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955 Bear Creek Way
SOLD $180,000.00 within 1 week of listing. Not a Foreclosure or Short Sale! |
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9406 Stanfield Court
SOLD $169,000.00 within 1 week of listing! Not a Foreclosure or Short Sale! |
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The fight for condo transparency
DEAR BENNY: I live in a 35-unit condominium complex. The homeowners association is incorporated and is led by a board of directors elected by the homeowners. I am concerned about the way the board of directors conducts the overall operation of the association. Many practices are in opposition to the bylaws, and some of the needs of the community are being neglected.
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Add power to purchase offer
Figuring out how much to offer on a home you'd like to make your own is never easy. A complicating factor is that although it appears that the housing market may be stabilizing, there is no guarantee that prices won't slip further.
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New lead rules affect pre-1978 homes
Many houses, apartments and other buildings that were built prior to 1978 may have paint in them that contains lead. Lead-based paint can pose serious health hazards if not taken care of properly, especially for children and pregnant women. If you live in a home that was built prior to 1978, or if you're thinking of buying or renovating one, this is certainly an issue that you need to be aware of.
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CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
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Jan Fetzik,SRES
REALTOR®
docter & Docter Realtors
878 W. Benjamin Holt Drive
Stockton,
CA
95207
209.473.4336
209.639.4336
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AUGUST IS "SHOOTING STAR" MONTH!
How are you doing? It is already August and I love this weather we are experiencing! Last month for that Summer Fling before getting the kids ready for school! Real Estate interest rates are really fantastic, mostly still under 5.00% but where did all the buyers go? This has been a tough year for all of us in the Real Estate business. Short Sales are taking over the listing marketplace and take several months to close. In the meantime, your buyers get anxious and tired of waiting for the short sale banks to make their final decision. Some banks are even foreclosing on the homes right in the middle of your process! You have to be tough as nails to be in this business at this time! New credit criteria has really affected our buyers borrowing power. There are no more freebies from the government either but you just can't beat those interest rates! I used to think that any loan under 6.00% was a fantastic deal! We will survive this year and it can only get better and better!
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When double-pane glass needs replacing
Q: I am sort of handy around the house and was wondering how difficult it is to remove and replace the windows in my house. There seems to be moisture between the double-pane windows now. Any tips? --Frank C.
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Seven rules for room additions
If you're happy with your home and your neighborhood but are craving a little more space, maybe adding on is a better alternative to moving out. Room additions can be a terrific alternative for many homes, adding space for a growing family and adding resale value at the same time.
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Water conservation tips
It seems you can hardly open a newspaper these days without reading the headline "Water is the new oil." But what does that mean exactly? In fact, water shortages may cause more severe problems than oil shortages: our lives literally depend on water, plus there are several alternatives to fuel but none really to water. We can technically "make" more water through techniques like rainwater catchment and desalination, but few individual homeowners have their own catchment tanks and even fewer are likely to rig up their own desalination plant. Even if such things were easy, it would still behoove us all to reduce our water usage first, not only because water is scarce, but also because we could all stand to shave a few dollars off our water bills. With that in mind we compiled the following tips to help you do exactly that.
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Good Faith Estimate contains some 'quirks'
As of Jan. 1, 2010, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required lenders to provide mortgage borrowers with a new three-page Good Faith Estimate (GFE) to protect consumers who are applying for a mortgage.
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Sellers face new dilemma in timing the market
Some sellers have been biding their time for three years and now wonder if they should continue to wait or bite the bullet and sell now.
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