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April 15th is now upon us and soon disappearing, but for those who need to consider their capital gains, there is a window until January 1, 2011 before the 20% capital gains tax returns, after an 8-year hiatus at the 15% level. If you have owned an investment property for more than one year, you ...
04/15/2010
Ideal Naples area location, and there's now even more new opportunity to take advantage of this time to buy: the California tax credit, and the IRS tax credit until the end of April, for a combined potential of $18,000! Which means it can be a really good time for sellers to put their property on...
03/29/2010
Ideal coastal location in Long Beach, California, and, there's still time to take advantage of the tax credit program by April 30, 2010. This one-bedroom-plus-den is not always found in condo floor plans, combined with being in one of the prime residential locations in Southern California!  The H...
03/01/2010
After three years of shrinking equity and, at the same time, the expansion of the number of homeowners underwater in home value, the Federal Reserve economists, who conduct "massive research" into mortgage balances and home value changes, have some better news. According to their "flow of funds" ...
02/20/2010
The Southern California Home Buyer's Fair will be taking place March 13 and 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It's a great start for the keys to homeownership, if you're free to go that weekend.  However, the $8000 tax credit for 1st time buyers will be ending in April 2010, and will be ex...
01/19/2010
If your loan was obtained between 2003 and 2007, and you meet certain other guidelines, your timeline (for a non-judicial foreclosure, the most common in California) from the first day of the pre-foreclosure period up through the Notice of Sale, will be about 152 days.The Notice of Default may be...
01/05/2010
The City of Huntington Beach did not seem like a likely place to find an affordable first time buyer program. During the high point of the market, it was tough to find a single family home there under $600,000. The home of the Seacliff and other high end developments located within a stone's thr...
12/15/2009
The downward slide in amount of inventory is not in sight. For houses, condos and lofts, as listed in the SoCalMLS, the number of properties for sale in November 2009, per MLS data, numbered 1,180, about 100 properties fewer than in October, and 795 fewer than in November 2008. The Long Beach mon...
12/11/2009
Among the questions constantly asked about this condo was if it was a converted apartment building! Not so. Unit was a charming and upgraded in a not-so-common floor plan of a one-bedroom plus den. This was on the market for a long time earlier in the yaer before finally getting an offer from a m...
12/11/2009
Stoneybrook is a large development, built in 1970 but converted to condos about 20 years ago from its original life as a large multi-building apartment complex.  This 693 sq. ft. 1/bd 1/ba condominium with monthly HOA dues of $323 sold for full price at $210,000, one of the lowest sales in Stoney...
11/06/2009
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