Archive for September, 2008
Lost in Space? Let’s get down to Earth!
Your lost in space, “with no direction home!” (apologies to Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rollin’ Stone”) I know that it’s been a crazy real estate market out there, but can you remember the last time interest rates were this low AND home prices were also this low? I can’t either. So why are you having a [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2008 under Real Estate Financing.
Tags: buying a home, Jay Friedman, moving to Camarillo, moving to Conejo Valley, moving to Thousand Oaks, moving to Ventura County, mutliple offers, pre-approval, real estate market, real steal
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Art & Jazz Festival
It’s time for the 2008 Camarillo Art & Jazz Festival which will take place in Old Town Camarillo on Ventura Boulevard, the Farmer’s Market area and Dizdar Park beginning with the Farmer’s Market at 8 a.m. All Day Art and Jazz From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. local professional artists and a range of musical [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2008 under Local Events.
Tags: Camarillo Art and Jazz Festival, Dave Koz, Dizdar park, Farmer's market, Old Town Camarillo, Royal Crown Revue, Ventura Boulevard
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Steals and Deals
Bank-owned, REOs, foreclosures — all names used when talking about a house that the lender has taken back. This week Camarillo has a total of 21 bank-owned homes currently listed for sale. There are currently a total of 324 properties listed for sale in Camarillo. The Conejo Valley this week has a total of 49 [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2008 under Bank-owned properties.
Tags: bank owned in Conejo Valley, bank-owned, bank-owned in Camarillo, bank-owned in Thousand Oaks, foreclosures, foreclosures in Camarillo, foreclosures in Conejo Valley, foreclosures in Thousand Oaks, REO, REO in Camarillo, REO in Conejo Valley, REO in Thousand Oaks
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Confused as to Why your Seller doesn’t want FHA?
Why is it that some sellers don’t want to accept an FHA offer? I’ll tell you why. It’s because they don’t know what they’re doing! They know as much about an FHA offer as this guy at the right. They’re still stuck in the old FHA thinking where the seller had to pay a lot [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Real Estate Financing.
Tags: buyers, FHA, Jay Friedman, lending, sellers
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Opportunity of lifetime for first-time buyers
We have have received questions about the new Housing and Economic Recovery Act. To take advantage of the tax credit, you would need to be a first-time home buyer who purchased from April 9, 2008, to June 1, 2009. Who qualifies for the tax credit of $7,500? Are there restrictions? Who is a first-time buyer? More questions?
Posted: September 2nd, 2008 under Real Estate Financing.
Tags: first-time buyers, tax credit
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