This home in the foothills of Santa Barbara has amazing 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean, the City of Santa Barbara to the south, and the Los Padres mountains to the north:...
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Month: June 2016
The Knitters
UCLA
As most of you know, our youngest daughter is wrapping up her freshman year at UCLA. Today, we were faced with the nightmare that comes with being a parent these days - a madman had taken over the campus. Thanks to BruinAlert, the entire campus was shutdown within...
Sellers Spying on Buyers
This is probably happening more than we think: http://www.realtor.com/news/trends/buyers-under-surveillance/ Surprise, home buyers: You might be on hidden camera. You may believe you’re having private discussions about the merits of a homeowner’s wallpaper, the ugly,...
Mayor Gets Forgiven
Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this article on mortgage forgiveness: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2016/05/21/jackson-mayors-mortgage-vanishes-after-election/83615172/ A few weeks after being elected Jackson mayor in 2014, Tony Yarber stood in his...
Skimpy-Doc Gets Higher Rate
Hat tip to eddieironmaiden89 for sending this in: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/percent-714878-credit-mortgage.html There was no such animal as a credit score for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac until about 1995. Well, it’s back to the future. Good...
