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2010 

The golden age of "silent movies" occurred when Niles was at the center of it all. It was in these rustic streets of Niles where the most famous silent films of all time were made, including Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp. In 1912, Essanay Studios chose to make Niles its hub for its film making end...
09/14/2010
Union City is an ethnically diverse community of about 74,000 residents. It is located north of Fremont, and about 40 minutes drive to San Francisco. Real estate activity is moderate - as of 9/12/10 and based on MLS data, there are 99 single family active listings, and 56 condo/townhome active l...
09/13/2010
The small but history-rich city of Newark is located just west of Fremont, on the other side of Freeway 880. As of 9/12/10 and based on MLS data, there are 128 residential property listings in Newark, broken down as follows: 88 Single family homes 40 condo/townhomes  Single family listings are f...
09/12/2010
3 bedroom/2 bath properties are the most sought after home configuration in the Bay Area. In Fremont, there are nearly 145 listings of this home size, as of 9/11/10. Here is how it is distributed by price category. Data was pulled from Bay East MLS.      The majority of 3/2 listings in Fremont a...
09/12/2010
The API schores (Acamedic Performance Index) is a score on a scale of 200 to 1,000 that annually measures the academic performance and progress of schools in California. The State has set a score of 800 as the API score that schools should strive to achieve. The latest ratings are from the 2009 ...
09/11/2010
  The conduct of a buyer sometimes reflects on how much his Realtor® has counseled him. During the purchase process, when an offer has been accepted, it is natural for the buyer, especially a first time home buyer, to get excited about the property that will soon become the fulfillment of his Ame...
09/10/2010
A brief glance at the MLS listings will give us an idea of how long a listing is on the market until it considers an offer. This is called DOM, or Days on the Market. Typically, a listing is "off-market" when the status changes to Pending. Pending is when a buyer starts his loan process and cond...
09/10/2010
I have seen this scenario repeated many times over: A licensed real estate agent tags himself as a Realtor® just because he passed the DRE examination and met all the requirements towards obtaining a real estate license. There has been a lot of confusion as to who is a Realtor® and who is not. B...
09/10/2010
You are in the process of buying a home, and your loan officer or your Realtor® calls to tell you that the property you are buying is in a flood zone. As a result, your lender has added an underwriting condition that requires you to obtain flood insurance before giving final approval on your loa...
09/08/2010
It is always a disappointment when a home stays on the market for a long time with no buyers in sight. It is an even greater frustration when your listing expires after giving it several months. What went wrong? Why were requests for showings few? What could you have done to attract potential bu...
09/08/2010
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