Taking the Plunge: First-Time Homebuyer Programs

Every time I go to a social gathering these days (from BBQ’s to weddings to birthdays) two life-changing events keep popping up: having babies and buying a home. Sure, having kids and nesting into a home are nothing new under the sun, but in the Bay Area with home prices and cost [...]

Bay Area FHA loans drive the purchase market with City First Time Home Buyer Programs

FHA loans will be the primary financing tool used in 2009 along with city funded Down Payment Assistance Programs (DAPs). With seller funded down payment programs not available such as Nehemiah city DAP’s will be the driving force in 2009 for closing cost assistance or down payment help.  FHA can be used with [...]

CastleView Estates- California’s first totally Green community:

Green or environmentally friendly building projects have become more popular in recent years as awareness of global warming and other environmental concerns has increased. Pleasanton’s CastleView Estates is the first community in California to be completely independent of local water districts and PG&E.  Being the first to totally go green in a community which recycles [...]

Castleview Estates Press Release- Pleasanton first to provide 100% Self Sustained Community

In an effort to finance and promote Green sustainable homes in the Bay Area I would like to share with you Castleview Estates. I will bring you information as it is released on this 100% self sufficient community in Pleasanton. If you or anyone you may know is looking for Green Real Estate in the [...]

Castleview Estates, Green Homes First to be 100% Self Sufficient Community in Pleasanton-

Castleview Estates are touting itself the first 100% green self sufficient development in the United States. The 52-acre development will be a national model as an Ag/City development. Water treated from the residential homes will be treated to support the agriculture irrigating the alfalfa intern feeding the ostrich farm currently located on the Happy Valley [...]