by Leila Mortaz | Sep 17, 2013 | Deferred Sales Trust, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
The rate for Long Term Capital Gains in 2013 (if you held your home for 1 year or longer) is 20% for Federal Taxes and 9.3% for California! That’s a huge tax liability if you are considering selling your California home. Tax exemption relief is set at $250,000...
by Leila Mortaz | Sep 16, 2013 | Home Seller Tips, Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Real Estate (Residential)
We have develop a long list of investor/buyer interested in Los Gatos home. Granted that median price for a Los Gatos home is around $1 million dollars, these buyers are experienced enough to know what to do with these homes. The selection criteria for these home...
by Leila Mortaz | Sep 16, 2013 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Short Sales, Short Sale Expert Advice, Short Sales
Top 4 Major US Lenders have started offering large relocation incentives on Short Sales. Some of these lenders are offering as much as $35,000 for homeowners who want to sell their home with an underwater mortgage. So, there is no sense considering a HAFA Short Sale...
by SalesDude | Sep 15, 2013 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Short Sales, Short Sale Expert Advice, Short Sales
Despite rapid increase in home prices in the 1st half of 2013, the housing recovery has not spared more than 25% of home owners who still owe more than their homes value. Some of these homeowners have opted to file for bankruptcy protection to delay their decision on...
by Leila Mortaz | Sep 13, 2013 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Short Sales, Short Sale Expert Advice, Short Sales
Finally there are some good news about Short Sale. Yes, it dose not take 6 month or more than a year to sell your Short Sale home in San Jose. The length of time for Short Sale approvals has now been reduced to less than 2 weeks!! This good news comes curtsy of...
by Leila Mortaz | Sep 11, 2013 | Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Residential Mortgage
Several weeks ago we had a strange call from a seller who was claiming that the Real Estate agents in the Rincanada Hill complex were against him and are trying to devalue his property by creating odd comps on Zillow!! The story was too complicated to even follow,...
