The local Realtor Board, Contra Costa Board of Realtors fought hard to get this great homeownership tool as part of the the Housing and Economic Recovery Act  HR3221 that passed on July 30, 2008. It’s a single credit worth up to $7500 that has to be taken in a single tax year.  The actual credit… [Continue Reading]

Seven of the 100 homes currently on the market in lafayette are potential short sales.  Buyers and sellers are becoming used to the fact that shorts sales in Lafayette, Walnut Creek and on the 680 corridor are as common as a any other sale. Banks are also getting used to negotiating short sales.  Using Trained… [Continue Reading]

As of the writing of this post, there are 40 potential short sale residential real estate properties in Walnut Creek, California. The process has greatly improved over the past several months. Banks are very willing to attempt a “negotiated short sale” with their homeowner. This means that buyer and seller have a good idea what… [Continue Reading]

Originally called “The Comers”, Walnut Creek became an incorporated city in 1914. The city received its present name from a term by the Moraga expedition to describe the creek that flowed through Diablo Valley, “un arroyo que llama los nogales” (a creek called the walnut trees), which was later changed to the English name of… [Continue Reading]

The Walnut Creek School District board voted on Tuesday to OPPOSE a petition that would double the size of the Walnut Creek School District. This effects the homeowners in the Crossings and Crystyl Ranch sections of Concord.  These homeowner are able to continue to send their high school age children to Northgate High School in… [Continue Reading]

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San Francisco 49ers have a very interactive website.   As one of the up and coming NFC teams, their legacy and successes rebuiling  the team is attracting many San Francisco East Bay Area sports fans East Bay is home to the Oakland Raiders.  Their current stadium is easy to get to on BART.  Just the mention of their… [Continue Reading]

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