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Santa Cruz Gets Highest FHA Loan Limit - …
Counties that get the $729,750 maximum for FHA loans are likely to get that same level for Fannie…
Santa Cruz Real Estate Industry Consolidation
And it's no surprise, either, that Flat Rate Realty closed an office - these discount brokerages do good…
Watsonville Foreclosures Meet the Press
On the eve of our tour down to Watsonville to look at some REO foreclosure opportunities, I got…
Down Home Inspections
There is licensing for termite inspectors, and every termite report, after it's completed, gets shipped off to the…
Short Sales - Salvation or Scam?
There are short sale gurus out there all over the place selling seminars and CDs and books to…
A Realtor, Verizon, and his Smart Phone
"Shouldn't you have a feature where you can get your system to send out a friggin' text message…
Watsonville Foreclosure Tour
I just spent the last hour or so going through every house and condo listing from Larkin Valley…
January foreclosures up 57%
A good portion of people who receive notices of default will be able to cure the default or…
Real High Stakes Poker, Round Two
The seller had actually already signed the documents she needed to, all that was left for the buyers…
Notes from the Bay Area Foreclosure Auction
I'd turned my brother on to the foreclosure auction some weeks ago, and he'd actually taken the time…
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