Don’t Forget to Vote Today!

Redwood Citizens, don’t forget to vote today, November 3rd! The following info on today’s election also be found on theCounty of San Mateo’s web site:
The Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election will be held on Tues., Nov. 3. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
According to Chief Elections Officer Warren Slocum,”All [...]

Halloween Train Rides in Redwood City? Way Cool…

Courtesy of the Emerald Hills Railway:
Halloween Night Train Rides!
Saturday, Oct. 31st, 5-8:30 pm
FREE
Invite the young and the old, the dead or alive and climb aboard our locomotive to encircle an atmosphere of colorful lights, a black light loading zone, and festive scenes.
Friends, family and neighbors welcome!  All ages can ride!
This event is weather permitting and operates at the [...]

Sandbags available for Redwood City Residents

With the first significant storm coming in on Tuesday, I have heard that sandbags are available for pickup for Redwood City residents starting at this past weekend. If you are in a flood-prone area of Redwood City, you can get sandbags in the parking lot of Redwood City’s Public Works Services building, 1400 Broadway (between [...]

Don’t Buy That Furniture (If you want the $8000 tax credit, that is)

Good article in the WSJ about how lenders might actually be checking your credit on closing day, hence advising would-be benefactors of the $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit to NOT buy stuff until after you close.
Here’s some more of the good snippets from the article:
With the deadline on the first-time home buyer tax credit [...]

Tales of Buffoonery, aka What the Heck is Bank of America Smoking?

Ok, I only republish these three stories below because the last two transactions I’ve had where B of A was the buyer’s lender have me totally convinced that BofA’s left hand does not even KNOW there is a right hand. Ok, ok, I know that mortgage regulations did need to be more restrictive compared to [...]

Support a Redwood City Biz – The Movie Groove & Grind

In an effort to promote the great local businesses of Redwood City, I have this, courtesy of a handful of friends:
I wanted to recommend a great local business here in RWC that is having a hard time financially and we would hate to see them go out of business.
“The Movie Groove and Grind” DVD/video rental [...]

Upcoming Community Meeting on Redwood City Housing

Just got this in, from Malcolm Smith, the Public Communications Manager for Redwood City.
Every day, news headlines confirm what we all know ~ housing matters!  In fact, the quality of life in our community is directly linked to how we address the challenge of providing homes to people who work and grow up here. If [...]

Recently Sold Homes in Mt. Carmel – 95% (average) of List Price

In the last 90 days, a little less than a dozen homes in Mt. Carmel have closed escrow. Looking at how the sale prices compared to original price, the average is that homes are getting 95% of their original asking price.  Of course, remember, this is an average.  The “range” of all those homes is [...]

The New HVCC Law – Does It Help, or Just Plain Suck?

So there’s this new law affecting the real estate and mortgage industry, called the HVCC – short for “Home Valuation Code of Conduct”, which went into effect last month, and is the byproduct of a legal settlement between NY attorney general Andrew Cuomo and Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.
Here’s how it was “supposed” to help: [...]

Schedule of 4th o’ July Activities for Redwood City

(straight from the city’s Public Communications Manager Malcolm Smith)
This year’s 4th of July spectacular, brought to you by the Peninsula Celebration Association, will be another in the long tradition of offering the very best 4th of July event on the peninsula. All the details are at www.parade.org, the home page of the non-profit Peninsula Celebration Association. [...]