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It’s a Great Time to Buy…No Really, It Is
I know you are cringing…a real estate agent suggesting that it’s a great time to buy. But maybe the time has come in Orange County to buy a home or invest in real estate. Sadly, after the unfortunate ad campaigns from the National Association of Realtors (N.A.R.) over the last few years, a Realtor touting… [Continue Reading]
C.A.R.’s Open Letter on Short Sales – No Surprises and No Solutions
Today the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R) published a full page open letter advertisement in seven of the state’s most widely circulated newspapers to address the short sale crisis faced by homeowners throughout the nation and in the state. The letter can be found on the C.A.R. site, although it’s not the exact version as… [Continue Reading]
C.A.R. Attempts To Improve the Short Sale Nightmare
I received an interesting email today from the President of the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.), Beth Peerce. It was to notify C.A.R. members of an initiative that they will be launching tomorrow in an attempt to ‘improve the short sale process’. The email in its entirety is as follows: March 9, 2011 Dear Linsey,… [Continue Reading]
Are Foreclosed Homes the Best Deal?
With buyers on the lookout for that coveted ‘good deal’, I wanted to dig into the numbers in South Orange County to see what they would reveal. Last week I wrote a post about Orange County foreclosures after watching Good Morning America tout the great savings a buyer can achieve when buying a foreclosed, or… [Continue Reading]
Foreclosure Reality Check
This morning I watched a piece on Good Morning America (can be viewed at the bottom of this post) about the nation’s foreclosure crisis and the potential savings a buyer can achieve by buying a Bank Owned property. Some of it I found a bit misleading or simply not applicable in our South Orange County… [Continue Reading]
