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Brand New Condo Sale at “The Works” in San Jose

July 13th, 2011 · 5,697 Comments · buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, first time buyer, new home, san jose home

This transaction was a condo sale in San Jose to a very sweet young couple buying their first home. They really like the downtown San Jose area and like to be able to walk to the downtown life. This condo was for sale by the builder, so it was a new home sale, as opposed to a [...]

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The Long Search to Buy a Home in San Jose with a Happy Ending!

May 11th, 2010 · 5,623 Comments · bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, new home, real estate, san jose home, tax credit

These buyers faced a long journey to a very happy ending! I started working with this very nice couple almost a year ago in search for their first home. At the very beginning of the search, that market was still a bit slow, but very soon after the market really started to pick up just [...]

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The Buyers Who had Only 60 Days to Buy and Close the Transaction

April 19th, 2010 · 5,809 Comments · condo homeowner, first time buyer, homebuyer, new home, real estate, tax credit

These buyers are a very sweet couple buying their first home and they had forced motivation put upon them for buying quickly in that after 19.5 years of living in the SAME apartment, they got a 60 day notice from management. Can you believe it? A faithful tenant for 19.5 years paying his rent on time all those years, and the apartment [...]

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$18,000 Combined Tax Credit for a Very Limited Time for California Homebuyers!

April 8th, 2010 · 5,666 Comments · Uncategorized, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, new home, real estate, tax credit

Now is the time for a very rare opportunity for up to $18,000 in combined tax credits from the Federal and State for homebuyers. To take advantage of both tax credits, a first time homebuyer must enter into a ratified purchace contract for a principle residence by the end of this month of April and close the transaction between [...]

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Brand New Home Communities Tend to Have Less Competition

April 1st, 2010 · 73,187 Comments · buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, new home, real estate

I just sold a brand new home built by Summerhill in Fremont for $625,000 to a very sweet young couple buying their first home and expecting their first child. They were looking to buy something new or newer. As they looked for newer homes, they realized that they didn’t want to compete with other buyers to buy [...]

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New Home Built from Ground Up in Palo Alto

October 27th, 2009 · 5,762 Comments · buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, new home, real estate

This was a fun sale. The buyers went into contract in June and just closed the transaction last week. They actually watched this home being built from start to finish and were very involved in getting to choose everything to suit their own taste. They even got to choose where some outlets went and such, [...]

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