I am posting this at the request of Glenn Janes, a fellow Scripps Ranch resident and past client, who asked to share his experience working with the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of… Read more ⇢

Perhaps our biggest transactional issue today relates to buyer financing. Not only are lenders more cautious, but the rules keep changing and each underwriter is different. The process is often unpredictable. Read more ⇢

From the “Stuff that is sort of old news but we should mention anyway in case someone happens to wander into our blog on this fine Sunday” files, we bring… Read more ⇢

From Mortgage Man, Dan Green: If your current home–or the home you are buying–is in a designated “high-cost” area, keep an eye on your calendar. Effective October… Read more ⇢

All those Zs had you expecting another ditty about Zillow. You are wrong. Those Zs represent the sounds of our current real estate market. I am forced to dig deep these… Read more ⇢

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My previous, birthday post has been resident so long that I think I’ve had a couple more since then. So, in a weak attempt to bury that bad boy and provide… Read more ⇢

(Editors note and warning: Try as I might to write short and snappy blog posts, I am a long form girl.) This month I have the honor of hosting the… Read more ⇢

“Your call is very important to us,” said the chipper robo-voice, just before throwing me into the middle of a familiar easy listening song from the 60s. And as I continued… Read more ⇢

From the “It’s not over until the fat lady closes escrow” file, this is something I’ve been meaning to post about for awhile. So as we all wish George Hamilton… Read more ⇢

It all started here. From Reuters: Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from… Read more ⇢

We don’t do a whole lot of guest posts here. In the four plus years we have been messing around with this little blog, in fact, I can count them on… Read more ⇢

And the horses are approaching the starting gate. The State will begin accepting applications for the new home/first-time buyer tax credit on May… Read more ⇢

Most of you (the ones who have been cheating on us and reading other blogs) are probably aware of a limited time chance in California for home buyers to double-dip. From… Read more ⇢

photo credit: magnetbox I… Read more ⇢