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Of course, they’re still way below the long-term average for the 30 year rate. I paid 8% on my 1 st 30 year loan.   From DS News Fixed Rates Skyrocket in Response to Fed Remarks According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) rose to 4.46 percent (0.8 point) for the week ending June 27, an increase from only 3.93 percent last week and the highest figure since the week of July 28, 2011. The weekly increase is the largest since April 1987. The 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.50 percent (0.8 point), up from 3.04 percent the previous week. While the massive rate hike will certainly dampen some housing activity, Nothaft noted the effect "will be muted by the high level of buyer affordability, and home sales should remain strong." » Read More   - S unil Sethi SUNIL SETHI REAL ESTATE Helping Families Find Homes with Great Schools in Fremont, Newark and Union City. Property Search | Featured Listing | Neighborhoods |

From DS News Senators Introduce Bill to Replace GSEs in 5 Years A bipartisan group of senators introduced on Tuesday legislation to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a newly created agency. Citing the overwhelming presence of the GSEs in today's mortgage marketplace, Sens. Bob Corker and Mark Warner unveiled a new piece of legislation designed to wind down the enterprises and rebuild the private mortgage sector. The legislation would dissolve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac within five years of passage and transfer appropriate utility duties and functions to a "different, modernized and streamlined agency." » Read More   - S unil Sethi SUNIL SETHI REAL ESTATE Helping Families Find Homes with Great Schools in Fremont, Newark and Union City. Property Search | Featured Listing | Neighborhoods | Home Value | School Score | Property Tax    To access most updated listings on MLS from your phone, Download my FREE app from "My Mobile App" .    Love Us on Yelp!  

Go figure, an unscrupulous government agency.       In recent weeks, Fannie Mae executive James Tiegen was fired while the company is currently under investigation for soliciting illegal payments from real estate brokers. Tiegen, who headed the Irvine office of Fannie Mae, was reportedly laid off due to "performance issues", but his involvement in the investigation is still unknown. As mentioned in the article " Did Your Pocket get Picket by a Fannie Mae Employee " posted earlier this month on RE-Insider, the instigation began only a couple months ago, when former Fannie Mae foreclosure specialist Armando Granillo was arrested in L.A. for enticing an illegal kickback from an Arizona real estate broker. In exchange for a foreclosure listing, Granillo expected to receive a kickback of $11,200, a practice that is highly illegal. Granillo is due to face trial this August. Click here to read more. - S unil Sethi SUNIL SETHI REAL ESTATE Helping Families Find Homes with

  If you were buying something for $444,000 with 3.5% down. Rates have gone up about 1%, which would equate to $247/month increase in the monthly mortgage or $almost $3,000 annually or$90,000 over the life of the loan. So does it make sense to pay a little more to close the deal?     - S unil Sethi SUNIL SETHI REAL ESTATE Helping Families Find Homes with Great Schools in Fremont, Newark and Union City. Property Search | Featured Listing | Neighborhoods | Home Value | School Score | Property Tax    To access most updated listings on MLS from your phone, Download my FREE app from "My Mobile App" .    Love Us on Yelp!      Like Us on Facebook  

4096 Murray Cmn, Fremont CA 94538 Open House Sunday 1-4pm   Ø    Regular sale - not an REO or Short Sale. Ø    Built in 1979 Ø    2 Bedrooms Ø    2 Baths Ø    1 Car Shared Garage and 1 assigned Carport. Ø    1,189 spacious living sqft. Ø    This home is modern, and spacious. Ø    Remodeled Kitchen, with granite countertop Ø    Remodeled bathrooms Ø    Flooring: tile, laminate, linoleum and carpeting Ø    Dual Pane Windows in bedrooms Ø    Vaulted ceilings Ø    Easy access to Hwy 880 Ø    Walking distance to the parks: Restaurants, Grocery Stores, Shops and parks.     Front View    / Pedestrian Entry Gate  / Community Map Living Room Dining Room. Kitchen Master Bedroom v Master Bathroom   Bedroom 2  

"E-NEWS" News From the New Haven Unified School District   Key Dates for 2013-14 School Year With summer vacation having begun, New Haven families are reminded that the 2013-14 school year will begin Wednesday, Aug. 28. For those making school-year plans, Thanksgiving break will be Nov. 25-29, winter recess will be Dec. 23-Jan. 3, and spring vacation will be March 31-April 4. The complete instructional calendar is available on the District website ( www.nhusd.k12.ca.us ). Under the menu down the left side, click on “Calendar & School Hours.” Parents of Incoming Kindergartners Should Register Their Children Now Parents of children old enough to start kindergarten who have not yet enrolled their children are urged to begin the process as soon as possible. Enrollment packets can be picked up at the Centralized Enrollment Center, adjacent to the Educational Services Center at 34200 Alvarado-Niles Rd., Union City. Children born between Nov. 2, 2007, and Sept, 1, 2008, are elig

