East Bay Mortgage News

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 23rd 2010 Economic News:  Yesterday brought us the Jobless Claims figures.  Initial Jobless Claims rose 37,000 to 464,000 for the July 17th week.  The four week moving average did improve a bit from the last report which is good news.  The Nationa...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 21st 2010 Economic News:  A fairly quiet week for economic reports was led off Monday with the Housing Market Index.  This report by the National Association of Home Builders reflects the builder sentiment.  The index fell to 14 which is the lowes...

Blackhawk Plaza Summer Concerts  If you're looking for something to do Friday nights this summer, Blackhawk Plaza has lined up an impressive concert series that promises fun for the whole family. The place was packed last weekend for the Michael Jackson tribute band, Foreverland.  Tonight the par...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 16th 2010 Economic News:  Yesterday's Producer Price Index (PPI) came in lower than expected influenced by a drop in the food & energy prices.  The PPI inflation fell .50% on top of a .30% drop we experienced in May. Weekly Jobless Claims fell 29,...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 14th 2010 Economic News:  Yesterday's International Trade figures reveled an unexpected widening in the trade gap but there was a positive reading for US exports as they expanded across all sectors.  Today's Retail Sales Report was a tad worse tha...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 9th 2010 Economic News:  The holiday shortened week did not bring much in the way of economic news.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average made steady progress and moved back above the 10,000 mark.  We will be greeted with a more active market calendar...

Diablo Vista ("Snake") Park / San Ramon and Danville Area Parks Summer is in full swing and that means it's time to hit the parks. The San Ramon/Danville area has absolutely fantastic parks to take advantage of. With average summer temperatures around here in the high 80s, most of the parks also ...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for July 2nd 2010 Economic News:  As the week progressed the economic data was not taken well by the stock market.  This led to a continued rally in the bond market and lower interest rates.  Tuesday's Case-Shiller Home Price Index was strong due to the ho...

Summer is in full swing and that means it's time to hit the parks. The San Ramon/Danville area has absolutely fantastic parks to take advantage of. With average summer temperatures around here in the high 80s, most of the parks also have water features to cool the kiddos down. A few parks even ha...

Cari Anderson's East Bay Mortgage Update for June 28th 2010 Economic News:  The only news released today was the Personal Income & Outlays report.  Personal Income showed a nice gain in May as well as a 1.6% increase in the year over year numbers.  Month over month consumer spending rose slightly...