FHA Update- Lenders tightening FICO requirements:

A number of lenders nationwide are offering FHA mortgages – but with terms that are tougher than the FHA requires.
“Wells Fargo & Co., the second-largest U.S. home lender, and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., the biggest privately held mortgage company, are raising credit score requirements and other standards for government-insured loans,” according to Bloomberg [...]

San Francisco proposes subsidy program to encourage solar panel installation

Homeowners who choose to install Solar Panels get help from the City of San Francisco in new subsidy program that was proposed on Tuesday. Some experts say the effort is groundbreaking and, if implemented, could be the nation’s biggest such program. The proposed subsidy would be $3,000 and $5,000 per residence and up to $10,000 [...]

Richmond, CA set to join the bandwagon and ban Styrofoam…

On Tuesday December 4, 2007 the city of Richmond was set to decide if directing staff to study ways to reduce waste, including banning polystyrene, would be cost effective.   Mayor, Gayle McLaughlin, is highly pushing for the ban on polystyrene and other ways to reduce waste in landfills.  Richmond is among the few that has [...]

San Francisco Pioneers Solar Power Billboard:

Real Estate is taking on a whole new meaning today in San Francisco.

No, they are not bringing little Las Vegas to San Francisco that is just a small tribute to a great Las Vegas Real Estate site. Off the 101 freeway in San Francisco visible from the 9th Street Exit PG&E has changed the SF [...]