Archive for December, 2009
Loan Underwriting – Changing Guidelines
Home Loans. In my previous post, “Realtor® Speak 101: Loan Underwriting,” we were discussing exactly what underwriting is, but I realized I may not have covered on of the phrases you’ll hear a lot during the loan process. “Underwriting guidelines.” Depending on what type of loan you apply for, these guidelines can be very different. [...]
Realtor® Speak 101: Loan Underwriting
What’s Taking So Long? Underwriting. If you’ve ever bought a house, you’re probably familiar with hearing “your loan’s in underwriting” and then playing the waiting game until it “comes out of underwriting.” It’s one of the steps in the process of getting a loan and often one of the most frustrating. But what exactly is [...]
I’ll be closed tomorrow. RE/MAX Access at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
Sorry everyone, duty calls. Tomorrow I will not be in the office. I won’t answer my phone for much of the afternoon. I may not even check my emails (yeah right!). Tomorrow, RE/MAX Access celebrates the holidays and our year together as an office. When you have a broker like I do, there are some [...]
HouseLogic: Have A Question About Home Ownership? Get Answers.
A piece of the home ownership puzzle. Home ownership can often bring up a lot of questions. Before, during, and after the home buying process you’ll need answers. Enter HouseLogic. Whether this is your first home or your tenth, there’s something here for everyone. As more and more consumers turn to the internet for answers [...]
Where Did The Summertime Go San Antonio?
I feel like a popsicle. When I first moved to Los Angeles from my native Pennsylvania, I can remember being on the Sunset Strip one night and seeing all sorts of people in parkas. Full on winter style parkas with fur lined hoods that went well below the waistline. The kind explorers wore on their [...]
Am I Ready To Buy A House? Five Questions To Ask Yourself First.
The big question. Thanks to low interest rates, availability of housing inventory, and the incentive of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, I get asked this question a lot. Everyone always wants to know if they are ready to buy a house and whether or not they can do it and not become just [...]
New Home Construction: Build Your Dream House
Building a dream home takes some hard work. I recently closed a transaction involving new construction out in Stillwater Ranch. My clients built the house of their dreams and it was an exciting and wonderful experience, but it also brought up some great points about what to do when thinking about buying and building a [...]
Have you seen my Posterous? “I saw it in San Antonio.”
Is it Poster-ous or Posterous? First, let’s get the pronunciation out of the way. Its said as in the word “preposterous” not as in “poster.” Now, we can get down to business. Posterous is one of the many new simple and easy to use blogging tools to come on the market recently. When I first [...]
San Antonio Real Estate Market Update
7-day stats for Single Family properties in SAN ANTONIO, TX as of December 4, 2009 Median List Price $179,890 Average List Price $264,780 Total Inventory 7,261 Price per Square Foot $87 Average Home Size 2,208 Median Lot Size 0 Average # Beds 3.53 Average # Baths 2.60 Homes Absorbed 333 Newly Listed 247 Days on [...]
Short Sale Disclosure In San Antonio
Shhhh… Don’t Tell The Neighbors. Today, in an email from Trulia, I noticed an interesting question about short sales and disclosure. Real estate agent Cathy Cataletto of Staten Island posed several questions to agents across the nation regarding short sales and how we (and if we) are to disclose them (real estate laws vary widely [...]
