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2012 

  REO buyers should make sure that REO lender/sellers provide all disclosures that are required by law. REO lender/sellers in California are in some situations exempt from property disclosures to buyers based upon theory that they are not familiar with the properties acquired through foreclosure....
02/28/2012
  Newport Beach CA real estate and home selling market update shows some interesting changes. 92 Newport Beach homes have sold so far this year (January 1 to February 26, 2012) - with average sold price of $1,286,477 - average market time of 117 days for sold homes. 82 Newport beach homes were s...
02/27/2012
  California government has favored consumers for many years and has imposed laws to protect home buyers. New CA law now says that home sellers must disclose to buyers whether there are water-conserving plumbing fixtures. The Transfer Disclosure Statement (form provided by California Association ...
02/23/2012
  East Costa Mesa is a most popular area at Orange County CA - with old-fashioned neighborhoods where people and kids walk and bike to visit each other, attend good schools, enjoy public parks, nice churches, shop at local markets and restaurants - at gentrified commercial areas on 17th Street. ...
02/20/2012
  REALTORs® and real estate professionals and their customers are looking for local market trends. We have something new to talk about now when people at Orange County CA ask - "How is the real estate market?"  Buyer demand for Orange County CA homes and properties during first 6 weeks of this ye...
02/19/2012
  People ask us about lease option agreements to buy properties. California real estate contracts sometimes have  OPTIONS granted to lessees and proposed buyers. A rent-to-own or LEASE OPTION contract usually contains an OPTION TO PURCHASE clause.  Sometimes developers get separate OPTIONS TO PUR...
02/18/2012
Purchase money loan and mortgage rates quoted today by First Capital Mortgage, Newport Beach, CA, continue to be amazingly low.     Tim Sibley Direct 949.721.5018Fax 949.640.7091tsibley@firstcapitalmtg.com Sam Isaac Direct 949.574.3556Fax 949.640.7091sisaac@firstcapitalmtg.com Downloads   Loan Ap...
02/17/2012
  Investors got busy last month during January 2012 at Orange County CA real estate. The Orange County Register has reported  that Orange County CA home sold prices were below $400,000 in January 2012 for the first time in 33 months, and the number of sales also slowed. Orange County’s median hom...
02/16/2012
  10,898 Orange County CA properties are in the foreclosure pipeline as of today - February 15, 2012 - after filing of notice of default and prior to trustee auction sale at end of foreclosure. Recent trend at Orange County Ca real estate is that time from default to foreclosure (average number ...
02/14/2012
   California New Smokefree Housing Law for 2012 The  California Smokefree Housing Law (SB 332) went into effect on January 1, 2012 - added Section 1947.5 to the California Civil Code - and gives multifamily property owners and managers the power to prohibit smoking in rental units.   This authro...
02/10/2012
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