My new listing on Durango in Carlsbad - resulting from my "bounty" answer:
Month: April 2013
WFB Urged to Reduce Principal
This recent report is pitching hard for Wells Fargo to give principal reductions to its underwater customers - excerpts below: http://populardemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/California-in-Crisis-Final-Report-compressed.pdf The past five years have been bad...
Japanese House for Sale
Another realtor trick - thanks daytrip! http://www.keepbusy.net/pic.php?id=9576
No State Relief Yet
A bill that would extend for one year state income tax relief provided to homeowners who receive mortgage relief from their lenders was temporarily put on hold in the Legislature on Monday. If enacted, it would align state law with federal law, which has been ...
Transparency Strikes
Tracy Glesby is a real estate agent. No doubt she’s good at her job. But D Magazine did not name her a Best Real Estate Agent in either 2011 or 2012, as one would be led to believe by her Facebook page. Glesby and I aren’t friends, so I can’t see her timeline. But the...
Private Mortgage Insurance Loosens
As housing heads into the critical spring market, credit is finally beginning to thaw. Lenders are increasingly approving low-down-payment loans, and government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae is buying more of them. It is a noticeable shift from the last four...
Beware of Frenzy Zombies
If you want to buy a house during its first few days on the market, expect to pay all the money - and even that might not be enough. The banks started it with their insistence on not entertaining offers for the first 4-7 days. But just because a bank does it, doesn't...