I love, love, love my Mac!!! Check out my first video created via iMovie & pics uploaded from iPhoto. Super easy; still needs some tweaking. What do you think? I sense a pet video is next :-) Showcasing my fun, new listing at The Hayes in the heart of it all including hip Hayes Valley! Check o
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06/05/2010
Why hiring a mortgage broker vs. working with a direct lender makes sense in today's market! As provided by the fine folks at Guarantee Mortgage (my comments are in red): 1. Mortgage Brokers are trained to find niches .. Saving you TIME and MONEY! 2. Brokers are driven to find you the best
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05/20/2010
CAR-Sponsored Bill to Protect Borrowers from Lenders—Call Your State Senator Today As shared by SFAR: The California Association of REALTORS® (CAR) is sponsoring SB 1178 (Corbett) to extend anti-deficiency protection to homeowners who had refinanced from “purchase money” loans and are now facing
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05/19/2010
Median Sales Price Continues Its Upward Trend In San Francisco’s Housing Market san francisco victorian row Here's the scoop as provided by SFAR: SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 17, 2010 - Healthy sales activity, driven by low mortgage rates, tax incentives, and attractive pricing continued to reduce th
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05/19/2010
When I'm working with buyers or sellers, I run market trend reports for both the city/community and the specific neighborhood (if there is enough data) in addition to checking comps. It's important to keep in mind that there are many micro-markets in San Francisco and on the San Mateo Peninsula.
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05/18/2010
I've been pulled out from my temporary blogging hiatus by a post which has been brought on by the incredibly poor communication and service that buyers who are in contract on a property are encountering with their loan rep (someone who they selected on their own). Their rep is now playing games i
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05/13/2010
photo by ZeldaFan999 Very exciting news came through this week from Docusign! On April 8, 2010, e-signed third-party documents, including real estate contracts, are now being accepted by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) with the issuance of today's mortgagee letter. This mortgagee letter
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04/11/2010
Today was an amazingly beautiful, sunny, clear day after Friday's big storm cleared through. These dog kids were certainly happy as was I showing fabulous San Francisco real estate with crystal clear views of Marin County and the bay. And this is why in part our real estate is so expensive! W
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03/13/2010
Here’s the latest scoop as provided by Michael Haigh. You can’t get your mortgage rates from the newspaper. Last week proved it. Again. Friday morning, headlines and around the country read that mortgage rates were down 0.04 percent, on average, since the week prior. A sampling of said headlines
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02/24/2010
This post is long over due & is inspired by a first time buyer couple that I'm working with. We've been looking at a handful of pre-40's homes with various interpretations of owners updating, renovating and expanding their properties, often missing the mark and creating a mish mash of a maze of
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02/21/2010