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How's the Market Around San Mateo? 07.30.10

A question I get often is” how’s the market doing?” That’s really been a depends answer until recently. It would depend on whether you were a seller and had to sell during a down market, a buyer looking for a great deal, or an investor. The data about the second quarter of 2010 came out this week and the cities around San Mateo are doing just fine, thank [...]

Free Webinar for First Time Home Buyers to Learn about Financing Options.

The webinar will cover the following topics:
-Different Loan Programs for First Time Buyers
-How to buy a house with no or low down payment?
-FHA vs Conventional – which one is better?
-6 Myths of FHA Loans – whats true whats not? [...]

San Mateo Market Report: San Mateo CA

Single family homes in San Mateo have held their own in pricing this past week. The Median price for everything sold was $699,000. There were 211 houses listed in the MLS showing an average of 124 days for these homes on the market. The most expensive house listed was for $2,795,000 and the least expensive was $349,900. [...]

Owning A Home Has Benefits: San Mateo, CA

Opportunity is knocking for all of you considering homeownership for the first time. We are seeing historically low interest rates, lower home prices in many areas around San Mateo and the first-time homebuyer tax [...]

First Time Buyers Seminar 9.15 – Foster City, CA

If you’re a First Time home buyer, how would you like to join in on a Challenge to get a Million Dollars worth of tax credits for 125 San Mateo County home buyers? We are trying to do just that through education on how to buy your first home and take advantage of the $8000 tax credit Congress is offering you. Come to Foster City’s Park and Rec’s Lagoon Room on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 and attend a free seminar, 6:15PM to 8:15PM [...]

Foster City, San Mateo – This is an Anniversary You Should Remember

One hundred and three years ago, at 5:15 AM on April 18th, Northern California shook awake rudely.  The Great Quake of San Francisco roared her ugly head and nothing was to remain the same after that morning.  Fire was the big evil.  Funny, but fire was the big evil in 1989 when the Loma Prieta [...]

Foster City – 2009 is The Time To Buy. High Conforming Loans Are Only Here This Year.

We all know that we live in one of the most expensive areas in the country.  You’d think that the powers in Washington knew that, too, but they sure didn’t act as though that was the case.  Perhaps it was the Bush Administration who hated anything California and because of that they penalized the entire [...]

San Mateo Single Family Market Report – 1.28.09

The City of San Mateo

The City of San Mateo had 140 houses for sale last week with a Median price of $677,000. The Average price of those houses for sale was $820,827, with the least expensive house listed at $399,000 – something we haven’t seen for years. The most expensive house was listed [...]

San Mateo-Foster City Schools May Be Making Dramatic Changes

If you live in either San Mateo or Foster City you have likely received a letter from the San Mateo-Foster City School District.  They have just completed a series of Focus Groups with parents of children either getting ready to enter Kindergarten or already enrolled in targeted schools within San Mateo.  These Focus Groups have [...]

Are You Looking For a Loan to Buy or Refi in San Mateo? Here’s Some Important Info For You.

I am always looking for tips to help you in your real estate transactions be it buying, selling or refinancing.  This commentary, written by Edward Jamison, ESQ, comes to me from Lilyette Uriate and is filled with tips to help you now, and especially in the future, when you have all but forgotten where you [...]