Jay Valento on September 29th, 2008

The Dow Jones Stock Exchnage is based on a weighted average value of the top 30 companies publicly traded on the stock market.  Investors in the stock market reacted to the news that our elected officials did not pass the $700 Billion Dollar bailout that would have eased the skid of the real estate industry.
Most home buyers [...]

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Jay Valento on September 2nd, 2008

Google Announces New Web Browser Today

After a webcast briefing and demo, the new web browser, “Google Chrome”, will be released.  It is designed to be a quicker and faster internet browser to make your web experience better.  And of course your experience with finding a Long Beach home for sale easier…(grin)
To view the media launch [...]

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Jay Valento on July 29th, 2008

Earthquake Hits Southern California
The quake was centered in Chino Hills, California about 35 miles east of Long Beach.  It appears it was originally set at a magnitude of 5.8 but later revised to 5.4.  There have been over 20 smaller ones since that time located in cities like Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, Diamond Bar and [...]

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Jay Valento on June 13th, 2008

In an effort to help ease the burden lenders who have tons of bank owned foreclosures, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) plans to remove the ninety day waiting period for resale homes and condos that were financed by FHA-guaranteed loans.  This gives banks an opporunity to fix up and repair their Long Beach homes that they foreclose [...]

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Jay Valento on November 24th, 2007

Malibu scorced again. According to the news reports, as of 4am this morning, Malibu was on fire. As many as 12 homes were damagaged or lost in this current blaze that started in the canyons above Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and have spread down the hills and across PCH.

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Jay Valento on June 22nd, 2006

Orange County’s premier website for real estate, www.RedWagonTeam.net gets a face lift. The founders of The Red Wagon Team wanted to create a lifestyle look and feel. When you are ready to go home surfing, go Orange County Homes

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Jay Valento on November 8th, 2005

Is there a housing bubble? Everyone talks about it. Prices are high and continued in the summer months but now is the market slowing? Will prices drop?
To find answers to these questions and more, go to the Housing Bubble Prospects Questions & Answers for general information on the health of today’s housing markets.

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