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Santa Cruz Gets Highest FHA Loan Limit - …

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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%

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

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

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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