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  • 30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop Yet Again

    By Chris Largent - Staff Writer
    30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop Yet Again

    For the second straight week rates for 30-year home loans dipped slightly lower, but still remains above the record low recorded last year. Freddie Mac reported this... » more

  • Marketing Strategies: Do You Have What it Takes to Succeed?

    By Maya Bailey Ph.D. - Contributing Writer
    Marketing Strategies: Do You Have What it Takes to Succeed?

    If you're like most entrepreneurs that I coach you have asked yourself this question, "Do I have what it takes to succeed?" either on a conscious level of subconscious level. Chances are you do have everything... » more

  • Citigroup Gives Distressed Homeowners A Temporary Reprieve

    By Chris Largent
    Citigroup Gives Distressed Homeowners A Temporary Reprieve

    Citigroup Inc. announced last week that it plans on letting homeowners who are on the verge of foreclosure stay in their homes for six months provided that they turn over the deed to their property back to... » more

  • Investors Plunking Down Cash For Homes

    By Jim Wasserman - Sacramento Bee
    Investors Plunking Down Cash For Homes

    Investors paying cash for houses accounted for one in four home sales during the past year in Sacramento County and West Sacramento, becoming dominating players in a distressed market and squeezing out... » more

  • Sacramento Buyers Claim Surprise At Tiny California Tax Credit

    By Jim Wasserman - Sacramento Bee
    Sacramento Buyers Claim Surprise At Tiny California Tax Credit

    This question comes from a summer 2009 home buyer in Lincoln who just got his taxes done and says he's getting nowhere near a $3,333 state tax credit. In fact his tax 2010 credit will be something along... » more

  • Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How to Attract Your Ideal Client

    By Maya Bailey Ph.D. - Contributing Writer
    Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How to Attract Your Ideal Client

    Wouldn't it be nice to know that you had the power to attract only those clients that you really love to work with? Imagine the joy and satisfaction you'd feel getting up in the morning knowing that your day would be... » more

  • Anti-Flipping Rule Revised By The FHA

    By Chris Largent - Staff Writer
    Anti-Flipping Rule Revised By The FHA

    Fix and Flip Investor LawsThe Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently revised its "anti-flipping" rule. The reason for the original ban was a reaction to illegal quick flips of homes that would in turn artificially inflated the homes value well beyo » more

  • Flippers Back In Vogue In Sacramento Housing Market

    By Jim Wasserman - Sacramento Bee
    Flippers Back In Vogue In Sacramento Housing Market

    House flipping, the timeless buy-low, sell-high strategy is back. ousands engaged in it during the real estate boom. Hundreds are trying it in the bust. Property researcher MDA DataQuick tells... » more

  • 30 Year Mortgage Rates Moving Higher

    By Chris Largent - Staff Writer
    30 Year Mortgage Rates Moving Higher

    Freddie Mac reported yesterday that 30-year fixed mortgage rates rose slightly this week and is now at 5.01 percent up from 4.98 percent last week. This time last year the average rate for a 30-year fixed... » more

  • California Homebuyer Tax Credit Sought Again

    By Jim Wasserman - Sacramento Bee
    California Homebuyer Tax Credit Sought Again

    Republican State Sen. Roy Ashburn, aiming to repeat last year's midnight-hour passage of homebuyer tax credits as part of a $42 billion budget-cutting agreement, introduced new legislation Monday to... » more

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