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Receive email notification of new San Diego real estate property listings that match your specifications. My computer program will search the San Diego County Multiple Listing Service once a day and send you an email when new properties matching your search request have been listed. The San Diego County Multiple Listing Service is a computer database of homes for sale used by all realtors in Santa Cruz County. All types of properties go into this database, the day they are listed for sale. S read more »
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When one loses 30% or more home equity in one year, dont buy the old cop-out line of "in the long run the housing prices will return to their old highs." For San Diego residential real estate, this is the worst market since the great depression. Unlike a normal correction or pull-back, this once in a lifetime evaporation of real estate values will not soon be forgotten. Partially because of the trauma inflicted on the publics perception of ever-escalating real estate values, will the San Dieg read more »
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Bob Schwartz is a Certified Residential Specialist, real estate broker specializing in San Diego real estate read more »
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According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. report released last week, California home prices and sales volumes will also slide into 2010, while some areas of the state experience an even more prolonged downturn. Jack Kyser, chief economist of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp, said: To read the full post, please visit: http://sandiegofsbo.blogspot.com/ read more »
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California legislators put a hundred million dollars on the table for first time homeowners to grab. Were they surprised when takers actually accepted the offer? Apparently this is so. They are now attempting to put more money in the coffers for this give-away. The program is a tax credit that spreads across three years, in three equal payments, for buyers of new homes. The definition of new home is that it must be a single family residence, detached or attached, and never previously occ read more »
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A recent research report from the University of Chicago?s Booth School of Business and Northwestern University?s Kellogg School of Management reports that of the large number of mortgage defaults across the country, 26% were what they call strategic. This report defines strategic as one in which the mortgage default was a calculated, done by homeowners who have the money to make the payments. The owners decided that the homes negative equity position indicates to them it would be economicall read more »
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It seems that the decision makers running the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac government refinance programs did not learn anything from the current, and continuing, housing bust. If bad loans got us into the current mess, why do Fannie and Freddie think that more bad loans will get us out? In a recent press release it was announced that the two government-owned agencies will now refinance loans up to 125% of the current home?s value! Does this spell trouble for the FHA home loans? All facts fr read more »
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In today?s challenging real estate market, what seller doesn?t want to increase their profits upon the sale of their home? That seems to be a given priority, especially when so many have taken a negative hit to what was once greater equity. However, with this money making goal in mind, many sellers make huge mistakes in preparing to market and marketing their home. Some mistakes can cost thousands of dollars. In my thirty-plus years of real estate, I?ve seen sellers try to take on the dut read more »
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Housing and Economic Recovery Act --This legislation strengthens and modernizes the regulation of the housing government-sponsored enterprises ? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the enterprises) and the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs or Banks) ? and expands the housing mission of these GSEs. In addition, it creates a new program at FHA that will help at least 400,000 families save their homes from foreclosure by providing for new FHA loans after lenders take deep discounts. To view the full arti read more »
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The latest San Diego sales mantra goes like this: ?Sure the market is down, but it?s been down for a few years now and there is terrific demand to purchase building up. Now could be the best time to get into the San Diego real estate market before that pent-up demand kicks in.? Is this true? Sure it is, at least in the minds of the overly optimistic. The real facts may actually show that there is pent-up real estate demand, NOT to purchase real estate, but to SELL IT! To view the full ar read more »
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As part of The Cap and Trade Bill HR 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, adds another layer of conditions for selling personal real estate (your home) in the United States. The American Clean Energy and Security Act, a whopping 1,200 pages defining a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions, a federal renewable electricity mandate, and a suite of new mandatory energy efficiency standards, imposes 397 new federal regulations and 1060 mandates on an American publi read more »
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The American Dream is often paired with owning one?s own home. For decades Legislator?s have protected that dream with allowing home owners to claim the mortgage interest paid on their homes as a tax deduction. With a possible phase out of this deduction, could the dream fade? ?There are no cows more sacred in the tax code than the deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes. Together, they add up to at least the $ 75 billion annual subsidy for housing and Homeowners. ? The New Yor read more »
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With the median one year San Diego home price decline approximately 30% and the San Diego residential housing market having been in a steady decline since the summer of 2005, renting has been far better than purchasing. When one loses 30% or more home equity in one year, dont buy the old cop-out line of "in the long run the housing prices will return to their old highs." For San Diego residential real estate, this is the worst market since the great depression. Unlike a normal correction o read more »
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"Making Dreams Come True" is the slogan Bob Schwartz has been using throughout his quarter century career in residential real estate. Bob gets a tremendous sense of satisfaction in assisting people with the largest purchase in their lives. The first home, the move-up home, the vacation villa, and the retirement home, are all major milestones in ones life-cycle. He takes great pride in making his clients dreams come true. Bob is the owner of Brokerforyou, and is not only a Broker but has read more »
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Selling your own home takes a lot of hard work and know-how. Making even a small mistake can spell serious trouble. By working with a REALTOR? who?s a Certified Residential Specialist, you gain the services of an experienced professional with advanced training in residential sales. Not only does that free you from the time consuming tasks involved with selling your home, it gives you the added expertise to help maximize the profit from your home. A Certified Residential Specialist can help you read more »
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Few decisions in life are as distasteful, yet as important, as planning for its end. Those who do such planning save their heirs much anguish and frustration, and often a great deal of money. This article attempts to explain in broad terms various estate planning vehicles for the elderly, such as living wills, durable powers of attorney, federal estate and gift taxation, the probate system, avoiding probate, Medicaid eligibility, and guardianship.To read the full article, please visit: http:// read more »
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The good housing news was that according to the Case-Shiller home price index released today by Standard Poor?s, U.S. homes in 20 major cities rose by 1.2% in August compared with July, the fourth monthly increase in a row. To view the full post, please visit: http://www.brokerforyou.com/brokerforyou/?p=1829 read more »
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As San Diego home values plummet. The industry and almost all media outlets are proclaiming ?It?s the time to buy! ? But, keep in mind this is almost an exact reply of the ?news? that was being proclaimed last year, and two years ago, and three years ago etc. Why, even in 2006 after the downturn was well under way, the ?Indusrty? line was ?It?s a normal pull-back, creating a great buying oppurnity.? To read the full post, please visit: http://www.brokerforyou.com/brokerforyou/?p=646 read more »
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?You can not lose if you purchase a San Diego home.? This was the conventional myth for many decades, but, as we all now know, it was just that?a myth! Your home is the best investment most can make?Really? Brett Arends had a simular article in the Wall Street Journal. To view the full post, please visit: http://www.brokerforyou.com/brokerforyou/?p=931 read more »
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