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Manzanita Ventures planting roots
A Manzanita is a strong, resilient tree. The vines intertwine throughout the evergreen shrubs as it continues to grow over time. Hence the name of Manteca's newest real estate business. Co-founder Suzanne Candini hopes that Manzanita Ventures will parallel that of this tree. She along with fellow co-founder Rachelle Souza, Georgiann Rose, Maria Gikas, and Brian Lange are among the team that will bring experience, innovation and service. Included are five integrated services – residential ...
Condos sell for $44,500 to $58,000
Determining value - especially with cash buyers - is an art and not a science. If you doubt that, consider the Cherry Lane Condos on Union Road at Cherry Lane that are ground zero for almost 100 percent cash transactions. Condo complexes - when the majority of units are owned by investors - do not go FFA which is where most of the first-time buyers secure financing in today's market. At the height of the ...
Woodbridge garners top honors
The nation's largest homebuilder's Bay Area Division took top honors in ten separate categories at the 33rd annual Building Industry Association's MAME Awards.
Price jump: It’s not much but it’s a start
It's not exactly price creep but it is still an encouraging sign. Several builders have upped the starting price for their lowest priced new homes over the past several months in Manteca. Woodside Homes, as an example, lowest starting point was the $199,000 for the neighborhood in the triangle formed by Atherton Drive, Woodward Avenue and Van Ryn Avenue in southeast Manteca. Now the base prices start at $205,000. The slight rise in new home ...
A lot of home & assurances for $299K
No worries, no problems, plus plenty of appeal and value. That is the best way to describe an eight-year-old home being sold by the original owners in the popular Villa Ticino neighborhood north of the Manteca Golf Course. Not only is the home in solid shape in a desirable neighborhood but it is neither a foreclosure nor a short sale. No waiting on the bank to decide and no games. It also comes with a ...
392 foreclosures in Manteca in March? Try 90
So how bad is the foreclosure mess? If you follow a popular website that tracks foreclosures, you'd be led to believe there were 332 foreclosures in March within Manteca's city limits. That figure is misleading for a number of reasons. First it double counts previous months. For example if a home got a first notice in January it was counted in that month's numbers. If it got a second notice in March it was included ...
Raymus offers custom living for $309K
Raymus - the gold standard for Manteca homes for more than 50 years - is building again. This time it is a custom neighborhood of 11 oversized lots known as Ken Hill Estates nestled next to an almond orchard off Woodward Avenue. The first home is a single-story 2,196-square-foot three-bedroom, two bathroom home with Spanish-style touches and sensibilities as well as designs that a woman would appreciate. It is selling for $309,990. Unlike virtually every ...
3,587 reasons to buy now
Are you ready to scratch your head? Manteca's existing home sales 95 days into 2010 are on pace to match last year's record setting 1,211 closed deals. There have been 292 homes sold in 95 days. If the tempo of sales holds, that means by the end of 2010 some 3,587 existing Manteca homes will have exchanged hands or 16 percent of all housing stock including apartment units and mobile homes. So how come in ...
Del Webb: Smart move for buyers
Why is Del Webb at Woodbridge selling one out of every five new homes in Manteca? Part of that answer has to do with why Manteca builders sold 306 homes last year while in Stockton they sold 120, and Modesto just eight. Manteca not only has a great central location to attractions such as Yosemite, the Gold Country, the Delta, and The City but is also at the heart of a triangle with a 45- ...
Real Manteca country for $299K
What passes for affordable country property sometimes is laughable. Homes often sit on 1.5 acres - an area that would typically accommodate seven homes in developed portions of cities like Manteca. And normally you won't find just one such country home but seven or eight clustered together. True, you've got more space but you still have neighbors essentially on top of you. To afford more space you often had to pay hundreds upon hundreds of ...
RE/MAX EXECUTIVE HONORS TOP AGENTS
Re/Max Executive members gathered Wednesday morning for a brunch awards session at Spring Creek Country Club in Ripon.
The high cost of fence sitting
The waiting game is about to become expensive If you are a first-time home buyer interested in securing what is essentially free money for you - although not taxpayers as a whole - the deadline is April 30 to get a home into escrow. That's the last day to take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit. That home, though, must close escrow by June 30. That tax credit is reducing the cost of purchasing ...
Home buying: Back to the future
Twenty-one years ago they bought a house in the custom East Manteca neighborhood of Spring Meadows for $210,000.
Fence sitters can learn from history
Six years ago this summer a bidding war was underway to buy the models of the popular east Manteca custom neighborhood known as Meadowlands located to the north of Joshua Cowell School.
Bay Area investors may ultimately help push up Manteca housing prices
Bay Area housing prices may once again impact future trends in Manteca values. This time around, though, it is a whole new game. In past periods of basically flat markets or markets on the grow, any price movements in the high-priced Bay Area would move up with Manteca lagging about six months behind. As more Bay Area first-time buyers were squeezed out of the market due to price increases, they'd head to the east – ...
Articles by Section - HOME SCENE
Condo boards eyeing ‘mortgage termination’
DEAR BENNY: I am the president of a large condominium in the Midwest and have just heard about a program called "mortgage termination." It sounds fascinating and very useful for our condo, since we have a number of delinquencies with properties that are underwater. Are you familiar with this and if so, how does it work? --Phyllis
Fast, fabulous fixes to banish a boring bath
The best bathrooms are more than just functional areas - they're sanctuaries where you can escape, reset and recharge. And as one of the smallest and most-used rooms in the home, that's likely why they've become the most popular remodeling project (78 percent), according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Rate on 15-year loan at record-low 2.61 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The average U.S. rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage fell last week to its lowest level on record, making refinancing and home-buying more attractive to those who can qualify.
Easy solutions to backyard problems
For time-stretched gardeners who prefer to enjoy their backyards rather than work in them, several new products make outdoor living easier. Each offers a thoughtful solution to a common outdoor living problem, providing time-saving help to gardeners, gadget geeks and all who love to focus on fun outdoors.-
Sure-grow guidance for 1st-time gardeners
Each year, thousands of first-timers will join the millions of seasoned gardeners who already know the satisfaction of picking a perfect tomato at its peak, serving up salads from greens just grown right outside the back door, or harvesting home-grown peppers and specialty herbs never even seen at the grocery store.
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