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Rebecca Williamson

Low Interest Financing for Environmental Improvements

Low Interest Financing Environmental Improvements Solar Panels San Mateo Homes San Mateo County joins 14 other counties in approving a pilot program to allow San Mateo County home owners to get low interest funding for environmental improvement projects on their homes. Costs of Environmental Improvements Stopped You from Improving your Home? Many San Mateo home [...]

Rebecca Williamson

San Mateo Village Sewer Lateral Repair Program for Healthy Homes

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 [...]

Chris Williamson

How to Claim the Home Buyer Tax Credit

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 [...]

Rebecca Williamson

San Mateo Approves New Kaiser Facility

San Mateo – Kaiser Permanente’s New Home Last night, the San Mateo City Council unanimously approved a plan for a 64,700 sq ft Kaiser Medical Facility to be build on the 4.22 undeveloped parcel of land on Franklin Parkway between Hillsdale Blvd and Saratoga Drive. This site is near across from the new state of [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

Consumer Alert – San Mateo Rent Scam Sightings

Attention Renters, Landlords and Real Estate Agents This Consumer Alert for all San Mateo renters, landlords and real estate agents.  The Internet is the most efficient and cost-effective medium for advertising products and services ever devised.  But, it has its dark side; it’s also a tool for rent scammers and criminals. As unemployment climbs and more people [...]