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Pleasanton Parcel Tax Proposal- Pleasanton Schools Expanding Programs, Two
2007-12-21 04:37:00 Little over six month ago a parcel tax on Pleasanton homes was presented in an economic development meeting at the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce. Today it’s going public. The Pleasanton school board has requested an independent consultant to conduct a survey of Pleasanton homes residents. The survey will petition Pleasanton homeowners to see if the ... More About: Programs , Schools , Proposal
How do Green Mortgages differ from traditional mortgages?
2007-12-19 02:48:00 As I browse the internet for Green Mort gage resource’s I see many different takes on what a “Green Mortgage” is. There is indeed Green Mortgage financing called (EEM’s) which are Energy Efficient Mortgages . In the future the cost of energy will continue to riseand I suppose someone could make a living solely originating EEM’s, however, ... More About: Traditional , Diff
Green Real Estate Industry in the Bay Area- Main stream Eco-MLS?
2007-12-18 03:12:00 Will a GREEN MLS (multiple listing services) come to fruition in 2008? The build it Green Council is working on just that. What would a GREEN MLS involve? Would Gumby be CEO? ?Come on I couldn?t resist?. Bookmark It Hide Sites More About: Estate , Real Estate , Industry , Main
Eco Home to be Auctioned on EBAY- Luxury Green Real Estate + Housing Auctio
2007-12-17 04:19:00 “Project 7TEN at first impression on 7TEN website says everything that can’t communicate through words. This is truly a unique home that makes a statement of the individual who will call it home”. What can you find on EBAY that comes with a $2.85 million dollar price tag? Bookmark It Hide Sites More About: Estate , Real Estate , Luxury , Home , Green
How to completely destroy Your Credit Score: Part 1-The Holiday Hangover
2007-12-17 01:38:00 Daily I have clients with the need to improve their credit scores and raise their FICO. With the holidays here most consumers need to plan ahead to avoid the credit headache over the horizon. Your FICO score is unique to you; however destroying your credit is the same for all. Now don’t get me wrong, if you ... More About: Holiday , Credit , Part , Score , Hangover
In a Leisurely Housing Market this Group is Accelerating- Eco-Friendly Remo
2007-12-15 07:19:00 There may be a slow housing market in the fourth quarter of 2007. However there is one segment shifting into fast gear. With the attraction of cutting energy costs, making a positive impact on the planet and one-upping the joneses, more and more homeowners are investing in eco-upgrades. So is going GREEN really worth the GREEN? When ... More About: Market , Housing , Accelerating , Friendly , Group
Mortgage Insurance Simple Answers: Part 1
2007-12-15 01:29:00 What is Mortgage Insurance ? Mortgage Insurance helps borrowers (majority first time home buyers)realize the dream of Homeownership sooner by enabling them to purchase a home with less than a 20% down payment. Mortgage insurance provides financial protection for lenders and investors if a homebuyer defaults on a mortgage loan. Bookmark It Hide Sites More About: Answers , Simple , Part
Pleasanton Weekly Update: Pleasanton?s Oak Grove Vote
2007-12-15 00:54:00 Save the Pleasanton Hills group collected 5,266 signatures of Pleasanton residents that oppose the development of the Pleasanton Ridgeland’s.The Alameda County Registrar of voters has 30 days to validate the signatures for the Oak Grove referendum. Once it is verified the measure will go to the Pleasanton City Council to either place the measure on ... More About: Vote , Update , Weekly
?Green Corridor? Bay Area at forefront of Green Technology wave in U.S. eco
2007-12-14 22:56:00 Said to be an 833 billion dollar industry in 2006 and is planned to be the next big job boom since the dot com era, Clean-tech industries is coming to the East Bay to what’s named the “Green Corridor”. Future job numbers are estimated to reach 40 million jobs and a 4.5 Trillion dollar industry ... More About: Technology , Oakland , Berkeley , Bay Area
If a Quarter Point FED cut wasn?t enough then now what for the Mortgage Mar
2007-12-13 05:32:00 The Federal Reserve Tuesday announced that they would act in the form of a Quarter Point Rate Cut for the last action of 2007. Investors on Wall Street had anticipated a half point cut and showed their disappointment by punishing stocks and driving the 10yr bond yield higher (actually lowering the yield and consumer borrowing ... More About: Market , Interest Rates , Mortgage , Refinance
Will the FED Cut affect consumer interest rates today?
