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05/01/2008
Foreclosure home is great opportunity to buy home at low price. Here are pros & cons of buying foreclosures homes.
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Living In Apartment
 
Living in apartment is freedom from mortgage payment, property tax payment etc. The living in apartment gives you freedom to plan your dynamic living, helps if your job is transferable or temporarily living in city.
 
     
 
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Economic Stimulus Package
Does it help?
Recently congress passed an unprecedented “economic stimulus package” to remove the fear of economy slipping into the recession. The economic stimulus package is supposed to bring confidence in consumers and keep economy away from recession.

Many believe the move from government has come late and may not help the cause. By the time checks will reach to common person, economy might have touched the outer boundaries of recession.

Then the question comes this $300 or $600 check, how it is going to keep economy away from slipping into recession. People with bad habits are going to blow money on cigarettes, drugs, lotteries, the end result more money to state and federal government.

What would have been better idea is to grant low tax bracket to poor and middle class, for couple of years, counties providing relief in property taxes, lenders providing extension for low interest rates and good subsidy to industries for keeping jobs in US.

These small checks hardly make any dent into economy, these are good for lifting consumer confidence and good for vote policy. This sure saves government from tough questions from press and public.


The best ways to stop foreclosure
This is the worst nightmare of every homeowner to think about house going through foreclosure. Every home owner puts 100 percent in saving his or her home. The reasons for a house coming under foreclosure can be from “job loss”, “owned by widow”, “partner dispute”, “high debt”, “unable to pay high interest rate mortgage” etc. Read More Tips
 


List of counties in Bay Area, California

The Bay Area or the bay consists of nine jewels or nine counties, Together these nine counties host close to 7 million people spread around 7,000 square miles. The Bay Area is located in “Northern California”. The uniqueness of Bay Area is the mix of large cities, urban area and rural area. All in one place. The area is known for ethnically diverse metropolitan community.

Top reasons for buying home in Bay Area

Why would you consider buying property in Bay Area. The reason can be many, from great climate to high-tech jobs, or ethnic diversity to great schools.

 The Bay Area is center of attraction for high tech development, be it in computers, Bio tech, alternate fuels or emerging technologies. All high tech action happens in Bay Area.

With its year around great weather, many people prefer Bay Area for out door activities, lot of people move from snow area to Bay Area to enjoy west coast sun shine and great beaches.
Apartments in California East Bay Cities (Bay Area)

Check out renting available in East bay cities from condos to 1r,2r and single family homes. Get register and get first call for your favorite apartment. East bay cities are closer to silicon valley the home of all tech companies. You may qualify to get $100 for a signed lease or in some cases apartment rental offices are giving first month rent free. For more information check east bay city apartments East Bay City Apartments(Bay Area)

Apartments in California San Jose Cities (Bay Area)

The San Jose region is hub of technology companies, this area is very vibrant and multicultural, many cities in this region are on world map because of headquarters of top tech companies. This area is also high income group in nation and also some of the cities have best school in nation. Check more on city information in San Jose region. Apartments in San Jose

The Bay Area region is blessed with great beaches, great parks and trails, excellent schools, top class jobs, world class schools, world famous sky resorts and few hour drive to snow caped mountains, desert, beaches and red wood forest. Where else will you get such variety all in one place.

Because of these attractions, Bay Area homes are pricier then nation home average price. If you quantify the benefits of living in Bay Area, you will appreciate the price you are paying for living in Bay Area.

List of Airports in Bay Area, California

The three well known major airports of Bay Area are “San Francisco International (SFO)”, “Oakland International (OAK)” and “San Jose International (SJC)”. These airports are open 24 hours and serve world wide connections.

List of Parks in Bay Area, California

What can you experience in Bay area parks, you name it, “Beauty of Nature”, “Interested in Star Gazing “, “Picnic”, “Learn about new plants” or just discover yourself in the beauty of Bay Area parks.

  • Anthony Chabot
  • Antioch/Oakley
  • Ardenwood Historic Farm
  • Bishop Ranch
  • Black Diamond Mines
  • Briones
  • Brooks Island
  • Browns Island
  • Brushy Peak
  • Carquinez Strait
  • Castle Rock
  • Claremont Canyon
  • Contra Loma
  • Coyote Hills
  • Crockett Hills
  • Crown Beach
  • Cull Canyon
  • Del Valle
  • Diablo Foothills
  • Don Castro
  • Dry Creek Pioneer
  • Eastshore
  • Five Canyons
  • Garin
  • Hayward
  • Huckleberry Botanic
  • Kennedy Grove
  • Lake Chabot
  • Las Trampas
  • Leona Canyon
  • Little Hills
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Martinez
  • Middle Harbor
  • Miller/Knox
  • Mission Peak
  • Morgan Territory
  • Ohlone
  • Oyster Bay
  • Pleasanton Ridge
  • Point Isabel
  • Point Pinole
  • Quarry Lakes
  • Redwood
  • Roberts
  • Round Valley
  • Shadow Cliffs
  • Sibley
  • Sobrante Ridge
  • Sunol
  • Sycamore Valley
  • Temescal
  • Tilden
  • Vargas Plateau
  • Vasco Caves
  • Waterbird
  • Wildcat Canyon


