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"no FHA financing at this time"
by permanent_marker on 17 Jan 2010   17 comments, latest 14 years ago
Take a look at this:http://www.redfin.com/CA/ no FHA financing.Have you seen this before? Â What could be the reason behind it?

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Story from CARMEL,CA
by permanent_marker on 30 Nov 2009   21 comments, latest 14 years ago
On my recent visit to Carmel(by the sea), I was intrigued to find  many 'for-sale' signs all over the town. Some are even by the ocean.. millions of ...

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suggestion for P : automatic Redfin links...
by permanent_marker on 1 Dec 2009   Posted 14 years ago
In the 'real estate forum' could we have an automatic REDFIN link to the address? Makes it a lot easier to check out the property. #housing

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Credit union recommendations in SF bay area?
by permanent_marker on 26 Oct 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
Hi guys looking to switch to CU from my big-bank. Any recommendations for South-Bay / Peninsula areas? Do any of them offer 'Safety Deposit box' service? thanks a bunch

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foreclosure radar says 'not much shadow inventory' ...huh!
by permanent_marker on 14 Oct 2009   4 comments, latest 15 years ago
https://s3.amazonaws.com/CA_Fo "This month’s report features not only a new look, but an important new statistic - Bank Owned (REO) Inventory. By looking at the number of foreclosures the banks ...

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Chicago not gettig 2016 olympics, good or bad for housing market?
by permanent_marker on 2 Oct 2009   26 comments, latest 15 years ago
Rio won the bid for 2016 olympics;Â Chicago didn't make it. wondering what this would entail for Chicago housing market... Typically 'olympic villages' drive prices up... #housing

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short sales , foreclosures ... conversation with an agent
by permanent_marker on 21 Jul 2009   44 comments, latest 15 years ago
Went to look at a couple of open houses this weekend and talked to a realtor. She 'sounded' decent enough. None of the usual sound bites like 'now is ...

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Meg Whittman running for Calif gov...
by permanent_marker on 23 Sep 2009   4 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ what do you guys think? Whittman was the CEO of Ebay. I am little skeptical, when CEOs of companies that did well during tech-boom, tout they are the ...

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'Show me the note' : Banks Vs Home owners
by permanent_marker on 22 Sep 2009   2 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Home owners are challenging banks to produce the 'note' that they own the house. And in the age of sliced-diced mortgage securities, it is not so easy to ...

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SfGate on Bay Area Option ARM loans
by permanent_marker on 21 Sep 2009   9 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ 2010 people. finally not a 'rawr-rawr housing is rebounding' article from SFGate. #housing

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DOW going DOWnwards...
by permanent_marker on 1 Sep 2009   Posted 15 years ago
Down 180 points to 9310. Reports saying, "traders were too optimistic about green shoots"

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bay area delinquencies will be high
by permanent_marker on 26 Aug 2009   3 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "Nearly 1 in 10 Bay Area homeowners will be at least 60 days behind on their mortgages by the end of the year, according to a forecast being ...

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38 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, California 95113
by permanent_marker on 8 Jul 2009   7 comments, latest 15 years ago
This is AXIS San Jose - brand new condos. http://www.axissanjose.com/ They have been doing a 3.99% APR loan for months. Every month, I get a 'last chance to get ...

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bay area housing program on Forum @ KQED radio
by permanent_marker on 10 Aug 2009   Posted 15 years ago
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/ pretty good discussion. #housing

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alt-A, option-ARM resets won't be as bad?
by permanent_marker on 7 Aug 2009   7 comments, latest 15 years ago
My financial adviser says the loan-mod market is pretty hot right now.  So she is skeptical on the impending doom-and-gloom situation with loans resetting/recasting. She thinks, the impact ...

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help a software engineer keep his overpriced home
by permanent_marker on 26 Jul 2009   66 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "When 28-year-old software engineer Andrei Soroker bought a faded lavender Victorian fixer-upper in West Oakland, the $500,000 price tag didn't seem like a bad deal. But that was ...

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would you buy an investment property while renting?
by permanent_marker on 29 Jul 2009   4 comments, latest 15 years ago
Just throwing it out to you all... I am a SF Bay Area renter. Prices haven't corrected all that well in the areas I might want to buy. But ...

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suggestion : linkification
by permanent_marker on 30 Jul 2009   Posted 15 years ago
Patrick how about enabling 'auto linkification' of all links posted into forum. I am sure there is a wordpress plugin out there. It will make it so much easier ...

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1409 Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA 94708
by permanent_marker on 27 Jul 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Berke I stumbled on to it on SFGate :Â http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ owned by Twitter cofounder Biz Stones 2bed, 2 bath, 808 sqft, for $575k "Design aficionados will sit up and ...

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foreclosures climb in SF Bay Area
by permanent_marker on 27 Jul 2009   Posted 15 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ "A ZIP code analysis of Bay Area default notices showed that many of the biggest increases were in higher-cost areas. Foreclosure-ridden towns such as Antioch still had high ...

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704 Kirk Glen Dr, San Jose, CA 95133
by permanent_marker on 20 Jul 2009   3 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-J Went to see this house. It was a flipper. Remodeled nicely. May 11, 2009 : sold for $429k now listed for : 594K sweet profit of 150K if ...

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how about a list of real estate professionals
by permanent_marker on 5 Jun 2009   4 comments, latest 15 years ago
that patrick.net readers worked with and found to be professional, ethical and a cut above the rest. We don't need to post the 'bad' ones, as that might lead ...

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database of California Pensions > 100k
by permanent_marker on 13 Jul 2009   Posted 15 years ago
http://www.californiapensionre This is getting a lot of attention, in light of current fiscal crisis in CA.

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Patrick, how do I post in 'property gossip'?
by permanent_marker on 7 Jul 2009   7 comments, latest 15 years ago
When I try to post on 'Property Gossip' it says it needs an address. Where is the address field? how do I enter the address? Thanks so much

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HGTV show - 'real estate intervention'
by permanent_marker on 2 Jul 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
any one watch this show? http://www.hgtv.com/real-estat delusional home owners are told what their house is actually worth. Kinda like watching Simon Cowel putting down lame singers at American Idol. ...

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LA times 'you balance budget'
by permanent_marker on 2 Jul 2009   Posted 15 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/news/lo interesting and ironic

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report says SF Bay area home prices rose in May!
by permanent_marker on 19 Jun 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
This is for 'high-end' homes: http://online.wsj.com/article/ WTF? say it isn't so!

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help with assessing loan eligibility...
by permanent_marker on 31 May 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
guys, I am wondering what is a good way of accessing my loan eligibility. I am not talking about PRE Qualifying or any thing. Just to get an idea ...

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1909 Vida Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043
by permanent_marker on 8 Apr 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
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