http://blog.winecounty-re.com Real Estate and Real Life in the wine country Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:15:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Isn't it great, all the tools we have to totally check out a property before setting foot in it? Of course when a property is for sale there is the property website : www.3605Sumatra.com is an example, the virtual tours: here's on of my newest versions and the Google satellite ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/07/29/streetview-by-google/ The Press Democrat had a article about the "Bittersweet windfall": when you bought you home at the height of the market, you can ask for an adjustment for your property taxes. Your Realtor can help you with the 'comps' by the way, just call and ask. he/she will know what ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/07/06/bittersweet-windfall/ Pete Phillippe from Indymac Bank was so kind to send an extensive overview with updates in underwriting as of June 1, 2008 Industry wide General Loan guidelines by the Secondary market (some variance with specific Lenders). With Foreclosures , reestablished credit history now 3 yrs after event before a new ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/06/16/updates-in-underwriting/ David Leonhardt had an interesting thought in this morning's NY times. After being a renter for all the good reasons, he finally decided to buy. The article did make sense, however he forgets the rules of inflation. How much was a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home in the area where you ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/30/better-to-buy-than-to-rent/ George Houghton a CPA in town who is specialized in Real Estate gave a seminar this Friday. His concepts on Real Estate and Real Estate investing in the Bay area are profound and supported by numbers. Please remember, these are concepts, give or take a few years. Rules of inflation (excluding ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/25/you-first-home-is-free/ Did you see the new homes at Bridge Trail at the North Village ? It's developed by Hugh Futrell, a great developer who does unusual projects. He also build The Burbank on seventh street in Santa Rosa. Both developments have something special. All the homes at Bridge Trail come ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/18/green-living-in-sonoma-county/ Recently I attended the venture capital conference sponsored by the City of Santa Rosa and the Golden State Venture Capital Network (www.goldencapital.net) and interviewed a company with an unique approach to home buying. See the link below on YouTube to view the latest technology!Denise Beeson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_NKjVgnug http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/11/using-the-web-in-home-buying-searches/ With so much said in the news about foreclosures and short sales just some facts. At this moment the bank owned properties are selling well, the lower price range of our market is selling, some bank owned properties were priced so low that they had more than 20 offers on them ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/10/foreclosures-2/ I know the market fluctuates all the time but I have been noticing that a lot of homes have been going into escrow, it has been rising over the last 5 weeks. It started slow but then it picked up. And yes, a lot of the homes that went into ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/05/07/snapshot-of-our-market/ Yesterday we had what most likely will be the last in a series of the Smart Home Choices Workshop. It was a great success, I counted about 80 home owners and great feedback. It was great to see that banks have ramped up their assistance for troubled homeowners but it was ... http://blog.winecounty-re.com/2008/04/27/smart-home-choices-workshop/