Archive for April, 2010

Rebecca Williamson

Are All Short Sale Buyers Cash Buyers?

How Do Buyers Finance Short Sales? In our last post, we showed you how buyers financed bank owned homes in San Mateo County. This post, I’d like to talk about the differences in how San Mateo County home buyers purchase short sales, or pre-foreclosures. Fewer All Cash Buyers in the Short Sale Market Savvy San [...]

Rebecca Williamson

All Foreclosures are Bought with Cash?

All Foreclosure Buyers are Cash Buyers Last week, we got a question from a reader who had been pre-approved for an FHA loan and her Realtor told her that she can forget buying bank owned homes because all bank owned home buyers were cash buyers. Are All Bank Owned San Mateo Homes Bought with Cash? [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

4 Biggest Mistakes when Buying Bank Owned Homes

The 4 Biggest Mistakes When Buying Bank Owned Homes in San Mateo County The San Mateo County real estate market, while not deluged with bank owned homes has had its fair share based upon household income, demographic make-up and employment base. Buying bank owned homes in San Mateo County can be tricky and a unique [...]

Rebecca Williamson

San Mateo Condos Priced Between $400k-$500k

San Mateo Condos $400,000 – $500,000 If you are in the market for a San Mateo condo between $400,000 – $500,000, you’ll be most likely to find that unit on the streets bordered by Highway 92 to the North, El Camino to the West, Burlingame to the North and Highway 101 to the East. San [...]