California Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of 05/29/12: The Holiday-shortened week starts off with rates slightly better than the end of last week, where we saw some volatility creep back into the mortgage markets. And if you look at the run we've had over the last two months, and relativ...

05/29/2012

Memorial Day, 2012: The Red Poppy

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We Shall Keep the Faith Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' fields, Sleep sweet --- to rise anew; We caught the torch you threw; And holding high we kept The faith with those who died. We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led. It seems to signal to the skies That bloo...

05/25/2012

San Francisco to Marin: 20 Degrees in 8 Miles

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San Francisco to Marin: 20 Degrees in 8 Miles We've been enjoying some wonderful, warm Spring weather here in Marin County, California this week. And nothing highlights the microclimate nature of the San Francisco bay area better than a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge. On Tuesday, May...

05/11/2012

California Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of 05/07/12

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California Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of 05/07/12: The week has started off quietly, with the stock and bond markets just about flat. But over the weekend, the election in France signals to me that le temps they are a changin'. As we know, the higher the volume on the Euro story, th...

05/07/2012