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BIG Incentives to Sell Your San Diego Real Estate!
There are a lot of Short Sale Incentive programs out there these days!
Of course, there is everyone’s favorite—HAFA which gives the seller $3,000.00 at close of escrow. Then, there is also the Bank of America Cooperative Short Sale Program which we closed recently and got the sellers $2,000.0o, there’s TAP, and there are even short sale incentives offered by such banks as Citi, Wachovia, and Litton Loan Servicing. But, the biggest short sale incentive of all
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How’s The Market In North Mission Hills, San Diego, CA., 92103?
One of the best neighborhoods in San Diego!
As agents how many times per week do we get this question? Mission Hills is the community that I live in and I actually received this question this morning at our local Starbucks. I was sure glad that I had just pulled the numbers the other day and still had them fresh in my head. The Mission Hills housing market doesn’t see huge amounts of turnover thus it’s coveted for it’s stability It’s beauty, charm, location and overall energy are other attributes that San Diegans’ love about this neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »
Help for Californian’s Who Want To Keep Their Homes
Your home doesn't have to end up like this.
Do you know someone who’s financial situation has changed and is having trouble keeping up with their mortgage? San Diego’s real estate market is doing better then before and better than the national average but we still need assistance programs to help our housing market I’ve been hearing about this program for a while offering assistance to homeowners who have the potential to go into foreclosure. The name of this program is Keep Your Home California. This program is designed to help low to moderate income families avoid foreclosure thus keeping their home and not becoming another statistic. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 7 Things to Do in San Diego This Week!
The after-holiday, back to work time has come and San Diego still has plenty to enjoy so have fun at your attractions and events with less lines and more time.
Here are our picks of the Top 7 Things To Do. Enjoy!
1. Sunday Jan 9th – The Secret Garden
Award-winning show Broadway show based on the classic story by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
2. Monday Jan 10th – Salchata Mondays
in Old Town! Margaritas and dancing in the heart of the Birthplace of California 7.30-8.30 pm.
Crime Doesn’t Pay in Real Estate
Or sometimes it does.
What can you do? You’re job is relocating you to a different city and your wife is pregnant. The condo that you live in is too small for you, your wife, and your two-year old and you need to sell it to move 100s of miles away for work. You scrape together all your money since your wife isn’t working anymore, chip away at your savings and pay the mortgage every month.
But at what price?
Back To The Future.
Would You Do the Same?
Do you always answer your phone?
Answering all of your phone calls is always an interesting experience. You never know who you’ll find on the other end of the line. Could be a disgruntled agent, it could be an old friend, it could be a new buyer or seller, basically it could be great or horrible, you just never know till you answer the phone.
So guess what happened the other day?
I missed a call. It went to voicemail. At the other end of the line was this frail crackled voice. I couldn’t understand it too well so I called back, uncertain of who it was.
I found myself on the other end of the line with a gentleman who’s wife passed away 2 years ago at the age of 93. Wow! He had seen some pictures of one of my properties on the Internet and liked the pictures (thank God for my photographer:)) Read the rest of this entry »
San Diego Gets Gleaming Real Estate Report Card.
San Diego's real estate future is looking bright.
Are you ready for some good news about San Diego real estate? Well Standard and Poor’s/Case -Shiller Home Price Index is how Wall Street evaluates real estate markets throughout the country. San Diego showed great signs of recovery and was second to only San Francisco.
San Diego saw a gain or 9.3% year over year from July 2009 through July 2010 compared to San Francisco who saw an 11.3%. The national average was about 3.2% across the top 20 metro markets in the U.S. This is great news and according to the article San Diego and California have come along way back from the crash just a few years back. Read the rest of this entry »
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