Archive for October, 2009

Rebecca Williamson

Video: What Determine’s My San Mateo Home’s Value

Every San Mateo County home owner wants to sell their home for all its worth, and rightly so. To help seller’s think through the question, “what is my home worth?” we’ve compiled a list of truisms about what your San Mateo County home is worth and what it is not worth. The Concept of Market [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

Education – The Key to the Best Home Buying Experience Possible

Yesterday, a young client asked me: “We’ve been talking to our friends who bought houses recently and there seems to be so much dissatisfaction and confusion about the way their transactions were handled. Why is that?” I hate to hear about those experiences. Buying a home is one of life’s major events – especially when [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Video: Real Estate Conflict Resolution – Mediation and Arbitration

In every business negotiation, the potential for conflict exists. Most real estate contracts have conflict resolution provisions included as part of the agreement. In San Mateo County’s real estate contract, there are two types of conflict resolution mechanisms: mediation and arbitration. Each is different from the other and it is important to know how and [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Stricter Financing Guidelines for San Mateo Condominiums Will Make Financing Condos Uncertain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – A seminar to educate San Mateo County home buyers about buying condos and the new, stricter financing rules. Find out how the tighter qualifying guidelines announced by Fannie Mae and FHA will make obtaining financing for condos in San Mateo County more difficult. – San Mateo, CA, October 24, 2009- The [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

New Financing Rules May Force San Mateo Condo Values Down

San Mateo condo values may suffer with the imposition of the new, stricter underwriting rules for condominium complexes announced by Fannie Mae and FHA. We expect San Mateo condominium prices to drop in the near future as Fannie Mae and FHA’s stricter qualifying guidelines are implemented. New Guidelines for Financing Condos Put Out By Fannie [...]