Viral Marketing and Single Property Websites- Reaching the end goal…CONSUMERS

The Internet has become the primary shopping tool for would be home buyers in the Bay Area. Now more than ever property websites and Viral Marketing  make up the most important tool to marketing  and selling your Real Estate listing. It is the job of a Realtor to represent the property and market it to [...]

New credit scoring system on the horizon for future home buyers- LEAP now or forever hold your peace

On January 29, 2009 TransUnion rolled out and made available the credit-scoring model called FICO 08. This is the newest version of the FICO® credit score, which is simply a redevelopment of their widely used industry standard classic score. The long awaited release of this model is good news for lenders, low risk borrowers, and [...]

Will Seller Funded Down Payment assistance return for Bay Area Homebuyers?

Down Payment Assistance has been a hot topic among home buyers and now law makers. In new legislation HR600 law makers are proposing a bill that would bring back seller funded down payment assistance to be combined with such programs like FHA financing. Highlighted below is some great information off of FHALoanPros.com
The “FHA Seller-Financed Down [...]

Bay Area Housing Auctions 9 out of 10 are overpaying: Bank Owned REO is the way to go!

I read another great article on the Tulia Blog by Realtor Carl Medford. He outlines the fine print and what you need to know about the housing auctions going on in the East Bay. In my experience some savvy investors can do well at housing auctions but 9 out of 10 [...]