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Real Estate Market Update

May 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Mark Lomas and Kirsten Wolfe, Santa Barbara Real Estate

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What Does Escrow Do?

March 12th, 2013 · No Comments · Escrow, Mark Lomas and Kirsten Wolfe, Santa Barbara Real Estate

Escrow is the neutral third party that acts as the depository for documents and money in a real estate transaction. Upon request, escrow provides copies of the real estate purchase contract, earnest money deposit and escrow instructions to the lender at gthe beginning of the transaction.  Additional items may be estimated closing statements, copies of [...]

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Best Real Estate Market in 7 Years

February 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Santa Barbara Real Estate

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Where Asking Prices Are On The Move Up!

October 31st, 2012 · No Comments · Santa Barbara Real Estate

California metros, as well as hard-hit housing markets such Phoenix and Seattle, are showing some of the largest year-over-year increases in asking prices. Nationwide, the median list price was $191,500 in September, only about 0.78 percent higher than a year ago, according to the most recent housing data release from Realtor.com. But in several metros [...]

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Social Networking and Real Estate

March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Social Networking

For the life of me I cannot figure out why someone would Twitter? And, yet I do? I don’t understand the appeal of virtual stalking unless you’re a celebrity desperate for attention? So far, I can’t think of anyone other than Hunter S. Thompson that would be interesting enough to be interested in what their [...]

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Economic Cycles

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · The Economy

For some, this economy is “the best of times” ; for others, it is “the worst of times.” Wall Street has gone from the “season of light” to the “season of darkness.” In the midst of the current economic uncertainty, there are those who look to future with great trepidation. For them, it is the [...]

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