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Real Estate & Mortgage Market News & Commentary for the San Francisco Bay Area

Blog by Russ Boyd
San Mateo, California

Updates and commentary plus video for home owners and home buyers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Real Estate & Mortgage Market News & Commentary for the San Francisco Bay Area

A Thanksgiving Gift from First Time Home Buyers

Nov. 22, 2009
I’m thankful for all the first time home buyers who, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors®, have represented 47% of buyers this year. This surpasses the previous high record of first time purchasers set back in 1991.

Is the Demise of the Buyers Market at Hand?

Nov. 8, 2009
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You Have Questions, I have Answers.

Oct. 25, 2009
Over the past several weeks I have been asked about several recent media stories surrounding the real estate and mortgage market. Tax Credit, Mortgage Protection, Foreclosure Scams,Loan Modifications,IRS

Belonging to Something Larger Thank Ourselves

Oct. 19, 2009
Since its inception, the Intero Foundation has donated $1,367,365 to local non profit organizations that serve children. To give you an idea of all the non-profits The Foundation has been able to contribute to since its founding see the long list followin

How to be a Sucessful Buyer of a Short Sale or Foreclosure

Sep. 26, 2009
Many of our buyer clients are currently focused on the entry-level or first-time move-up categories. As I’ve been mentioning for months, housing inventory has dwindled sharply and many of the homes for sale are lender-controlled. In other words many o

Like a Celestial Alignment-A Rarely Seen Convergence of Events that Benefit Home-Buyers

Sep. 21, 2009
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The Tale of Two Sales-FannieMae, are you Listening?

Sep. 15, 2009
As you might imagine, interesting stories abound in the real estate and mortgage business today. The Tale of Two Sales illustrate the challenges buyers and sellers are facing today.

Bay Area Housing Inventory Shrinks-Tips for Buyers and Sellers

Sep. 5, 2009
All across the Bay Area, Pending Home Sales rise and housing inventory continues to shrink. What does a buyer or seller do in a low inventory market? Answers below...

Time to get off the Real Estate Roller Coaster

Aug. 31, 2009
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Why Would You?

Aug. 23, 2009
Why would you (or me for that matter) submit your personal information to a real estate or mortgage website

"Worst of the Real Estate Recession Over" Declares Economist

Aug. 2, 2009
Recent headlines have reported news that strongly suggest we may be at the bottom of the real estate market. In the words of David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities, "The worst of the housing recession is now behind us."

Bay Area median Prices on the Upswing!

Jun. 24, 2009
Commentary Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video byTubeMogul.com . How To videos can be seen at Howcast.com . All Russ Boyd's videos are archived here .... [Read More]

How NY Attorney General Stuck it to Consumers!

Jun. 13, 2009
Learn how the Attorney General from New York, Andrew Cuomo, implemented a nation policy that has negative implications for home owners, home buyers and home sellers.