Blossom Valley Homes – 2011 Year End Market Report

Blossom Valley Homes Prices and Sales

Blossom Valley Homes – 2011 Year End Market Report   Week ending December 31, 2011 compared to January 1, 2011 There were 78 Blossom Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes for sale in the week ending December 31, 2011. There were 145 Blossom Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes… Read More

Almaden Homes – 2011 Year End Market Report

Almaden Homes Prices and Sales

Almaden Homes – 2011 Year End Market Report Week ending December 31, 2011 compared to January 1, 2011 49 Almaden homes, including short sales and bank owned homes for sale in the week ending December 31, 2011. 62 Almaden homes, including short sales and bank owned homes for sale in the week ending January 1,… Read More

Silicon Valley Homes – 2011 Year End Market Report

Prices and Sales

Silicon Valley Homes 2011 Year End Market Report Week ending December 31, 2011 compared to January 1, 2011 There were 1,372 Silicon Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes in the week ending December 31, 2011. There were 2,065 Silicon Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes in week ending January… Read More

Silicon Valley Homes – Market Report December 2011

Market Barometer

Silicon Valley Homes – Market Report Week ending December 3, 2011 compared to December 4, 2010 There were 1,736 Silicon Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes in the week ending December 3, 2011. There were 2,454 Silicon Valley homes, including short sales and bank owned homes in week ending December 4, 2010…. Read More

Almaden Homes | Market Report December 2011

Almaden Homes Prices and Sales

Almaden Homes – Market Report Week ending December 3, 2011 compared to December 4, 2010 57 Almaden homes, including short sales and bank owned homes for sale in the week ending December 3, 2011. 95 Almaden homes, including short sales and bank owned homes for sale in the week ending December 4, 2010. Of the… Read More

Insurance Companies and Banks

State Farm

Insurance Companies and Banks What’s the Difference Between Them? NO MUCH! You have seen this guy – Right? Like the Big Bad Banks, State Farm is there to take policy-holder’s money month over month, year after year. As long as the money is collected … all is well in the word of banking and insurance…. Read More

Proper Water Heater Installation in San Jose Ca

water heater

Proper Water Heater Installation in San Jose Ca It is never a good sign to walk into a garage and see water.  As I followed the trail of water to the source I realized it must be coming from the water heater. I opened the water heater closet door and the pan was filled to… Read More

San Jose Short Sales – Show me the Money!

As a San Jose Short Sale Specialist I am often asked: “Why are we required to put in a good faith deposit BEFORE the bank approves the short sale? “This is often followed by: “No one else requires a deposit.” My response is typically something like this: The reasoning is that buyers must have skin… 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

San Jose Short Sales – another success story!

San Jose Short Sale

Ever wonder why San Jose short sales “don’t close”? We just closed another San Jose Short Sale! We received Short Sale Lender Approval on 5-3-2010. We closed in 19 calendar days. We could have closed sooner IF only the Listing Agent had timely performed.  Because we were waiting for the listing agent to perform we… Read More