales." If you are a home seller or buyer that is thinking of pursuing a short sale, please read the following, then give me a call if I can be of further assistance. Summary of: Welcome to 2010 - "The Year of the Short Sale:" Home sellers:
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01/18/2010