List of Schools in Bay Area, California

The Bay Area has good private and Govt. funded colleges and universities. Some of them are world known for producing brilliant scholars. Few universities in Bay Area are research oriented, they help top tech companies in the field of computers, bio tech, life science, energy, nuclear science etc. It is honor to get listed in these top universities. Please find below list of universities both private and Govt. Funded.

List of Private Colleges and Universities in Bay Area, California
  • Academy of Art College
    625 Sutter St
    San Francisco, CA 94120
    Phone: (415) 274-2222
    E-mail: akakitis@academyart.edu

  • California College of Arts and Crafts
    5212 Broadway
    Oakland, CA 94618
    Phone:(510) 653-8118
    E-mail: jmcrae@ccac-art.edu

  • California Institute of Integral Studies
    1453 Mission St
    San Francisco, CA 94103
    Phone:(415) 575-6100
    E-mail: info@ciis.edu

  • Chapman University
    2600 Stanwell Dr, Suite 110
    Concord, CA 94520
    Phone: (925) 680-1407
    E-mail: concord@chapman.edu

  • Cogswell Polytechnical College
    1175 Bordeaux Dr
    Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1299
    Phone: (408) 541-0100
    E-mail: admis@cogswell.edu

  • College of Notre Dame 1500 Ralston Ave
    Belmont, CA 94002
    Phone: (650) 508-3533
    E-mail: admiss@cnd.edu

  • Dominican University of California
    50 Acacia Ave
    San Rafael, CA
    94901-2298
    Phone: (415) 457-4440
    E-mail: Enroll@dominican.edu

  • Golden Gate University
    536 Mission St
    San Francisco, CA , 94105
    Phone: (415) 442-7800
    E-mail: info@ggu.edu

  • Holy Names College
    • 3500 Mountain Boulevard
    Oakland, CA 94619
    Phone: (510) 436-1351
    E-mail: admissions@admin.hnc.edu
  • John F. Kennedy University

    12 Altarinda Road

    Orinda, CA 94563
    Phone: (925) 258-2339
    E-mail: ssermeno@jfku.edu

  • Menlo College
  • 1000 El Camino Real
  • Atherton, CA 94027
    Phone: (800) 556-3656
    E-mail: admissions@menlo.edu

  • Mills College
    5000 MacArthur Boulevard.
    Oakland, CA 94613
    Phone: (510) 430-2135
    E-mail: admission@mills.edu

  • Monterey Institute of International Studies
    425 Van Buren
    Monterey, CA 93940
    Phone: 1 (800) 824-7235
    E-mail: admit@miis.edu

  • New College of California
    741 Valencia St,
    San Francisco, CA 94110
    Phone: (415) 437-3460 - 1-(888) 437-3460
    E-mail: admissions@ncgate.newcollege.edu

  • Samuel Merritt College
    370 Hawthorne Ave.
    Oakland, CA, 94609
    Phone: (510) 869-6511
    E-mail: admission@samuelmerritt.edu

  • St. Mary's College of California
    P.O. Box A-L
    Moraga, CA 94575
    Phone: (925) 631-4352
    E-mail: mlittle@stmarys-ca.edu

  • San Francisco Art Institute
    800 Chesnut St
    San Francisco, CA 94133
    Phone: (415) 771-7020
    E-mail: admissions@cdmweb.sfai.edu

  • Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara, CA 95053
    Phone: (408) 554-4700
    E-mail: ugadmissions@scu.edu

  • Stanford University
    Stanford, CA 94305
    Phone: (650) 723-2091
    E-mail: undergrad.admissions@forsythe.stanford.edu

  • University of San Francisco
    2130 Fulton St
    San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
    Phone: (415) 422-6563
    E-mail:opdyke@usfca.edu

Public Universities in Bay Area, California
  • California State University, Hayward
    25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
    Hayward, California, 94542
    Phone: (510) 885-3000 - (510) 885-2624
    E-mail: adminfo@csuhayward.edu

