The buying-at-the-trustee-sale program is coming along - here are more views from the street while in search of the best deals around Carlsbad:
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Year: 2009
In The Hunt
You've probably been able to follow where the blog is going - the all-out battle for product. If you're a realtor and can't figure out how to bring fresh inventory to your buyers, what good are you? Anybody can monitor redfin or sdlookup, can you duke it out in the...
Bungalow REO – Interior
Here's a tour for those wanting a peek inside what most women would call the "cute" beach bungalow, built in 1928:
Tricklin’ Down
Speaking of contests, we have a pair of Chargers playoff tickets riding on the amount of homes for sale on December 1st. In December, 2008 the average amount of homes for sale was 15,116. On August 11, 2009, the total amount of active listings was 11,457. On September...
Finding Our Way
Cielo, a gated community at the edge of Rancho Santa Fe, has struggled to build sales momentum. There are 26 active listings (this house is number 13th on the list), ranging from $1.595 to $7.999, and five contingent/pending listings currently, but only seven have...
More Review of REO Listings
When considering buying a trustee sale, you have to wonder, is it better to buy after the property goes "back to bene"? With inspection contingencies and title insurance included on a regular sale, the risks are lower, but you will probably have the burden of...
Beach Cottage Contest
The REO tsunami dripped another drop today, I was assigned this property whose trustee sale was just last Thursday, November 12th. The former owner was from Newbury Park, which, according to wiki, has the highest median prices in Ventura County, and among the most...
Housing Tax Credit Summary
For those looking for the latest on the housing tax credit, the WSJ has a good summary: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904574529512997057836.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond The highlights: Q: If I buy a new home and live in it, do I...
Guaranteed-Sale Program
The corporation recently spent under a billion dollars conducting an exhaustive scientific research and quantitative anaylysis project to construct a fool-proof state-of-the-art cutting-edge guaranteed-sale program. This plan is so thorough and exhaustive that...
Re-Calibration Gauge
Calibrate def. to make corrections in, or adjust a procedure or process. I don't know if re-calibration is a word, but I'll use it to describe what realtors have had to do over the last few years. It wasn't enough to just make corrections or adjustments to our...
