Senate Votes To Restore Higher FHA, Fannie, Freddie Jumbo Loan Limits As seen and re-shared from a post on TotalMortgage.com on October 21, 2011 written by Michael Kraus on October 21, 2011 Yesterday the Senate voted to approve a measure that would restore the high-balance conforming loan limit to $729,750 in high cost areas. The limit was temporarily increased in 2008 in response to the housing crisis. After being extended several times, the temporary limits expired on October … [Read more...]
Senate Votes To Restore Higher FHA, Fannie, Freddie Jumbo Loan Limits
October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carbon Monoxide Detectors SB 183 Info
August 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
A new law recently passed, SB 183, that requires all homes to now have at least one carbon monoxide detector, CO, in the home. During a home sale inspection these are being looked for and must be in place and the sellers must state in their Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) if they have them. They are not very expensive and can help save your life. There are rules about where to install one and how many (not too close to a device that creates CO so you won't get a faulty reading and … [Read more...]
Laguna Niguel Home Sales update
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today I was preparing for a client and took a look at the Laguna Niguel home sales information and thought I'd write a short post about what I discovered. From January 2011 through June 2011 there have been 57 homes sold priced between $750,000 to a million dollars. The number of homes for sale has stayed between 62 and 69 for each month and an average of 20 a month are coming on the market and just about 11 a month enter escrow and over 9 a month close escrow. Basically right around 20 … [Read more...]
Beautiful Dana Point
June 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Have you visited Dana Point Harbor yet? If you haven't been, you must go! We are so blessed here to be able to see whales and dolphins right in under our noses. The blue whales came early this year, first sighting was mid-April. Blue whale season is May through October. After October, they migrate, only to return again to our beautiful beaches here in Southern Orange County. For more information about the whales and dolphins and Catalina trips here at Dana Wharf's web site, … [Read more...]
Dana Point Real Estate Update, May 30, 2011
June 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
This video is an informal Dana Point single family home market update from May 31, 2011 by Realtor Brian Wilson. Dana Point single family homes are selling, the average sales price is just over $850,000. The days on market is just over 4 months and even though the market is relatively flat this is still a buyer's market. People that are selling now in the area are selling for reasons that are what I like to call "real". Job transfer, expanding family, kids gone or some reason that makes … [Read more...]
It’s Fiesta Time in Dana Point!
May 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Once again St Edward Church is hosting their annual Fiesta. This fun weekend helps raise money for the school and is a good time with food, rides and live entertainment. This coming weekend, Friday May 20th through Sunday the 22nd is the annual Fiesta. This event is open to the public and brings fun to the community as well as helps raise funds for the parish school. This is a family fun event, there are rides, games, prizes, lots of food and refreshments, live entertainment, a … [Read more...]
Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Dana Point
May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
Last weekend the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was at Sea Terrace park! Okay, it was a traveling replica that is 3/4 the size of the one in Washington DC but as one who has seen both this smaller one still has a big impact. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post 9934 of Dana Point and the City of Dana Point with the Cost of Freedom Tribute sponsored the event that wrapped up yesterday. The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) put on a great display. It's amazing that so many men and … [Read more...]
Overlooking Dana Point Harbor
May 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
I recently stopped to walk the new trails on the bluffs in Dana Point located above the harbor. This location offers incredible harbor and ocean views. As part of the Strand at Headlands project the bluffs that overlook the Dana Point Harbor has been transformed to provide groomed walking trails with vista points along the way. There are also benches to rest at and trash bins to help keep the litter controlled. I have visited these trails (at Green Lantern and Cove Road near … [Read more...]
Another Laguna Niguel park
May 9, 2011 By 4 Comments
A visit to another Laguna Niguel local park. I had a short gap in between appointments so I stopped at a local Laguna Niguel community park for a few minutes. This park has nice views of the hills around and benches to sit and relax on. Check out the quick video I took while I was there; I’m Brian Wilson and if you have any real estate or local area questions? You can reach out to me at my email, myrealtorbrian@gmail.com, check out my Facebook page or call my cell phone … [Read more...]