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2012
We love the Zig Ziglar motivation and success articles and share this one with you. ___________________________________________ "Night Cookies Are Good For You" - By Zig Ziglar Dr. Buckner Fanning, doing a take-off on “Peanuts,” tells this little parable. It’s a dark night and Snoopy is out...
11/27/2012
The amazing decline at Orange County CA housing market in number of homes listed for sale favors sellers in a big way. Hottest price range of Orange County CA homes selling are those below $750k - which makes up 57 percent of active for sale inventory - and 82 percent of market demand. This pric...
11/26/2012
Mortgage rates again at all-time lows creates fantastic opportunity for home and property sellers to get best possible price in years. From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey (as of November 22, 2012), and for the second week in a row, we see new all-time record lows on 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate ...
11/25/2012
The closer we get to December 31, 2012 - people with debt to be forgiven on short sale or foreclosure or loan modification will get nervous. Income debt tax relief on forgiven debt law is set to expire December 31, 2012. Unless Congress and the California State legislature take action, a b...
11/24/2012
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The first year of owning a home in California can be confusing because of county government cycle for assessing property values and sending out tax bills. The tax assessors office sends out property tax bills every year in September, based on the property's assessed value on January 1st of th...
11/20/2012
3 out of 4 Orange County CA homes for sale went into escrow last month during October 2012 - and many more for sale listings are needed to meet growing buyer demand. Buyers seeing value in moderated home prices and low interest rates have caused average market time for OC homes to be amazingly ...
11/18/2012
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"Election Day" - by Walt Whitman - 1884 If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene andshow, 'Twould not be you, Niagara--nor you, ye limitless prairies--noryour huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor you, Yosemite -- nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmicgeyser-loops ascendi...
11/06/2012
While Irvine CA real estate continues with hot buyer demand, needing more properties listed for sale, the selling rate and prices continue with positive upswing. During the past 30 days 199 Irvine homes were sold - 25 percent more than sold during the same time last year. The median sales pric...
11/03/2012
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