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Rebecca Williamson

First Time Home Buying 2.0 Class

San Mateo First Time Home Buyer Class Wed Jan 26, 2011 @ 7pm Back by popular demand, we’ve added another San Mateo First Time Home Buyer Class Wednesday January 26th at 7pm. What Will Attendees Learn? As with our past First Time Home Buyer classes, San Mateo first time home buyers will learn: What’s the [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Most Walkable San Mateo Neighborhoods

Most Walkable San Mateo Neighborhoods The most walkable San Mateo neighborhoods are going to be found near the revitalized Downtown area, which is between 2nd and 5th Street from about B Street to El Camino and near the new Bay Meadows Development. Specific Neighborhoods Near Downtown San Mateo The closest to Downtown San Mateo are [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

San Mateo Homes Between $600k and $700k

What Can I Expect to Buy in San Mateo Between $600,000-$700,000? You’re Looking at Three San Mateo Neighborhoods Currently in the City of San Mateo there are 18 single family homes for sale priced between $600,000 and $700,000; 12 homes are located east of El Camino Real and west of Highway 101.  The majority can [...]

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? [...]