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Can Home Sellers Keep Home Buyer’s Non-Refundable Deposits?

Posted in March 6th, 2010
by Rick Bonetti in Credentials, Homebuyer Tips, Homeseller Tips

Simply put, there are no “non-refundable deposits” in standard real estate purchase contracts – you either have a contract or an option.  If it is a valid purchase contract, specific provisions of the agreement determine whether deposits are refundable or not.
Adding a provision to a standard real estate purchase contract calling for a non-refundable “deposit” [...]

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May Home Buyers Write Simultaneous Offers On Multiple Homes For Sale?

Posted in February 27th, 2010
by Rick Bonetti in Homebuyer Tips, Homeseller Tips

The short answer to the question is no, unless they intend to buy both!
Two situations are prompting homebuyers to want to make simultaneous offers on multiple properties: 1) a hot market with multiple offers, and 2) a short sale where it may take a bank a long time to respond to an offer.
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Saratoga Ground Movement Potential Maps

Posted in February 22nd, 2010
by Rick Bonetti in Homebuyer Tips

California statutes require home seller’s disclosure of environmental hazards through reports generated by companies such as JCP/LGS Disclosures, Property ID and First American Natural Hazard Disclosures.  They search public records relative to specific assessors parcel and disclose if a property is in an earthquake zone, flood zone or other hazard.
In addition, the City of Saratoga, CA [...]

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Saratoga Real Estate Heats Up With The Super Bowl

Posted in February 10th, 2010
by Rick Bonetti in Homebuyer Tips, Homeseller Tips, Market Trends

The Silicon Valley real estate market regularly starts to pick up about the time of the Super Bowl (wasn’t that a great game)!
Inventory of homes for sale in Saratoga, CA 95070 is climbing, but is still a low 86 detached and 11 attached homes.  Last week 21 detached homes were added to the inventory including [...]

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Introducing The New APR Open House App

Posted in February 9th, 2010
by Rick Bonetti in Homebuyer Tips

 

In the early 1990’s Alain Pinel Realtors was a pioneer in implementing new internet applications for local real estate and they have just introduced their latest ” killer” application: www.Open.APR.com    This website now gets a feed from the MLS database that shows open houses with maps, a street view and a route plotting via Google Maps.  You can [...]

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