Max de Vries' Blog

This is what the Experts have to say about homes in Livermore and the entire Bay Area. La Jolla, CA.----Bay Area home sales sank to their lowest level in more than two decades in September, the result of a continuing market slowdown and borrowers' increased difficulties in obtaining "jumbo" mortg...

Let me share some of the stuff that came over the wire for homes in Livermore todayNewsdesk | Volume 2 | Issue 76 October 30, 2007 Top Stories Wall St. banks on another rate cut - CNN Money - 6 hours ago - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After reading the minutes of the Federal Reserve's September mee...

I passed by an article that came over the news wire today and I thought it is worth sharing The Real State of Real EstatePresented by: Gary Watts - Real Estate Economist, California Previews RetreatMonterey, August 2007 Brief History of Real Estate Historically, housing downturns average 27 month...

As I was drinking my coffee and reading the SF Chronicle this weekend I had no choice but to read how desperate the Real Estate market in the Bay Area is. I'm sure we have all heard of the CREDIT CRUNCH. How we can not get any loans, every home is in A foreclosure or being sold short and the bank...

According to the local papers the Bay Area is ready to go bankrupt as far as Real estate is concerned. We all can make the numbers look anyway we want them to look. Manipulate a criteria as simple as a date and you can make it look really bad. However  these are the facts.  The Foreclosure rate i...

IDENTITY THEFT ... IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!She never thought it would happen to her. Identity Theft only happens to other people,right? But when the bills started rolling in with "her" signature on them, she knewshe was in trouble.True story. It happens all the time and it could happen to you as wel...

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Livermore Homes?If I listen to the Bulls it seems like every thing is going to be just fine by Spring of 08. I think that it is going to take a lot longer then that. I do believe that prices are stabilizing and that the buyers are starting to realize th...

Top Stories Mortgage demand climbs as rates hold steady - USA Today - Yesterday - Cars Event tickets Jobs Real estate Shop Online degrees NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, largely reflecting a rise in demand for home purchase loans as interest rates held ...

    Newsdesk | Volume 2 | Issue 71 October 12, 2007 Top Stories Mortgage rates get a lift - CNN Money - 54 minutes ago - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Mortgage rates climbed this week following the release of employment figures, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The government-sponsored loan buyer said...

Subtitle BSection 133 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to revise conforming loan limits. Requires loan limit adjustments for high-cost areas to: (1) the lesser of 150% of the foregoing limitation for a particular siz...