Buying a home in San Jose CA

San Jose Home Buying

San Jose Ca Home Buying – Writing Winning Offers There is a way to ensure your offer to purchase your San Jose Ca home is accepted. It’s simple – really! Offer fair market value. Offer written on a California Association of Realtors (“CAR”) contract. Ensure the contracts used are the most current version. Ensure the… Read More

US Tax Dollars pay prison inmates over $9M in Homebuyer Tax Credits

Hundred Dollar Bills

US Tax Dollars pay prison inmates over $9M in Homebuyer Tax Credits According to Treasury Inspection General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA”) “Additional Steps Are Needed to Prevent and Recover Erroneous Claims for the First-Time Homebuyer Credit. “A breakdown in fraud controls allowed prison inmates to apply for and receive $9.1 million in homebuyer tax credits… Read More

Short Sale-REDUCED – 951 S 12th Street #303 San Jose CA 95112

951 S 12 Street #303 San Jose Ca 95112

Short Sale-REDUCED – 951 S 12th Street #303 San Jose CA 95112 University Gardens Overview Maps Photos Description Neighborhood Market Stats $269,000 CondominiumFor Sale Main Features 2 Bedrooms2 BathroomsInterior: 1102 sqftLot: 1,307 sqft Location 951 S. 12th Street#303San Jose, CA 95112 To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the… Read More

Fannie Mae and Strategic Defaults

Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae wants borrowers to act in Good Faith in working out an alternative solution with the servicer. Simply walking away (“Strategic Default”) may subject a borrower to legal action to recoup the outstanding mortgage debt. This means, strategic defaulters may walk away from the property however under Fannie Mae’s new policy, in jurisdictions that… Read More

You lost your home – Really?

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How does anyone lose a home? Aren’t they kinda big to lose? Afterall, a house is not like a set of keys … something a homeowner can misplace – right? While sitting at clients’ dining room table the other day their very upset 5 year old daughter interrupted her parents and said: “Mommie – I… Read More

U-Serve-Yourself Realty versus Full Concierges Service Realty

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Let me understand you correctly … you have an agent and YOU are calling me about my listing? YOU, Mr. Buyer want to know: 1. Is the property vacant? 2. Is it a short sale? 3. How many days have home been on the market? 4. How many loans on the property? 5. Will the… Read More

FHA Approval Process for San Jose Condominiums

If you, or anyone you know, are looking to buy a San Jose Condo or Townhome, and your financing is FHA, then you need to know the FHA condominium approval process. As a San Jose Real Estate Broker, Certified Short Sale Specialist and Certified HAFA Specialist, I know firsthand the importance of lender approvals AND… Read More

A New Foreclosure Bill – Senate Bill 1275

LawMakers

On Thursday, June 3, 2010, the California Senate approved a new foreclosure bill SB 1275. With a 21 to 12 vote, SB 1275 will be heard by the Assembly Banking Committee before it goes to the full Assembly for a vote. Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) are… Read More

Evergreen Valley Home for Sale

Evergreen Valley Home for Sale Overview Maps Photos Description Neighborhood Market Stats $449,000 Single Family Home For Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms Interior: 1789 sqft Lot: 6,098 sqft Location 3484 Woodside Lane San Jose, CA 95121 Kathleen Daniels, CDPE Intero Real Estate (408) 972-1822 Kathleen@ExclusiveSanJoseHomes.com http://www.ExclusiveSanJoseHomes.com Listed by: Intero Real Estate – Kathleen… Read More

Mortgage Modification Scams – San Jose Ca

Mortgage Modification Scams in the market today … according to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network “First, subjects conned homeowners into signing quit-claim deeds to their properties, then sold homes from under the former owner to straw (fabricated) borrowers; the homeowners subsequently received eviction notices. Second, other scammers falsely claimed affiliations with lenders to convince distressed homeowners… Read More