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Per CNNMoney.com, the goverment just set up a new website to help homeowner's get more information regarding the new plan to help stop foreclosures. The banks admitted they were not ready to start the process to help over 9 million homeowner's stay in their homes but this will help answer questions while we all our waiting for the banks to get set up and get the ball rolling on this. Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase have all stated they will participate in this program. There a… Continue

I have heard horror stories about vacant home being flooded or having water damage due to the cold winter months here but unfortunately, I just experienced it first hand. I have an offer on a bank owned property and even though the water had been turned off and the home was winterized it still happened. How? you ask, because the listing agent had the water company turn the water back on with no one there. When the plumber came out to de winterize the home, he noticed water leaking out of a wall… Continue

There has been a lot of talk about Move Inc. and Active Rain recently, in fact just this morning I saw it it in the headlines again. I have also heard recently that Active Rain is now going to charge new bloggers and people that have not blogged in a long time a fee of $29.00 a month. With so many internet social media groups out there, I want to know how they expect people to pay for that especially during these tough times. I saw a poll where the question was being asked if agents would pay fo… Continue

Last week, Oprah had a show on the effects of the recession. Her main focus was Sacramento. Since the show, I have had a real hard time maybe because I realized the extent of the damage from this recession. This recession has hit many people I know very hard. Whether it be someone I know lost a job or they lost their home, this has effected so many people even divorce rates are up. In the show, the showed a series on "tent cities" and how they are now all over the city. There was a few brief int… Continue

Today, HomeGain released their results of their REALTOR survey and according to HomeGain, sellers feel that REALTORS are telling them their homes are worth less than what sellers fell they are. It seems that sellers understand what has happened to the real estate market but they don't believe that it applies to their homes.( What a Surprise!) The survey also stated that REALTORS feel that this market will get worse for the next six months. For the West Coast, 37% of seller's feel their homes are… Continue