The figures are in for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties’ Home sales. The biggest factors influencing housing trends in the East Bay are jumbo loan financing (loans over $417K) and the significant drop in the number of transactions.
Sales of upper end homes has been supporting the stabiity of the median home price in the […]

There is one hell of a golden opportunity in the making for first-time buyers in the East Bay of California. The chances are many will miss it because they have been brain-washed by the doom and gloom of the past eighteen months.
With all of the press around the downturn in the housing market and the […]

Podcast: Foreign Buyers Use Weak Dollar To Boost U.S. Housing Market Dan Green - The Mortgage Reports
Linda Stern at the Boston Globe says ? Even in a buyer’s market, house hunters need a plan to avoid mistakes Know Your Market and Find the Right Mortgage ? Some online mortgage websites claim to weigh competing offers, […]

How People Got into Trouble Lately (and how not to be one of them)
The media is of full of stories today about many homeowners in trouble.
As you contemplate your own purchase, you don?t want to end up like these people. While there are many reasons why certain homeowners are having difficulties today, the biggest reason […]