Who Knows What About Short Sales?

As I manage my real estate business helping clients buy and sell their homes in Chula Vista, I constantly run across agents in the MLS (the multiple listing service) which all claim to be “Short Sale Experts”. Funny enough, it’s been my experience that those same agents advertising themselves as “Short Sale Experts” are the […]

I Am Upside Down, Now What? [Part 2]

I’m upside down, now what? In part 1 I went over the the sense of entitlement some home owners may have due to their declining property values yet have no financial hardship. In today’s part 2 I’m talking to those who are facing financial difficulties . There has been much talk following the housing collapse […]

Home Prices Roll Backward

An article today in the San Diego Union Tribune which read “Home Prices Roll Backward”. To my surprise actually, and I do want to give credit to Roger Showley at the San Diego Union Tribune for not making this a negative piece and taking this opportunity to making this a negative point in the economy […]

Foreclosures Up, Defaults Down?

A look into what caused a 41.9% spike in foreclosures for the month of December and why are notices of default declining. Should we expect to see many new forclosures on the market? No In Case you missed it there was an article in the San Diego Union Tribune, written by Roger Showley which showed […]

Pending Home Sales Surge, Now What?

For the seventh consecutive month, pending sales of existing homes rose sharply in August reaching it’s highest level since March 2007. The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts was up 6.4% to 103.8, which makes it the longest consecutive month to month increase since the index began tracking in […]