Real Estate News | Apr 24, 2014 | By: Realtor.com Team Realtor.com® Survey: 13% of Consumers Ready to Buy a Luxury Home Sellers: Get your chef’s kitchens and outdoor fire pits ready –– they’re the kinds of amenities that buyers seek when shopping for a luxury home. In a new survey, realtor.com® uncovered the priorities, buying… Read More
Last Friday VAREP was proud to give away another home to Michael Dunlap, Marine Corps Veteran. Watch his story and be inspired to continue to serve our military and veteran communities across the nation! Nominate a Hero Today! If you are interested, or know someone deserving of a home, please contact Richard Mercado at (951) 444-7364 or… Read More
By Eileen Frere– ABC7 Los Angeles SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) — A newly released USC study finds many veterans, especially combat veterans, in Orange County face major challenges when adjusting to civilian life. “The state of the American Veteran: The Orange County Veterans Study,” was conducted by the USC School of Social Work Center for… Read More
This is a somewhat lengthy and very detailed report on the CoreLogic web site. The upshot is that it’s looking like recent changes in the FHA mortgage system have been positive ones. Indications are that the real estate industry and potential homeowners can expect more favorable market conditions, at least for awhile. ~Bill an excerpt… Read More
You have to wonder how effective any government program can be, and yet congress deserves huge kudos for recognizing and addressing this issue. ~Bill —————————————— It passed the House unanimously, and overwhelming approval is expected in the Senate. Posted by Veterans Today on February 3, 2015 The Senate is expected to take up a bill… Read More
Four of the top interior designers from different parts of the country shared their design predictions for the coming year with Hunter Douglas, the window fashions manufacturer. Here’s the short list from Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Los Angeles; Martha Angus, San Francisco; John Phifer Marrs, Dallas and Fawn Galli, New York: What’s In What’s Out The… Read More
My wife has this app on her phone, it recommends recipes based on ones you’ve flagged as favorites. Today it recommended this. Apparently this app knows me better than it knows her 🙂 ~Bill Check it out on this great site Recipes that Crock! Subscribe to our Newsletter Bill Salvatore is a member of… Read More
From our recent Newsletter Want to get the best return on your remodeling investment? Stick to the exterior of your home, according to the 2015 Cost vs. Value report from the National Association of Realtors® and Remodeling Magazine. Realtors® across the country said a steel entry door would return 101.8 percent of its costs –… Read More
Interesting NPR interview with Bradley Cooper about veterans, you can find it here. ~Bill e film American Sniper has prompted arguments about its depiction of the Iraq War and become a cultural lightning rod. But Bradley Cooper, who plays Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and was also a producer on the film, didn’t expect the conversation… Read More
From our recent Newsletter The official opening of the federal tax filing season was Jan. 20, also the unofficial opening of the tax scamming season, the Internal Revenue Service warns. Tax fraudsters have posed as the IRS in everything from email refund schemes to phone impersonations all aimed at getting you to share your personal… Read More