2007-12-12 05:52:00 With the FED poised to cut the “Fed funds rate” today by a quarter to a half point what does that mean for your interest rate? Historically as a Mortgage Broker my phone will start ringing around 2:30pm after the 2:00pm announcement with clients asking to refinance their current mortgage stating, “Rates went down by ... More About: Market , Interest Rates , Consumer , Today , Interest
San Francisco proposes subsidy program to encourage solar panel installatio
2007-12-12 05:07:00 Homeowners who choose to install Solar Panel s get help from the City of San Francisco in new subsidy program that was proposed on Tuesday. Some experts say the effort is groundbreaking and, if implemented, could be the nation’s biggest such program. The proposed subsidy would be $3,000 and $5,000 per residence and up to $10,000 ... More About: Program
Infill Growth key to 2008 GREEN Housing and Luxury Condos in Walnut Creek-
2007-12-11 18:05:00 The East Bay Business Times reported Walnut Creek, CA will soon be the home of 800 new Condos, including many considered Luxury Condos in the $1,000,000 and up range. Generally only San Francisco demanded these prices in the Luxury Condo market. This looks to be the trend in 2008 with the migration and adaptation of ... More About: Green , Housing , Growth
Pleasanton, Oak Grove Groups Square off Over Pleasanton Ridge:
2007-12-11 03:46:00 Pleasanton politics have woken up in December in regards to the development of Oak Grove , in Pleasanton?s Ridge Lands. The Save the Pleasanton Hills initiative successfully collected 5,225 Pleasanton signatures that, once verified, will send the development of 51 Luxury Real Estate home?s in Pleasanton Oak Grove to the voter?s ballot in June. Bookmark It Hide Sites More About: Groups , Pleasanton
Key Pleasanton Real Estate Purchased by High-profile Developer
2007-12-10 05:33:00 The 322 acre rock quarry in Pleasanton now has an owner. The Pleasanton Rock quarry is one of the largest parcels of land to become available since the Pleasanton gem Hacienda Business Park. High profile developer Legacy Partners bought the 322 acre rock quarry located on Stanley and El Charro that will now be transformed ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Developer , Profile , Real
Richmond, CA set to join the bandwagon and ban Styrofoam?
2007-12-09 22:40:00 On Tuesday December 4, 2007 the city of Richmond was set to decide if directing staff to study ways to reduce waste, including banning polystyrene, would be cost effective. Mayor, Gayle McLaughlin, is highly pushing for the ban on polystyrene and other ways to reduce waste in landfills. Richmond is among the few that has ... More About: San Francisco , Conservation , Join , Berkeley
Pleasanton?s Weekly Oak Grove Development Update
2007-12-09 01:44:00 Supporters for Save Our Hills referendum plan to turn in enough signatures that are said to be enough to qualify both measures for the voting ballot. If the referendum is approved and enough signatures were collected it would overturn the Pleasanton City Councils approval of the Oak Grove development in Pleasanton by Charter Property?s. Bookmark It Hide Sites More About: Development , Update , Weekly
San Francisco Pioneers Solar Power Billboard:
2007-12-08 18:39:00 Real Estate is taking on a whole new meaning today in San Francisco . No, they are not bringing little Las Vegas to San Francisco that is just a small tribute to a great Las Vegas Real Estate site. Off the 101 freeway in San Francisco visible from the 9th Street Exit PG&E has changed the SF ... More About: Power , Solar Power , Solar , Billboard
East Bay to create ?GREEN Corridor?
2007-12-08 05:10:00 An article in the East Bay Business Times gained my attention when I read the title. Four Mayors from Berkeley , Oakland, Emeryville and Richmond have joined forces and have gained attention of many. They have vowed to be at the forefront of environmental innovation. The East Bay ?GREEN Corridor ? partnership will be a collaborative effort ... More About: Green , Create
Featured Pleasanton Homes of the Week through my eyes ?@@?
