Archive for February, 2010

Cost of San Mateo Home Ownership Will Soon Decrease

By Rebecca Williamson · February 9th, 2010

Flood Insurance Required for Homes in FEMA Flood Zones When a home is in a FEMA designated “Flood Zone” home owners who have a mortgage loan are required to purchase flood insurance, which can be pretty expensive. But, if you can’t afford to pay cash for the house, it is the only way the lender [...]

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Home Selling Tips for Increasing Value

By Raymond Stoklosa · February 8th, 2010

In my last post, we gave you some tips for improving curb appeal to increase home value for improving the look of the outside before selling your home. Today, we’ll take a look inside. Tips for Increasing Home Value Here are some improvements you can make to the inside of your house to increase value. [...]

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What Do a Black & White Ball and Selling Your Home Have In Common?

By Raymond Stoklosa · February 5th, 2010

Selling your San Mateo home is part beauty contest and part price war. We’ve written numerous articles about the price and value side of the equation, let’s talk about the beauty contest side now. Selling Your Home is Like Going to a Black and White Ball Metaphorically speaking, selling your home is a little like [...]

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San Mateo Village Sewer Lateral Repair Program for Healthy Homes

By Rebecca Williamson · February 4th, 2010

The City of San Mateo has a great new program to assist single family homeowners in San Mateo Village in repairing deteriorated sewer laterals. Why San Mateo Village? The City of San Mateo was recently fined $750,000 from Regional Water Quality Control for sewage run off problems. Regional Water Quality Control gave San Mateo a [...]

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How to Claim the Home Buyer Tax Credit

By Chris Williamson · February 2nd, 2010

San Mateo home buyers who purchased in 2009 are starting to think about their taxes so they can (hopefully) get some money back from the IRS with the home buyer tax credit. Several clients have asked how to claim the home buyer tax credit…here are some tips. e-File Not Allowed The IRS is not allowing [...]

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