LA Real Estate Advice: A Walker’s Guide to Home Buying

LA Real Estate Advice: A Walker’s Guide to Home Buying

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 09, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Traffic jams and aging boomers spur a focus on walking distance; how to rate a climb. Jennifer and Andrew Greenberg didn’t fall in love at first sight with the 1950s Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: The Big Thinking In Condos Now is To Get Small

LA Real Estate Advice: The Big Thinking In Condos Now is To Get Small

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 08, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Urban dwellers get by in new projects where 600 square feet is spacious. Alexandra Gorbokon, a 26-year old public relations executive, has made an offer on her first home, Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Still at 4.25%

LA Real Estate Advice: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Still at 4.25%

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 07, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Conventional 30-year fixed mortgage rates are still at 4.25% for well-qualified borrowers paying 1 point origination, shows FreeRateUpdate.com research of wholesale lenders’ Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tall Tales Your Contractor Tells

LA Real Estate Advice: Tall Tales Your Contractor Tells

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 06, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Even honest contractors occasionally play a bit fast and loose with the truth. All tradesmen are looking to maximize profits and minimize hassle — and that can end Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Pending Home Sales Drop as Expected

LA Real Estate Advice: Pending Home Sales Drop as Expected

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 05, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Following a surge driven by the home buyer tax credit, pending home sales fell with the expiration of the deadline for qualified buyers to sign a purchase contract, according Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Scream Buy, But Who Is Listening?

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Scream Buy, But Who Is Listening?

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 04, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage rates are a screaming buy. So where are the bargain-hunters? An odd scene has been playing out lately in the offices of mortgage brokers and bankers around the Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: 7 Things All Borrowers Should Know About FHA Loans

LA Real Estate Advice: 7 Things All Borrowers Should Know About FHA Loans

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 03, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: FHA Pros, LLC, a national FHA condo approval service, has developed a list of facts speaking to the top misconceptions associated with FHA loans in order to help home buyers Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Bonds Booming

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Bonds Booming

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 02, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Race for ‘Safe’ Assets Sends Home-Loan Rates to New Low as Recovery Wobbles. Residential mortgage bonds, the center of the financial crisis not long ago, are Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credit Extension Relieves Late Homebuyers

LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credit Extension Relieves Late Homebuyers

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jul 01, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Homebuyers worried about closing their house purchases by the tax credit cutoff can relax after the government extended the deadline. Congress sent President Barack Obama Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: What Reform Means For Your Mortgage

LA Real Estate Advice: What Reform Means For Your Mortgage

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jun 30, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Predatory lending would likely become a thing of the past if proposed regulatory reform rules are put into practice. And that may mean that mortgages get more expensive Read More >

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