by countyproperties | Feb 17, 2010 | Current Affairs, Real Estate news
Domestic flightA retired commercial jetliner gives new meaning to “mobile home” When a tree flattened her home in 1994, JoAnn Ussery began her search for new a new home. In fact, the 52-year old Benoit, Mississippi, hairdresser decided she wanted to live...
by countyproperties | Feb 17, 2010 | Going Green
Power optimizing computer settings can save energy and money. From the start menu, click on “settings” and then “control panel.” To power optimize a PC, double click on “power management.” Under “power schemes,”...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2010 | Finance, Riverside Real Estate, San Diego Foreclosure news
Fannie Mae is offering a 3.5% incentive* for buyers who purchase and close on a Fannie Mae-owned home between January 28 and April 30, 2010. Buyers purchasing properties listed on this site that are closed within this period may receive up to 3.5% of the final sales...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2010 | Real Estate news, Riverside foreclosure news, Riverside Real Estate, Riverside Short Sales, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Investment Properties, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Short Sales
A recent report shows that one in five U.S. homeowners owed more on their mortgage than their home was worth in the fourth quarter; however, California’s housing market is bucking the national trend and is telling a different story. “¢ Although...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2010 | Current Affairs
Check out this video with the beautiful snow in the Southern California San Diego area. This is fresh snow from last night and this morning. Who says San Diego only gets sun, we love it! This is in Mt. Laguna, about 45 minutes from the downtown San Diego area. Thanks...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2010 | Current Affairs
You might know cupid as a baby with wings , he wasn’t always like that. Along time ago he was kind of a sex symbol. It all started about 3 thousand years ago with the Greeks, they called him Eros, the Greek god of love and sexual desire. That is where the...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2010 | Going Green
Did you know that planting deciduous trees on the east and west sides of your house can help you save on utility bills? Because they drop their leaves in the fall, deciduous trees allow the sun to warm a home in the cold months and shield it from the sun in the summer...
by countyproperties | Feb 5, 2010 | Finance, Real Estate news, Riverside foreclosure news, Riverside Real Estate, Riverside Short Sales, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Short Sales
New rule affects homeowners in foreclosure avoidance program AMP documentation requirements updated. The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced changes to its Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The...
by countyproperties | Feb 5, 2010 | Real Estate news, Riverside Real Estate, San Diego Real Estate
NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased 1 percent to 96.6 in December from 95.6 in November, and is 10.9 percent higher than December 2008’s 87.1 index reading. Although the index declined 3.8 percent to 119.9 in the West, which includes...
by countyproperties | Feb 5, 2010 | Real Estate news
California homebuilders pulled 36,209 permits statewide in 2009, a 44 percent decline compared with 2008, and 83 percent lower compared with 2004, the peak of the current cycle, according to the California Building Industry Association (CBIA). Last year also marked...
by countyproperties | Feb 5, 2010 | Going Green
Green Tip of the Week: Clean coldOnly 10 to 15 percent of the energy your washing machine uses is for actually washing your clothes. The majority of the energy goes toward heating the water. Throw cold water on your clothes and you save on your utility bill. The...
by countyproperties | Jan 29, 2010 | El Cajon Real Estate, Finance, Open House, Real Estate news, San Diego Real Estate
533 Ballantyne El Cajon, CALIFORNIA 92020 Price: $201,000 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms 1564 Square Listing # 090053756 Open House Sun. 1/31/2010 2pm-5pm. Our host will be County Properties Realtor Wayne Harris and Prospect Mortgage’s loan officer Tim Carpenter will...
by countyproperties | Jan 29, 2010 | Finance, Real Estate news
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today outlined future changes to the FHA home loan program. The changes first were proposed last month by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan. Rising defaults on FHA loans have led to the FHA’s...
by countyproperties | Jan 29, 2010 | Finance, Real Estate news, Riverside foreclosure news, Riverside Real Estate, Riverside Short Sales, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Short Sales
Struggling to pay your FHA mortgage? Now you no longer have to be late with your payments to get help. On Friday, the Federal Housing Administration announced that it will assist borrowers before they become delinquent. All you need do is prove your problems...
by countyproperties | Jan 29, 2010 | Current Affairs
Dear Arnie,Since returning home from Haiti last week, I’ve felt as though I left a part of my heart there with the courageous survivors and Red Cross volunteers. I filmed a short video while I was at our headquarters in Croix de Prez to give you a sense of what...
by countyproperties | Jan 27, 2010 | Latest News
The Federal Reserve today announced it will maintain its target for the federal funds rate in the 0 percent to 0.25 percent range, and expects economic conditions to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period of time....
by countyproperties | Jan 27, 2010 | Real Estate news, Riverside foreclosure news, Riverside Real Estate, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Real Estate
The annual rate of home-price decline improved in November in the 10-City and 20-City Composites tracked as one of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released yesterday. The 10-City and 20-City Composites declined 4.5 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively, in...
by countyproperties | Jan 27, 2010 | Real Estate news, Riverside Real Estate, San Diego Real Estate
The Consumer Confidence Index rose in January to 55.9 (1985=100) compared with 53.6 in December, the Conference Board reported yesterday. The Present Situation Index increased to 25 in January from 20.2 in December, and the Expectations Index increased to 76.5 from...
by countyproperties | Jan 27, 2010 | Going Green
Newly constructed hospitals, schools, shopping malls and homes in California will be some of the greenest in the world, after a state commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the most stringent, environmentally friendly building code standards of any state in...
by countyproperties | Jan 21, 2010 | Finance, Real Estate news, Riverside foreclosure news, Riverside Real Estate, Riverside Short Sales, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Short Sales
More than 110,000 permanent loan modifications were approved under the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) as of December, according to the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under...
