IT’S AN OLYMPIC SPORT – I was moaning to my real estate client that our April new sale transactions opening count was down. She was moaning back to me, sharing her most recent endeavors to find a property for her client. Here’s her story: she showed her client 6 properties and could not get anything, … Read more
REMINDER – APRIL IS ALL ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES! April 12 (Monday) – California’s 2nd half property taxes due! Remind your Buyers who purchased at the end of 2020 to pay! Income tax filings due date however, has been extended from April 15 to May 17, 2021 this year, according to this news release from the … Read more
Valentine’s Day is done, all the major early year holidays are done, the clocks are jumping forward again on March 14th, and that means there are no more excuses. It is time to go back to work. Sorry, the next holiday won’t be until May 31st. Bummer. Who knows, maybe we will be able to … Read more
Another New Year Celebration! February already! Busy, busy month. Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and the President’s Day holiday, all one after the other. First, Happy Chinese New Year! On February 12th, 2021 we will start the Year of the Ox. What will that mean for those who fall under that zodiac animal?. Remember that … Read more
January 2021 – Happy, Happy New Year! I know, we were all chomping at the bit, weren’t we? So, we are here now, let’s make it a good year! Remember, from now on, hindsight is 2020! (I take no credit for this; it’s making the rounds on the internet) Never have I been so grateful … Read more
Uh oh. Only 3 weeks to Christmas! That means only 1 week to find something and another 2 weeks to try to get it delivered on time! Early Christmas! Well, Christmas came early for some people as the Fannie and Freddie twins have increased conforming loan limits to $548,250 and $822,375 for high end areas. … Read more
November 4, 2020, Day 1 after the 2020 Elections Well, we are coming down to the last stretch now.. Elections – Yes! Finally done, but now it’s nail biting time as we wait and wait and wait for results (as of typing time) Pandemic – Noooooo Year end holidays? Yesssss! But most importantly, the AMRF … Read more
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!“Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.”https://stopwirefraud.org/protect-your-money/ Between last month and this one we got caught in a tsunami of major proportions. If you are reading this and you are a real estate or loan agent, have pity on your escrow officers, the loan processors and the funders. Show them your appreciation as … Read more
If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another What? A problem bigger than COVID-19? You wouldn’t think there could be at this time, but there is always something new making the rounds. Around the middle of August, the mortgage industry was thrown into a frenzy by news that the government was looking to make up losses … Read more
First Wave? Second Wave? Continuous Wave? Micro Wave? As I write this upcoming month’s news blog, the big news (in California) is that we have now surpassed New York and we have the distinction of being the state with the highest number of COVID cases. A distinction that we can do without, particularly when we … Read more