FHA Loans come to Santa Cruz

There's a little space on the California Residential Purchase Agreement form under the "financing" section to specify whether or not you're using an FHA loan,…

Slow news day

A couple of days back, I don't know if you heard, but Santa Cruz Title is consolidating its operations , getting rid of two offices.…

Special Feature at Santa Cruz County Housing Expo: Me

One of the sessions in that track (I didn't break out the sessions) is "Opportunities in the Foreclosure Market." So yesterday, I'm sitting at my…

Researching Santa Cruz Neighborhoods On-Line

Whatever draws them here, a common interest is to research the various cities and the neighborhoods that make up Santa Cruz County. Fortunately, there are…

Discount Broker = Caveat Emptor

This is the guy who sent me an offer, and after I received it, I called him to let him know I'd be e-mailing him…

Foreclosure News – from Santa Cruz and Beyond

And it is also better than getting woken up by the morning news, especially in these dark days. You may have heard this one on…

The smells of home cookin’

I was out looking at some property today, and I noticed that a sign had been posted on one of the doors in the area.…

Signs of the Apocalypse in Santa Cruz

I plan to write a book that's a cross between Catcher in the Rye and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance . ... Speaking…

The Santa Cruz Rail Trail Gets Rolling?

Fate conspired against me, though, until the quiet moments of Thursday morning. [From Purchase of 32-mile rail line slated for fall - Santa Cruz Sentinel…

Advice for Santa Cruz Home Sellers in 2008

That's kind of the problem. There's a large school of thought that says one reason why home prices have not slid more than they have…