Bob Santucci's (bobsantucci) Blog

  FHA high balance loan limits to expire on September 30th. The loan limits were set at $660,000. And the new limit will be at $520,700. If you are purchasing a home for an amount that is higher than this you will need to get a jumbo loan.   Hunt Conrad of Prospect Mortgage remarked “I do not thi...

Fine Healdsburg Real Estate Overview Maps Photos Description Video Market Stats IDX Search $975,000 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms3 BathroomsInterior: 2536 sqftLot: 22,651 sqft Location 813 March AvenueHealdsburg, CA 95448USA To get updates on open home dates and other property even...

  MARKET UPDATE   I believe that history often repeats itself and if that is true than many experts may be wrong in their opinion as to how long this market will take to recover. In each and every of our economic downturns the rebound was always quicker and stronger than anticipated. This could h...

Hi Everyone, It has come to my attention that I am not posting enough here to qualify as a leader in Healdsburg Real estate. In the great words of Pat Paulsen all I can say is picky, picky, picky. I say that tongue in cheeck because this has been a very busy time in real esate for us. We have wel...

wow, Here we are at the begining of another summer in the wine country. I am excited about this year and all the good change that has taken place. We do have so much to be grateful for. I have not been blogging so much lately. I have a weekly real estate column on the web at patch.com/Healdsburg....

With Easter just around the corner it is a great time to reflect on what you have done best the past five years and build on that. My greatest successes have been in my ability to list homes and get better exposure than any of my competitors. I do love listing homes and all of the preparation tha...

 Three local real estate offices have changed the names of their offices in the past week. Frank Howard Allen Realty is now named Wine Country Group Realtors by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. They will remain in the same location at 119 North Street in Healdsburg. The announcement came at ...

Last week I addressed the issue that this is a good time according to history and the housing cycle to purchase a home. This week let's talk about funding and is it available. You need to be diligent and exhaust every resource. There are some sources that come and go depending if the fed is fundi...

I am proud to announce that our brand new Century 21 office is almost ready to open at 435 Healdsburg Avenue. It is under new ownership and will prove to be the leader in the Healdsburg real estate market. It will now be known as Century 21 NorthBay Alliance and it is part of the Century 21 Allia...

For years now we have heard that it is good to change your smoke detector batteries when you change your clocks for daylight savings time. The truth is that since 1980 there has been a need to replace the type of smoke detectors that are in 95 percent of American homes. "They just don't do the jo...