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Broadpoint Properties Agent Named Realtor® of the Year

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Realtor® Gary Bothum of Broadpoint Properties has been named by the North San Diego County Association of Realtors® (NSDCAR) as 2011 District 9 Realtor® of the Year. Bothum began his career in real estate in 1976 and has well over a quarter century of experience serving homebuyers and home sellers. After joining Broadpoint Properties in [...]

January 11, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Foreclosures Are Taking a Holiday Break

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If you are facing foreclosure this holiday season, then you may have a small reprieve. According to an article on CNN Money, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and many of the major mortgage lenders state that they will not foreclose over the holidays. According to the article, borrowers with loans owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]

December 21, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Info on the Independent Foreclosure Review

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Perhaps you have heard about the Independent Foreclosure Review. If you haven’t, here’s what you need to know: As part of the settlement associated with inappropriate foreclosure practices, fourteen mortgage servicers and their affiliates are identifying customers who were part of a foreclosure action on their primary residence during the period of January 1, 2009 [...]

December 14, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Refinance Program for Underwater Borrowers – HARP 2.0

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A few weeks back, we reported on this wonderful newly updated Government program, commonly known as HARP 2.0. In this program, responsible borrowers (perhaps even you) who are upside down (who owe more to the bank than their homes are worth) can refinance at prevailing rates. Guidelines for this program were slated to come out [...]

December 7, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Spring Break in San Diego County – Time to Whoop It Up

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With Spring Break here, it’s either time to whoop it up and party hearty (yes, that’s how you spell it) or it’s time to get down to business and do some light reading. Here’s a recap of the posts on our site that have had the most hits; someone must’ve liked ‘em, so maybe you [...]

April 14, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Ooh La La, Radio GaGa – Local Broker Discusses Real Estate Market on the Radio

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Broadpoint Properties Real Estate Broker, Melissa Zavala, recently participated in a radio interview where she answered questions about loan modifications and short sales. With so many different government and non-government short sale and modification programs available to distressed borrowers, it is important to get the skinny and/or hear the real deal about what’s going on [...]

February 17, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Clarification of Wells Fargo Short Sale Procedures

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  O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street, Oh please let it be for me! O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street, I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!   Is there anyone out there reading this post that remembers this song? Back in the early [...]

December 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →