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Simi Valley Home Buyers – FHA Premium Goes Up After Oct 4th

by Ted Mackel on August 18, 2010

Simi Valley Home Buyers, if you are out shopping for a home and are going to use FHA financing it is important to make sure you get your FHA case number before October 4th, 2010 as the FHA Premium goes up after this date. John Yang independent mortgage broker and author of the Mortgage Video [...]

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Second straight month Simi Valley Home Sales drop – Inventory edging up

by Ted Mackel on March 3, 2010

Second straight month Simi Valley Home Sales drop – Inventory edging up The Simi Valley Real Estate market may have more personalities than Sybil. December saw the highest closed sales for single family detached homes in Simi Valley for 2009 with 98 closings.  I believe that year end accounting for many of the corporate sellers [...]

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Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – January 31, 2010

by Ted Mackel on February 15, 2010

Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – January 31, 2010 Simi Valley home sales for the first month of 2010 trended back to average levels seen through 2009. While December 2009 showed the strongest sales for the year, my hunch was that many Short Sale lenders trying to close their books for the fiscal year [...]

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Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – December 31, 2009

by Ted Mackel on January 10, 2010

In this year to date Simi Valley Home Sales Report,  I am going to first cover what happened in December and then look at the year as a whole, with a prediction of how I see things shaping up for the 2010 Simi Valley real estate market. I am seeing similar activity in the West [...]

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12 Tips To Make Your REO Offer More Attractive (Bank Owned Homes)

by Ted Mackel on October 22, 2008

12 Tips To Make Your REO Offer More Attractive (Bank Owned Homes) Currently I represent a local Southern California Bank with their REO (Bank Owned) properties in Simi Valley, Moorpark, Camarillo, the Conejo Valley and West San Fernando Valley.  I have also represented buyers on other bank owned homes.  Below are 12 tips to help [...]

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Simi Valley Home Buying Guide for 2008

by Ted Mackel on May 19, 2008

As an adjunct to my Perfect Storm Blog post. I went to NAR’s website and looked at the historical sales data, to study the trends as I am constantly asked how long will a recovery take or when will the bottom hit. Those waiting for the bottom will likely miss it as the laggards in [...]

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