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Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley April 27, 2012 There has been a nation wide response to the bank’s mortgage settlement and that response has been a real drop in available inventory in the short term.  As I posted in March we saw a severe drop...
04/27/2012
Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley April 26, 2012 As a borrower you can ask the seller to pay some of the cost associated with your FHA loan.  Below is the short list FHA defines as closing costs that are allowable charges to the borrower.   The...
04/26/2012
Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley April 25, 2012 Real Estate can as we all know lead to great wealth most of the time it takes a lot of hard work and sometimes it happens and you don’t even know it.  Well that is what happen to Janet this morni...
04/25/2012
Being a listing agent along with my wife, we have seen a shift in offers we are receiving.  Last year we would be inundated with Low-Ball offers.  As much as 30% below the market value we had a home listed at 265,000 and got an offer at 172,000 and asking for cost to boot.   If you have been read...
04/24/2012
Well it’s that time when Keller Williams’ RED DAY, this May 10th Keller Williams officeacross the country and Canada kick off RED DAY with all kinds of stuff.  My office is holding our second 5K Walk, proceeds will be donated to Keller Williams Cares.  Vendors will be there, music fun and games f...
04/24/2012
Well we are at again; Silverado Power singed an agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for a solar energy project in Lancaster, California. The project will generate 20 megawatts of clean, domestic power for distribution by PG&E; the contract term is good for 20 years. The agreem...
04/23/2012
Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley April 23, 2012 The 230 megawatt solar power plant in the Antelope Valley got its first advance on a federal loan guaranteed.  This will finalizes’ Exelon’s ownership of the project.  Construction on the project...
04/23/2012
Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley April 19, 2012 A short sale is an effective alternative to foreclosures when keeping you home is no longer an option.  The bank wins something too, the homes remains occupied and helps to maintain stable commun...
04/19/2012
Starting this June 15th, real estate agents working with short sales where the loans is backed by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac can anticipate to receive a decision on a short sale approval offer within as short as 30 days but could extend to 60 days.   This is the new GES guidelines that were...
04/19/2012
Well is BoA to big to know what the other hand is doing?  Bank of America has sued itself for foreclosure over 10 times since late March.  That’s right BoA is taking themselves to court over foreclosures in Palm Beach County Florida.  It’s happen before with other banks Wells Fargo did it back in...
04/18/2012
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