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Green Building Materials in residential construction have evolved over time. The post I wrote about EcoRock was a widely read article that highlighted an eco-friendly drywall to be used in place of its paper predecessor. Now the days of straw houses and the three little pigs are over. Now it's ...
01/06/2008
Fewer Jobs were created in the month of December 2007 than were expected. Increasing the likelihood of the Fed cutting another half point at the next Federal Reserve meeting scheduled on January 29th. Ironically there was job GROWTH in the Real Estate sector. Can I be reading that wrong? There...
01/06/2008
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I thought I would share a great website many of us can use in 2008. As I focus my Real Estate business on Gen Y clientele; technology is more and more important. Check out... http://www.mytechopinion.com/This site is great to help build your Real Estate business with a tech focus. Technology for ...
12/30/2007
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Were the first 3 credit destroying tips not enough? Maybe the holiday shopping went way past the ninth inning. If you still feel the need to chip away and make your credit score look more like your golf handicap here are the final four credit meltdowns."Isn't it a wonderful time for Christmas....
12/30/2007
The term "Mortgage Insurance" use to be a menacing word. The stigma of mortgage insurance was non-tax deductible, a waste of money and money that could be spent improving a first time homebuyer's home. Now MI is viewed as a vehicle for many first time home buyers to be able to purchase their fir...
12/30/2007
Earlier this month I outlined city financing and down payment assistance programs offered for Pleasanton First Time Homebuyers, Dublin First Time Homebuyers and Livermore's First Time Homebuyers. Today I would like to deliver on a silver platter a program that can be used in conjunction with some...
12/26/2007
Little over six month ago a parcel tax on Pleasanton homes was presented in an economic development meeting at the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce. Today it's going public. The Pleasanton school board has requested an independent consultant to conduct a survey of Pleasanton homes residents. The su...
12/20/2007
"Project 7TEN at first impression on 7TEN website says everything that can't communicate through words. This is truly a unique home that makes a statement of the individual who will call it home".What can you find on EBAY that comes with a $2.85 million dollar price tag?To discover this luxury...
12/16/2007
Said to be an 833 billion dollar industry in 2006 and is planned to be the next big job boom since the dot com era, Clean-tech industries is coming to the East Bay to what's named the "Green Corridor". Future job numbers are estimated to reach 40 million jobs and a 4.5 Trillion dollar industry b...
12/14/2007
The Federal Reserve Tuesday announced that they would act in the form of a Quarter Point Rate Cut for the last action of 2007. Investors on Wall Street had anticipated a full half point cut and showed their disappointment by punishing stocks and driving the 10yr bond yield higher (meaning actual...
12/12/2007
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With over a decade of experience in Mortgage Finance, I have been a source for Realtors and home buyers alike. Technology has been a great tool to facilitate the process and provide current information for my clients. I designed Loan Squawk so Realtors and Home Buyers alike can have a trusted source of information regarding the Mortgage Industry as it happens. It is my goal to make the process an informative and pleasant one for you.
Whether it be FHA, VA, Homepath, a conventional loan or any of the myriad of first time homebuyer products, I can assure you we will work together to meet your home ownership goals.