5 Important Interesting Items That Occurred on January 31 By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate guide selling homes in San Jose If you’ve read my www.ActiveRain.com/Resultsblog, you know one of the pastimes I enjoy is learning new facts and interesting pieces of history. Sometimes I
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01/31/2013
I love Mimi's reminder that even an inconvenience, such as the 1 cent postage increase, can be converted into an opportunity. In The cost of a one cent stamp she shares a stratgegy she and I have used before. It's easy to forget about these changes. It's valuable when someone reminders you. It's
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01/30/2013
Please read this post: What Effect the New QM Rules Could Have on Mortgages in the Future? Home buyers in higher priced markets definitely tend to need higher ratios-we see this in Silicon Valley for sure. It's easy for someone to say 90% of buyers won’t be effected by a 43% debt ratio-but in whi
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01/30/2013
Here is a helpful post with a question clients may ask you: Does Participating In Consumer Credit Counseling Disqualify A Borrower For A Mortgage? As he noted, FHA says OK, FNMA says nothing. Importantly, people need to realize that a Consumer Credit Counseling Service many times will not make p
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01/30/2013
15 Strange But True World-Changing Facts That Happened on January 30 By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate guide selling homes in San Jose Are you an inquisitive person who enjoys learning? If you’ve read my blog, you know one of the pastimes I enjoy is discovering new facts and inte
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01/30/2013
Nationwide Housing Affordability Index at Highest Level Since 1970 by Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley guide and Cupertino real estate agent The National Association of REALTORS(R), aka NAR, reports the Nationwide Housing Affordability Index is at its highest level since tracking began in 1970
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01/29/2013
4 Homes for Sale Under $100K in Lewis County, Wash. Buy 1 or All 4 Cash Offers Please by Michelle Carr-Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate agent We are selling 4 homes and 1 commercial property in rural Lewis County, Washington, located just off Scenic Byway Highway 12. Please call listing agent
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01/28/2013
Silicon Valley Estate Sells for Record-Breaking $117.5 Million by Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley Luxury home sales An investor's impressive estate in Woodside, Calif., sold for $117.5 million in November, 2012, one of the highest prices ever paid for a residential property in the U.S., as r
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01/27/2013
I love unusual facts and these special February holidays collected here - well, let's just say I doubt you've ever heard of even one of them. While I'm sure that some are marketing-created events such as Cherry Pie Day or Natinoal Tortilla Chip Day, others are more "real." For example, Polar Bear
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01/27/2013
This is exciting news for Silicon Valley. This Woodside estate sold for $117.5M. As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, this was the 2nd highest price paid for a U.S. property. (The highest price paid was for one in Montana that included I believe a half a head of cattle as well.) One of the h
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01/27/2013