Brentwood Farmer’s Market up for National Award

The Brentwood Farmers’ Market is one of the contestants in the 2010 America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets contest hosted each year by American Farmland Trust. American Farmland Trust (AFT) has opened the voting to select America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets at www.farmland.org/vote. The online contest is a nationwide challenge to see which of America’s farmers’ markets can [...]

Deer Ridge, Brentwood Market Update July 2010

Deer Ridge in Brentwood, located at the southwest corner of town and consisting of homes on and around the Deer Ridge Golf Course, continues to be a high-demand area for home buyers and investors looking for great values in East Contra Costa County. There has been an increase lately in the number of homes for [...]

The Streets of Brentwood Hosts Outdoor Theater

The fellas got their gals and locals got a taste of live theater at the inaugural performance of the Broadway Under the Stars summer series last Friday at The Streets of Brentwood, where Frank Loesser’s musical “Guys and Dolls” headlined the opening night. The summer series will also stage Phillip Canville’s “Auction Gallery” and Andrew [...]

Brentwood Real Estate Market Update June, 2010

The number of homes for sale in Brentwood is on the rise again, as overall activity slows in a market still dominated by short sales and foreclosures. There were 84 closed sales of single family homes in Bretnwood in June, down from 91 in May, and even below the 93 sales in the same month [...]

Shadow Lakes, Brentwood Market Update June 2010

Shadow Lakes in Brentwood continues to be a desirable neighborhood for home buyers, with large homes, golf course views and some of the areas most popular Brentwood schools drawing families to the West side of town. Inventory is still limited in the neighborhood, there are currently 9 homes for sale in Shadow Lakes in Brentwood, [...]

June California Foreclosure Report

ForeclosureRadar (www.foreclosureradar.com), the only website that tracks every California foreclosure and provides daily auction updates, issued its monthly California Foreclosure Report for June 2010. Foreclosure activity was mixed in June after being down across the board in May. Filing of new foreclosure notices rose, while foreclosure sales dropped. The number of foreclosure sales that were [...]

FNMA’s Stiff New Strategic Default Penalty

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that stiffer penalties were coming for borrowers who participated in a “strategic default” – now FNMA has made it official. Fannie Mae recently announced policy changes designed to encourage borrowers to work with their loan servicers and pursue alternatives to foreclosure.  Under the new policies, borrowers who strategically [...]

Brentwood CA Foreclosure List, June 2010

Foreclosure activity seems to have slowed in Brentwood and East Contra Costa County, but I don’t believe that it’s an indication of a real change in the market. Notice of Default filings are down compared to last month and this time last year, as banks slow the pace of processing the foreclosures. It’s most likely [...]

HAFA Program – Making Home Affordable Video

This is the place to start if you are struggling to make your mortgage payments. If you are looking for foreclosure alternatives, the new government sponsored Making Home Affordable program is the place to begin. Even if you are not yet late on your mortgage, you can receive help, and it’s totally free. Loan modification, [...]

Is a Short Sale Boom Coming?

A recent article from CNN Money suggests that a Shot Sale Boom is on the horizon. Banks are ramping up short sales thanks to government incentives and the realization that short sales result in lower losses than foreclosures. On average, banks lose 50 percent on a foreclosure, but only 30 percent on a short sale. [...]

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