Fannie And Freddie Boost Their LTV Limits As The Waters Deepen
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin refinancing mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of as much as 125 percent,” up from the current 105 percent limit in a bid boost participation…
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“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin refinancing mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of as much as 125 percent,” up from the current 105 percent limit in a bid boost participation…
From the Craigslist post asking $12,500 per month: “NOW AVAILABLE…ONE OF A KIND MANSION…5 BEDROOMS AND 4 BATHROOMS…GOURMET KITCHEN…FAB LIVINGROOM WITH ORNATE FIREPLACE…ROOF GARDEN WITH FABULOUS VIEWS OF CITY. USED…
Speaking of captain’s homes, if you’ve ever wandered around the area of what was once the Mark Hopkins Mansion, now home to the Mark Hopkins Hotel, and wondered what was…
According to Colliers International retail broker Ross Portugeis, “San Francisco’s retail vacancy rate leaped in the past year from 3 or 4 percent to 12 or 13 percent” but Portugeis…
As we wrote in October 2007: “57 months (no not days) after first hitting the market for $23,500,000, and nine months after undergoing an $8,000,000 renovation (and subsequently raising its…
It’s a restored classic façade with a newly constructed interior and plan on 21st Street. Close to Muni would be an understatement as the developers traded a new J-Church sidewalk…
It’s a bit to the South but we’ve looked at it before. Purchased for $2,500,000 in November of 2005 and boasting $750,000 in upgrades since, “G’s” 356 Santana Row #306…
The delinquency rate for prime mortgages over 60 days behind continued to climb from 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 2.9% through March 31, 2009 (up from 1.1%…
According to the April 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 0.6% from March ’09 to April ’09, down 28.0% year-over-year and…
“The Painted Ladies charmed her. The de Young wowed her. But Liesbeth van der Pol also savored a part of San Francisco that many locals ignore – Mission Bay.” (Chief…