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Short Sale: California’s Transition Assistance Program

Distressed California Homeowners May Qualify for California’s Keep Your Home California Transition Assistance Program (TAP) If your financially distressed California clients can no longer afford their homes and are pursuing a short sale or a deed in lieu of...

Three tips for staging your home to sell

Today’s buyers are looking for turnkey homes. That is, they want to move right in without having to do a lot of work. Buyers with busy lifestyles pay a premium for listings that are in prime condition. Staging can make the difference between a listing selling or...

What The Purchase Offer Contains

Lately, I have been getting asked many questions about what it takes to buy a home and how to start the process.  So, today, I thought I would write on what exactly an “offer” is comprised of.  This year, the California Realtor Association has re-vamped...

Good News for California Homebuyers!

Governor Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 183, the Homebuyer Tax Credit legislation, into law today. This is a law that will allow for approximately $200 million for home buyer tax credits,. Of this $200 million, about half will be set aside for first-time home...

HAFA Under HAMP: What It Means For Buyers of Short Sales

Earlier I wrote about how the federal government was going to institute the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives ("HAFA") program that is aimed at streamlining the short sale process specifically for properties with mortgages owned or guaranteed by...