Real Estate
For most people, their house is more than just a home. It is their major expense, their largest investment and where most of their net worth lives. We help our clients think about how much money they can spend on a home, how to finance it and whether or not to refinance it.
Resources
Wells Fargo current mortgage rates (note: their calculator will assume that you live in an area where the maximum conventional loan amount is $417,000. This may or may not be the case.
Current Loan Limits for Conventional Mortgages
Loan Limits by Region (Excel file)
Wall Street Journal article (11/7/2007) on how to sell in slow market (current clients can request copy)
Researching local real estate markets
Redfin: Comprehensive real estate market information (Bay Area | Boston | L.A. | Orange County Seattle | San Diego | Washington D.C.
Movoto: Most major California markets
Trulia: Most metropolitan areas plus cool heat maps
Chronicles of the real estate boom and bust
Our article about probable major decline in national home prices
Irvine, CA – Irvine Housing Blog
Sacramento, CA – Flippers in Trouble
Blog with a lot of housing data – Calculated Risk
Economist writing about housing problems – Nouriel Roubini