It’s a Scam

A client of mine recently closed on his first house.  As I do with all of my clients I forewarned him that he would receive a TON of junk mail and advised him on what to ignore and what not to ignore, and if he received anything that he was confused about to let me know.
He [...]

Good News From the Economy: Positive Real Estate Growth

Real Estate Outlook: Positive Growth
by Kenneth R. Harney, Realty Times
 
http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20090728_realestateoutlook.htm
 

Housing Snapshot: Seven Bay Area Counties: February 2009

Rate Watch 3/5/09

30 Year Fixed Conforming: 5.375%/5.411%APR
30 Year Fixed Agency-Jumbo: 5.625%/5.742%APR
15 Year Fixed Agency-Jumbo: 5.000%/5.194%APR
5 Year Fixed Conforming (1 Point): 4.375%/4.483%APR
5 Year Fixed Int.Only Conforming (1 Point): 4.490%/4.502%APR

East Bay Economic Forecast

Here is an update from the East Bay Economic Q109 Forecast.  Some of the information is quite interesting.
The graph of “Affordable and Actual Median Home Prices” illustrates a comparison of estimated affordable home prices and actual median home prices in the East Bay for the years 2002-2008. We used median family income from [...]