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real estate professional with specialty in homeowners associations in Santa Clara county, California
RECENT BLOG POSTS
There's no doubt about it...the times are changing.  Short sales, foreclosures and auctions have changed the types of homes that today's home buyers want to buy, and the availability of information through the internet has changed how consumers shop for homes to purchase.  Often posted on Trulia....
04/28/2009
As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR3221), Congress enacted changes via the Housing Act, Section 3092, that will--starting from January 1, 2009, change how home sellers determine the gains to be excluded from capital gain taxes.  Below is an excerpt from monthly probate an...
04/09/2009
The latest home sales statistics for Santa Clara County, California are as follows.  This information is based on property tax records for the county. Sales Statisticsfor SANTA CLARA County CA Realist's most recent recording date for this county is 03/27/2009  Single Family Residence  Time Period...
04/08/2009
Thinking of purchasing an REO or Bank Owned property in California?  For many, the lower sales price of most REO or bank-owed property has allowed them to purchase homes in previously unpurchasable California communities.  If you are not already actively engaged in a purchase of short sale or REO...
04/05/2009
Economists and housing experts are now saying that interest rates may now have "bottomed" and are at their lowest interest rates ever!  Low interest rates on conventional loans are now at 4.85%, and are  poised to increase, rather than decrease, in the future.  If you are like me, these lower int...
03/26/2009
Working late into the evening, my janitor, Trin, stopped at my office and asked me, "Does this economy scare you?"  My janitors--Trin and her brother and family members--and I often talk about housing, mortgages, and the state of the economy, so I didn't really think too much about my answer befo...
03/24/2009
I will admit it.   I've only been blogging for a while.  I still don't quite understand "what" makes a good blog.  I still can't figure out how to entice people to my blog site, and I still don't understand half of what I'm reading or seeing about blogging, tweeting, uttering, pinging, etc.  All ...
03/03/2009
It's often been a joke that California is the land of "Santa" cities--Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Santa Ana, and, one of my personal favorites, Santa Clara, California.  As an alumnus of the University of Santa Clara, I am proud to have called Santa Clara my home for a brief period.  ...
02/23/2009
Believe it or not, this is the FOURTH time, I've modified this blog about the President's new Homeowner Affordability and Stabilization Plan (HASP) unveiled today during his trip to Arizona.  I've tried to summarize the HASP here, but perhaps the best information comes directly from the Treasury ...
02/18/2009
Tomorrow--fingers crossed--should be a momentous day for real estate as President Obama unveils the specifics of a $50 billion plan of reforms and relief for housing in America.  Hopefully, the "specifics" of the housing relief will truly provide relief to the more than 2 million Americans who ar...
02/17/2009
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