Archive for March, 2008

Raymond Stoklosa

San Mateo County Remains a Good Place to Buy a Home in the 2008 Housing Market

So you want to buy a home in the Bay Area and you’ve targeted San Mateo County, California? You’ve made a smart choice. As we’ve discussed already, despite the mortgage crisis and rumors of a recession, it has remained relatively stable. But then you read that there has been to date a 34% drop in [...]

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San Mateo County Home Sales Drop In Less Affluent Areas

We have spoken a lot about the importance of location because the saying is true – location is everything. In fact, it’s never been more clear than now with our current mixed-bag of housing prices. In blue collar cities, such as, Daly City, San Bruno and South San Francisco, and in neighborhoods where typically home [...]

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Find a Loan, Then Find a Home

One of the most common misconceptions, especially among first-time home buyers, is that a loan pre-qualification is the same thing as a loan pre-approval. This is, in fact, NOT the case and confusing the two can cost you your dream home. Let’s first dispose of the term pre-qualification. A loan pre-qualification is an informal, often [...]

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Waiting for the Bottom of the Market to Buy a Home in San Mateo County?

With many housing markets experiencing a downturn and the economy showing signs of recession, home buyers are asking themselves if they should wait to buy until the market hits the bottom. The fact is we can only know when we have hit the bottom of the market after it’s on the rebound. Since market data [...]

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What’s my listing agent’s role in selling my San Mateo County house?

After reading our post about YOUR role in selling your San Mateo County home, you are probably wondering what the agent really does to help? Well, it’s simple: the agent’s role is to professionally market the home and protect the integrity of the transaction. With as many of 98% of prospective home buyers using the [...]