Mortgage Broker or B of A lender? who wins?

Published in March 26th, 2008
Posted by Miri Bialik in Sunnyvale, Broker, buy, buyer, conforming loan, great price, mortgage, sell, seller, Buyers, lender, rates
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My client won the house, competing with 3 other buyers. The seller was so happy. The offer was:”as is”, no contingencies, 3 weeks free rent back, great price, all that for the luxury to own home in Sunnyvale. My client shopped around for the best loan. First he was going with a mortgage broker who […]

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Santa Clara County Monthly Housing Statistics since 1997

Published in March 11th, 2008
Posted by Miri Bialik in Uncategorized, Cupertino, desirable areas, Inventory, Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, prices, Real estate Market, Saratoga, Sunnyvale
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The real estate market of 2007 looks like a repeat of 2002. The inventory went over 5000 homes and some took more than 200 days to sell. There was correlation between the number of homes for sale and the closed sales. This pattern repeated itself yearly. Lower inventory in January, with less activity and higher […]

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Santa Clara County Reat Estate update

Published in March 11th, 2008
Posted by Miri Bialik in Uncategorized, Cupertino, Palo Alto, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Cupertino school district, Homestead high, Los Altos homes, Ortega park
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.The spring is here and the real estate market is picking up adequately. Inventory is growing and so is the activity. More homes are getting sold. Desirable areas are still hot. Los Altos homes under $2M (if they are priced competitively) are sold fast with bids above the asking price. The same is happening in […]

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