This home was just an adorable home in such a unique and cool location of downtown San Jose. It is in a cul de sac and backs to a creek, very peaceful! You would never know you were in downtown San Jose sitting in this home or in the back yard.
This listing was very interesting [...]
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This is the 5th time I have worked with this buyer. About 1995 she bought her first condo with me, sold that condo, bought a house, sold the house and moved to Boston, came back to the Bay Area, and just bought this home.
She was determined to buy a single family home and not a [...]
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I just sold a condo in San Jose to a very sweet young couple. They wanted this particular community because it was close to Lake Almaden and they really like the location. They are FHA buyers and this community is not FHA approved. The deadline for spot approvals was Feb 1 and we barely made the deadline [...]
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Why FHA decided to end spot approvals is a complete unknown to me and is definitely not good news for FHA buyers and condo/townhome communities that are not FHA approved. As of February 1, 2010, FHA no longer allows spot approvals in said communities. A spot approval is one in which FHA looks at an individual unit, the HOA documents, and [...]
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This sale is a great story for a home I just sold in San Jose! The buyer is just the most awesome and cool young single man in his late 20’s determined to buy a single family home, although in his budget price range, the market is VERY competitive with investors and all cash buyers. But, he was very [...]
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I just sold a nice 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom condo in Newark in a nice community. This was another very smooth transaction. One item I did learn in this transaction that seems to be a new guideline as of October, is that if one borrower is going to owner occupy the home and there is [...]
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These buyers are an adorable young couple who I just adore for a home I just sold in San Jose. This transaction was smooth in the beginning, but just crazy towards the end due to the endless paperwork that Wells Fargo required from them just picking their accounts to death. Wells Fargo required them to [...]
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