The great advantages of buying now: In addition to the intangibles that cannot be quantified, including the memories of raising a family in your own home, painting the walls the color of your choice, not being at the mercy of a landlord who could decide to sell or worse lose their home to foreclosure, and the more…
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MORTGAGE MARKET WEEK IN REVIEW The big news this week is the rise in oil prices. High Oil prices are detrimental for the fragile US economy as consumers have to put more of their discretionary dollars into their gas tanks – meaning they have less to spend elsewhere. High Oil prices are also “inflationary” as…
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, arguably America’s greatest architect, designed more than 1,000 buildings in his 70-year career. And one dog house right here in our marvelous Marin County. This is a great story with two morals: no. 1, even important and famous people are not too proud to take the time to make a child happy…
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How clean are the fruits and vegetables you eat? Unless you pick your food straight from the farm, your food is likely more dirty than you think.
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Each year the Marin Designers’ Showcase, a fundraising event for the Center for Volunteer and NonprofitLeadership, is held during the month of February and allows the public to visit an extraordinary estate decorated by the best Bay Area designers. You will not be disappointed this year, the showcase home is absolutely spectacular. 425 Belvedere Avenue embodies…
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Are you building a custom home or doing a full remodel of your Marin County kitchen? Here are some great ideas from Houzz to make your kitchen more efficient and more attractive: They range from very simple and inexpensive to more costly and complicated and include: – Hidden sponge storage in front of your sink -…
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Single Family Homes: The Marin County real estate spring selling season traditionally kicks off after Super Bowl Sunday. However, the unseasonably warm and sunny weather we’ve enjoyed recently, rock bottom interest rates and reduced home prices, have spurred buyers to step up and snap up properties in January in all price ranges, often within just…
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MORTGAGE MARKET WEEK IN REVIEW This week began with interest rates in record low territory but as the week progressed rates moved higher in response to positive news about the American economy and a potential EU solution for the Debt Crisis in Greece. CURRENT INTEREST RATES | FEBRUARY 17, 2012 CONFORMING RATES…
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Lease-options are hard to find in Marin County. In a lease-option, sellers must be willing to wait a year or longer to cash out their equity – and most don’t fall into that category. Our Marin County inventory is very limited currently. With pent-up buyer demand, sellers generally get market value at today’s prices and relief…
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The government’s new, revamped HARP program is 6 weeks from release. Homeowners are gearing up to refinance.
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