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"no FHA financing at this time"
by
permanent_marker
on 17 Jan 2010
17 comments, latest
15 years ago
Take a look at this:http://www.redfin.com/CA/ no FHA financing.Have you seen this before? Â What could be the reason behind it?
Story from CARMEL,CA
by
permanent_marker
on 30 Nov 2009
21 comments, latest
15 years ago
On my recent visit to Carmel(by the sea), I was intrigued to find  many 'for-sale' signs all over the town. Some are even by the ocean.. millions of ...
suggestion for P : automatic Redfin links...
by
permanent_marker
on 1 Dec 2009
Posted 15 years ago
In the 'real estate forum' could we have an automatic REDFIN link to the address? Makes it a lot easier to check out the property. #housing
Credit union recommendations in SF bay area?
by
permanent_marker
on 26 Oct 2009
1 comment, latest
15 years ago
Hi guys looking to switch to CU from my big-bank. Any recommendations for South-Bay / Peninsula areas? Do any of them offer 'Safety Deposit box' service? thanks a bunch
foreclosure radar says 'not much shadow inventory' ...huh!
by
permanent_marker
on 14 Oct 2009
4 comments, latest
15 years ago
https://s3.amazonaws.com/CA_Fo "This month’s report features not only a new look, but an important new statistic - Bank Owned (REO) Inventory. By looking at the number of foreclosures the banks ...
Chicago not gettig 2016 olympics, good or bad for housing market?
by
permanent_marker
on 2 Oct 2009
26 comments, latest
15 years ago
Rio won the bid for 2016 olympics;Â Chicago didn't make it. wondering what this would entail for Chicago housing market... Typically 'olympic villages' drive prices up... #housing
short sales , foreclosures ... conversation with an agent
by
permanent_marker
on 21 Jul 2009
44 comments, latest
15 years ago
Went to look at a couple of open houses this weekend and talked to a realtor. She 'sounded' decent enough. None of the usual sound bites like 'now is ...
Meg Whittman running for Calif gov...
by
permanent_marker
on 23 Sep 2009
4 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ what do you guys think? Whittman was the CEO of Ebay. I am little skeptical, when CEOs of companies that did well during tech-boom, tout they are the ...
'Show me the note' : Banks Vs Home owners
by
permanent_marker
on 22 Sep 2009
2 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Home owners are challenging banks to produce the 'note' that they own the house. And in the age of sliced-diced mortgage securities, it is not so easy to ...
SfGate on Bay Area Option ARM loans
by
permanent_marker
on 21 Sep 2009
9 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ 2010 people. finally not a 'rawr-rawr housing is rebounding' article from SFGate. #housing
DOW going DOWnwards...
by
permanent_marker
on 1 Sep 2009
Posted 15 years ago
Down 180 points to 9310. Reports saying, "traders were too optimistic about green shoots"
bay area delinquencies will be high
by
permanent_marker
on 26 Aug 2009
3 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "Nearly 1 in 10 Bay Area homeowners will be at least 60 days behind on their mortgages by the end of the year, according to a forecast being ...
38 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, California 95113
by
permanent_marker
on 8 Jul 2009
7 comments, latest
15 years ago
This is AXIS San Jose - brand new condos. http://www.axissanjose.com/ They have been doing a 3.99% APR loan for months. Every month, I get a 'last chance to get ...
bay area housing program on Forum @ KQED radio
by
permanent_marker
on 10 Aug 2009
Posted 15 years ago
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/ pretty good discussion. #housing
alt-A, option-ARM resets won't be as bad?
by
permanent_marker
on 7 Aug 2009
7 comments, latest
15 years ago
My financial adviser says the loan-mod market is pretty hot right now.  So she is skeptical on the impending doom-and-gloom situation with loans resetting/recasting. She thinks, the impact ...
help a software engineer keep his overpriced home
by
permanent_marker
on 26 Jul 2009
66 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "When 28-year-old software engineer Andrei Soroker bought a faded lavender Victorian fixer-upper in West Oakland, the $500,000 price tag didn't seem like a bad deal. But that was ...
would you buy an investment property while renting?
by
permanent_marker
on 29 Jul 2009
4 comments, latest
15 years ago
Just throwing it out to you all... I am a SF Bay Area renter. Prices haven't corrected all that well in the areas I might want to buy. But ...
suggestion : linkification
by
permanent_marker
on 30 Jul 2009
Posted 15 years ago
Patrick how about enabling 'auto linkification' of all links posted into forum. I am sure there is a wordpress plugin out there. It will make it so much easier ...
1409 Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA 94708
by
permanent_marker
on 27 Jul 2009
1 comment, latest
15 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Berke I stumbled on to it on SFGate :Â http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ owned by Twitter cofounder Biz Stones 2bed, 2 bath, 808 sqft, for $575k "Design aficionados will sit up and ...
foreclosures climb in SF Bay Area
by
permanent_marker
on 27 Jul 2009
Posted 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "A ZIP code analysis of Bay Area default notices showed that many of the biggest increases were in higher-cost areas. Foreclosure-ridden towns such as Antioch still had high ...
704 Kirk Glen Dr, San Jose, CA 95133
by
permanent_marker
on 20 Jul 2009
3 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-J Went to see this house. It was a flipper. Remodeled nicely. May 11, 2009 : sold for $429k now listed for : 594K sweet profit of 150K if ...
how about a list of real estate professionals
by
permanent_marker
on 5 Jun 2009
4 comments, latest
15 years ago
that patrick.net readers worked with and found to be professional, ethical and a cut above the rest. We don't need to post the 'bad' ones, as that might lead ...
database of California Pensions > 100k
by
permanent_marker
on 13 Jul 2009
Posted 15 years ago
http://www.californiapensionre This is getting a lot of attention, in light of current fiscal crisis in CA.
Patrick, how do I post in 'property gossip'?
by
permanent_marker
on 7 Jul 2009
7 comments, latest
15 years ago
When I try to post on 'Property Gossip' it says it needs an address. Where is the address field? how do I enter the address? Thanks so much
HGTV show - 'real estate intervention'
by
permanent_marker
on 2 Jul 2009
1 comment, latest
16 years ago
any one watch this show? http://www.hgtv.com/real-estat delusional home owners are told what their house is actually worth. Kinda like watching Simon Cowel putting down lame singers at American Idol. ...
LA times 'you balance budget'
by
permanent_marker
on 2 Jul 2009
Posted 16 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/news/lo interesting and ironic
report says SF Bay area home prices rose in May!
by
permanent_marker
on 19 Jun 2009
1 comment, latest
16 years ago
This is for 'high-end' homes: http://online.wsj.com/article/ WTF? say it isn't so!
help with assessing loan eligibility...
by
permanent_marker
on 31 May 2009
1 comment, latest
16 years ago
guys, I am wondering what is a good way of accessing my loan eligibility. I am not talking about PRE Qualifying or any thing. Just to get an idea ...
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