      Saturday, June 22, 2013 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area 2100 Isherwood Way, Fremont, CA 94536 FREE Admission and FREE Parking Discover your Regional Parks along with health related activities, vendors, and more at this free festival, celebrating National Get Outdoors Day in partnership with the US Forest Service. Enjoy music, entertainment, a Kids' Zone, naturalist programs, cooking demos, healthy food, and much more.   Entertainment & Activities Schedule Main Stage & Events hosted by Hispanic Radio & TV personality: Celina Rodriguez    TIME  EVENT   LOCATION  11a - 3:30p  Kid's Zone - Jr. Ranger Program  Kids' Zone  11 - 11:20a  Mariachi Jalisco  Main Stage  11:20 - 11:30a  Dahn Yoga: Kigong Demonstration  Main Stage  11:30 - 11:45a  Event announcements with EBRPD Board Members & Sponsors  Main Stage  11:45a - 12:00p  Ballet Folklórico Nacional Mexicano  Main Stage  12 - 3:00 p  Face Painting  Kids' Zone  12 - 12:15p  

The aim of a smart phone should  be a to make me more productive, and make me smarter, or least make people think I am.   Applications should aim to allow me to retrieve information faster, that is they not only find the relevant information and fast, but they help remember what to look for.   The smart phone should always be organizing my data as it comes in so that related topics can be looked at together, and Rolodex and calendars are updated, and reminders are generated.   Visual voicemail was an important breakthrough, but please don’t stop the innovation there. Callers should retrieve personalized greeting based on how I file their number in my rolodex, else use a white pages lookup ala YouMail. A text or email should be presented, detailing where the call originated from, and a transcription of the voicemail should be emailed.   For marketing purposes the phone should enable easy broadcast of text, and photos to various social groups.   What we’re aiming to do is give everyone a

I don’t know the inside story, but I know all the progress these last 4 years has to go more to her than the board. Maybe the board should ask the superintendent, if she’ll stay if they all step down.       BOARD TO ESTABLISH PROCESS TO FIND NEW SUPERINTENDENT   UNION CITY (Thursday, June 6, 2013) – The New Haven Unified School District's Board of Education will begin immediately the process of finding a new superintendent, Board President Linda Canlas said Wednesday, after Superintendent Kari McVeigh announced she will take an early retirement.   “I’d like to assure the New Haven community -- particularly our students, their parents and our employees – that we will establish and implement a thorough process and move quickly but carefully to find the right person for the very important job of leading our district,” Ms. Canlas said.   “While the Board hasn’t had a chance to discuss this, I’m certain we will want a process that includes input from the community and our employees, and

From DS ews Fannie Mae Announces New Effort to Streamline Short Sale Process In an effort to speed up the short sale process, Fannie Mae is increasing early communication with real estate agents by asking listing agents to register accepted short sale offers with the GSE. By registering offers, Fannie Mae says there will be greater transparency in the process and it will also allow the GSE to be more proactive when working with servicers to complete short sales. Through Fannie Mae's site Homepathforshortsales.com agents can register their short sale offers. » Read More   - S unil Sethi SUNIL SETHI REAL ESTATE Helping Families Find Homes with Great Schools in Fremont, Newark and Union City. Property Search | Featured Listing | Neighborhoods | Home Value | School Score | Property Tax    To access most updated listings on MLS from your phone, Download my FREE app from "My Mobile App" .    Love Us on Yelp!      Like Us on Facebook  

34213 Tupelo St., Fremont, CA 94555 Dream Home   Ø    Regular Sale Ø    Built in 1991 Ø    4 Bedrooms Ø    3 Baths Ø    2 Car Garage. Ø    1,929 spacious living sqft. Ø    3,600 sqft lot. Ø    This is the most popular & largest Layout in complex. Home is modern, and spacious. Ø    Ardenwood community. Ø    Kitchen/Family room combination Ø    Vaulted ceiling Ø    Great lighting, Dual pane windows Ø    1 BR + 1 Full BA on 1st floor Ø    Easy care backyard. Ø    Spacious master suite, w/dual sink, walk-in closet. Ø    Flooring: tile, linoleum and carpeting flooring Ø    Easy access to Dumbarton, Hwy 880, Peninsula Ø    Walking distance to the parks; Ø    Conveniences: Farmer’s Market, Yum's Bistro for great Chinese food, and Bombay Pizza House. Front Living Room Dining & Living Rooms Kitchen Family Room Master Bedroom Master Bedroom Walk-in Closet Master Bedroom Bathroom - Dual sinks, wide tub and separate Shower Downstairs Bedroom Upstairs Bedroom Downstairs Bathroom Upsta