  • San Francisco State University
    1600 Holloway Ave
    San Francisco, CA 94132
    Phone: (415) 338-1293
    E-mail: ugadmit@sfsu.edu

  • San Jose State University
    One Washington Square
    San Jose, California, 95192
    Phone: 408-924-1000
    E-mail: info@soar.sjsu.edu

  • Sonoma State University
    1801 East Cotati Avenue
    Rohnert Park, California 94928
    Phone: (707) 664-3013
    E-mail: jane.luchini@sonoma.edu

  • University of California, Berkeley
    110 Sproul Hall (undergraduate program)
    309 Sproul Hall (graduate program)
    Berkeley, California, 94720
    Phone: (510) 642-3246
    E-mail: ouars@uclink.berkeley.edu

  • University of California, San Francisco
    520 Parnassus
    San Francisco, CA 94143
    Phone: (415) 476-4356
    E-mail: webreg_at_saa@ccmail.ucsf.edu

List of Community Colleges in Bay Area, California
  • Cabrillo College
    6500 Soquel Dr
    Aptos California 95005
    Phone: (831) 479-6200
    E-mail: salarter@cabrillo.cc.ca.us

  • Cañada College
    4200 Farm Hill Rd.
    Redwood City, CA 94601
    (650) 306-3494
    E-mail: sohrabi@smcccd.cc.ca.us

  • Chabot College
    25555 Hesperian Blvd.
    Hayward, California 94545
    Phone: (510) 723-6715
    E-mail: intladms@clpccd.cc.ca.us

  • City College of San Francisco
    50 Phelan Ave.
    San Francisco, CA 94112
    Phone: (415) 239-3837
    E-mail: rbrovelli@ccsf.cc.ca.us

  • College of Alameda
    555 Atlantic Ave.
    Alameda, CA 94501
    (510) 466-7380
    E-mail: globaled@peralta.cc.ca.us

  • College of Marin
    835 College Ave.
    Kentfield, CA 94904
    Phone: (415) 485-9411
    E-mail: admissions@marin.cc.ca.us

  • College of San Mateo
    1700 West Hillsdale Blvd.
    San Mateo, CA 94402
    Phone: (650) 574-6526
    E-mail: frassetti@smcccd.cc.ca.us

    • Contra Costa College
    2600 Mission Bell Drive
    San Pablo, CA 94806
    (510) 235-7800
    E-mail: lames@contracosta.cc.ca.us

    De Anza College
    21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
    Cupertino, CA 95014
    (408) 864-8813
    E-mail: fu@admin.fhda.edu

  • Diablo Valley College
    321 Golf Club Rd
    Pleasant Hill, CA 94523,
    Phone: (925) 685-1230
    E-mail: gzaraboz@dvc.edu

  • Evergreen Valley College
    3095 Yerba Buena Rd.
    San Jose, CA 95135,
    Phone: (408) 274-7900
    E-mail: sandra.anderson@sjeccd.cc.ca.us
  • Foothill College
    12345 El Monte Road
    Los Altos Hills, CA 94022,
    Phone: (650) 949-7489
    E-mail: culbertson@fhda.edu

  • Gavilan College
    5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
    Gilroy, CA 95020
    Phone: (408) 848-4733
    E-mail: edenton@gavilan.cc.ca.us

  • Hartnell College
    156 Homestead Ave.
    Salinas, CA 93901
    Phone: (831) 755-6829
    E-mail: jcrawfor@hartnell.cc.ca.us

  • Heald Institute of Technology
    350 Mission St.
    San Francisco, CA 94109
    Phone: (415) 808-3000
    E-mail: klint_schahrer@heald.edu

  • Laney College
    900 Fallon Street.
    Oakland, CA 94607
    Phone: (510) 466-7380
    E-mail: globaled@peralta.cc.ca.us

  • Las Positas College
    3033 Collier Canyon Rd.
    Livermore, CA 94550
    (925) 373-4940
    E-mail: sdupree@clpccd.cc.ca.us

  • Los Medanos College
    2700 E. Leland Rd.
    Pittsburg, CA 94565
    Phone: (925) 439-2181

  • Merritt College
    12500 Campus Dr
    Oakland, CA 94619,
    Phone: (510) 466-7380
    E-mail: globaled@peralta.cc.ca.us

  • Mission College
    3000 Mission Blvd.
    Santa Clara, CA 95054
    Phone: (408) 988-2200
    E-mail:
  • Monterey Peninsula College
    980 Fremont Blvd.
    Monterey, CA 93940
    Phone: (831) 646-4024
    E-mail: nancy_predham@mpc.cc.ca.us