2007-12-08 01:22:00 Favorite Eco Home- 951 Mingoia St. Pleasanton $1,619,000 Mingoia is still the same great house but with an all new Eco-Friendly price. This Fabulous Eco-Home is listed by Donna Garrison and Susan Schall of Keller Williams. Contact your Eco-Team at www.FabulousProperties.net. 951 Mingoia St, Pleasanton is located in the Avignon Community built by Centex Homes . Besides ... More About: Eyes , Week , Featured
Lawsuits and Litigation Certainly to Begin as Bush Administration Announces
2007-12-07 07:44:00 Yes, I do believe this is better than nothing. How do you repair a car tire with duct tape though? The Bush Administration announced today their solution for homeowners in trouble due to the Mortgage Meltdown. We are all aware of what the problem is and probably where it came from. Ok, let’s just highlight what ... More About: Lawsuits , Bush administration , Anno
GREEN Real Estate can apply to what?s in your mail box also?RIGHT?
2007-12-07 03:23:00 A good friend and Associate who I feel is a Real Estate Professional and at the top of his game when it comes to Marketing Real Estate sent me this great email with a great new product. I thought it warranted a mention to you, the GREEN readers that support my efforts in Green Real Estate. Bookmark ... More About: Mail , Conservation
Luxury Home Real Estate Prices Remain Strong in the San Francisco Bay Area
2007-12-06 04:46:00 Analysts confirm that the Luxury Real Estate Market is still defying the downward price trend that is affecting many Bay Area neighborhoods. The average value of high-end properties in the San Francisco Bay Area in the July-September Quarter was $3.08 million; according to San Francisco based First Republic Bank. It was the second consecutive period that ... More About: Real Estate , Home
Pleasanton Oak Grove: Building Green
2007-12-05 06:39:00 As an ongoing topic in Pleasanton Real Estate I find myself looking deeper and deeper into what surrounds Pleasanton Oak Grove . It seems weekly that Pleasanton Oak Grove is a topic that comes back to the land that is being donated to the City Of Pleasanton to be kept as open space and increase our ... More About: Building , Green
Electronic Signature Services: Leave the piles and piles of wasted paper be
2007-12-05 04:03:00 It was a good reminder reading a fellow Real Estate Professional’s, and owner of a Boutique Real Estate Company, 3 Oceans Real Estate web article highlighting the use of electronic signatures services. It wasn’t too long ago I highlighted the Green Mortgage Loan service myself but for a different reason. Close to a year ago ... More About: Services , Electronic , Leave , Paper , Wasted
Pleasanton High Schools Honored in First Nation Wide Rating- Standing out i
2007-12-04 04:04:00 U.S. News & World Reports for the first time ranked a dozen high schools in the East Bay best in the nation among High Schools . U.S. News is known for their national rankings of College and Graduate schools but never before High Schools. Accolade yes, but it is much more; it brings a wider scope of ... More About: Nation , Wide , Resource
Luxury Green Real Estate: My Challenge to YOU-
2007-12-01 06:15:00 Sunday Dec 2nd my favorite Pleasanton Luxury Green Real Estate Team Donna Garrison and Susan Schall of Keller Williams will be holding an open house at 951 Mingoia St, Pleasanton CA. This very “GREEN” home is located in Pleasanton’s Avignon Community built in 2006 by Centex homes. You must see this home to believe what ... More About: Real Estate , Challenge
The newest addition to GREEN Building: EcoRock- Drywall for your home
2007-11-30 06:13:00 The newest Green Product set to be released the first quarter of spring 2008 is Eco Friendly Drywall. I’m sure most homeowners in the Pleasanton Bay Area have experienced the costly prices of redoing or upgrading your homes, mainly due to a rise in shipping costs. Not only do we have to mind our wallets ... More About: Building , Green Building , Home , Resource
Oak Grove Pleasanton Weekly Update: Pleasanton Resource for the Community-
2007-11-30 06:00:00 So as we rapidly approach December in Pleasanton we grow closer to the Dec 6th deadline for the referendum of the development of Pleasanton Oak Grove. A new Pleasanton community to consist of 51 Luxury Homes nestled in the Pleasanton Ridgeland’s. As the Independent Newspaper reported on Friday the Save the Pleasanton Hills initiative has already ... More About: Community , Update , Weekly , Resource
East Bay Housing Auctions: So there is no one buying Real Estate???
More articles from this author:2007-11-29 20:28:00 Housing AUCTIONS- Go where the VALUE takes you. We haven’t seen auctions in Bay Area Real Estate for quite some time. However they are a rapidly growing trend with all of the Bank Owned Property (REO) that lenders have on their balance sheets. My experience last week at a Sacramento Housing Auction was a successful one. ... More About: Buying , Real Estate , East , Housing 1, 2, 3, 4 |



