by Doug Reynolds | Feb 14, 2012 | No Category
By VICKIE ELMER – New York Times IF your New Year’s resolutions include buying a house or refinancing, the Federal Reserve has you covered. It has committed to keep long-term interest rates low through next year, so a 30-year mortgage will be pegged about where it is...
by Doug Reynolds | Feb 14, 2012 | No Category
Doug Reynolds, a Sacramento Area Realtor, takes a look at how buyers are purchasing homes in 2012 compared to 2005. In 2005, conventional financing dominated the market, now there is a balance between cash, FHA and conventional purchases. Take a look at the...
by Doug Reynolds | Feb 13, 2012 | No Category
By VICKIE ELMER – New York Times IF your New Year’s resolutions include buying a house or refinancing, the Federal Reserve has you covered. It has committed to keep long-term interest rates low through next year, so a 30-year mortgage will be pegged about where it is...
by Doug Reynolds | Feb 12, 2012 | No Category
By Jane Hodges – Reuters About a third of first-time buyers in 2011 got either a gift (26 percent) or a loan (7 percent) from their families to help finance their home purchases, down slightly from 2010, but consistent with assistance levels seen during the last...
by Doug Reynolds | Feb 10, 2012 | No Category
By Mark Glover Sac Bee California landlords, who have long had the right to restrict pets, noise and even water beds in their units, can now prohibit smoking under a new law that took effect Sunday. California Senate Bill 332, authored by state Sen. Alex Padilla,...
by Doug Reynolds | Feb 8, 2012 | No Category
By Les Christie @CNNMoney Flippers, the real estate investors who buy homes on the cheap and quickly resell them at a profit, just got a reprieve from the Federal Housing Administration. In an effort to help stabilize housing prices and unload some of the foreclosures...