  • Napa Valley College
    2277 Napa Vallejo Highway
    Napa, CA 94558
    Phone: (707) 253-3990
    E-mail: dlarson@admin.nvc.cc.ca.us

  • Ohlone College
    43600 Mission Blvd.
    Fremont, CA 94539
    Phone: (510) 659-6100
    E-mail: schan@ohlone.cc.ca.us

  • San Joaquin Delta College
    5151 Pacific Avenue
    Stockton, CA 95207
    Phone: (209) 954-5641
    E-mail: mblack@sjdccd.cc.ca.us

  • San Jose City College
    2100 Moorpark Avenue
    San Jose, CA 95128
    Phone: (408) 298-2181
    E-mail: maureen.ingeneri@sjeccd.cc.ca.us

  • Santa Rosa Junior College
    1510 Mendocino Avenue
    Santa Rosa, CA 95401
    Phone: (707) 524-1751
    E-mail: kim_hunt@garfield.santarosa.edu

  • Skyline College
    3300 College Drive
    San Bruno, CA 94066
    Phone: (650) 738-4255
    E-mail: acevedo@smcccd.cc.ca.us

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  • Solano Community College
    4000 Suisun Valley Road
    Suisun City, CA 94585
    Phone: (707) 864-7000 ext. 273
    E-mail: mterry@solano.cc.ca.us

  • Vista Community College
    2020 Milvia Street
    Berkeley, CA 94704
    Phone: (510) 466-7380
    E-mail: globaled@peralta.cc.ca.us

  • West Valley College
    14000 Fruitvale Avenue
    Saratoga, CA 95070
    Phone: (408) 741-2694
    E-mail: sara_patterson@wvmccd.cc.ca.us

List of Hospitals/Urgent Cares in Bay Area, California

Many Bay Area Hospitals rank in first five percent of hospitals according to recent survey. The Bay Area hospitals are equipped with latest medical machines and breath taking discoveries in medical field. The hospitals in Bay Area benefit from research being done in near by top universities and tech companies. Because of association between universities, tech companies and the local hospitals, the new medical inventions are implemented first in Bay Area after FDA approval.


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One time hot market real-estate market of bay area is going through real-estate downturn. Couple of years back it was common to see multiple bidding for single home and homes being sold over asking price. Lot has changed in last two years, except few pockets in Bay Area rest of the bay area has home price going down by 20-40 percent. Get more information... Information About Bay Area

One time hot pockets of Bay Area such as San Ramon, Antioch, Brentwood are having high rate of foreclosure. In this downtrend my heart bleeds for people whose house is going through foreclosure. It is hard to imagine people’s hard earned money going through the drain.

Having said that there is market for first time buyers, now is the chance from them to take advantage from low housing market.

Notices of Default for houses and condos
  • County - 2007 - 2008 - Yr
  • Q1 Q1 Yr%
  • San Francisco - 216 - 420 - 94.4%
  • Alameda - 1,578 - 3,194 - 102.4%
  • Contra Costa - 1,969 - 4,718 - 139.6%
  • Santa Clara - 1,058 - 3,074 - 190.5%
  • San Mateo - 382 - 911 - 138.5%
  • Marin - 118 - 314 - 166.1%
  • Solano - 914 - 2,091 - 128.8%
  • Sonoma - 407 - 1,392 - 242.0%
  • Napa - 88 - 284 - 222.7%
  • Bay Area - 6,730 - 16,398- 143.7%
Note: Source: DataQuick Information Systems read more
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Internet Home Research

With the internet access at your finger tips, the knowledge, tools needed for online home buying has become easy. Gone those days when you will move in to neighborhood and then start getting feedback about your neighborhood. Today, you can research on house, neighborhood, city, schools, jobs, crime in area, parks in area, hospitals in area etc. Today's buyer is more informed and more demanding about hose information.

Important thing for home buying is to complete your pre-buying things to do.

  • Select few neighborhoods, check last 10 years of property trend in this area.
  • If you are buying town home or planed community home, check which one has low HOA (Home owner association charge)
  • Check school area. Lot people move blindly into a good school area and later realize that there school does not fall into good school zone. Check with school if your house fall in their school zone.
  • Get free credit report and check how good are your chance of getting home loan.
  • Explore neighborhood and get reviews from community associations, go through local issues, check forpast history
  • Check for local parks, local hospitals, libraries, airports, and near by jobs
  • check real estate tax assessment from county website
  • Check for sex offenders from national sex offenders registry
  • Get Pre-Approval from Lender
  • Get in touch with Real-estate agent and provide him your requirements.
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