By Charlotte Reed, REALTOR SRES CRS

October 11, 2012 (San Diego’s East County)—This column includes some hopeful signs of a real estate recover, a warning about a loan scam, a new real estate laws taking effect in January 2013, and an update on a revised Homeowner Bill of Rights.

 By Charlotte Reed, Realtor, SRES, CRS

By  Charlotte Reed,  Realtor, SRES, CRS

•         Big Bank/Feds settlement
•         Free Homeowners counseling
•        Weekly ESDCAR meeting 

By Charlotte Reed, Realtor

• Installation of local Realtor officers and directors
• Title information outsourcing
• Another lawsuit for B of A and other big banks 

 By Charlotte Reed

• C.A.R. defends DRE budget reserves
• Perception of better days ahead
• If it sounds too good to be true...

 
By   Charlotte Reed

• Brown Bag “Lunch and Learn” on GUHSD boundary changes Feb. 25
• Is the grass greener?
• Scam alert 

by Charlotte Reed

"Real estate is my business…my only business."

January 13, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – In today’s column, we cover the latest hot topics in real estate locally and nationwide.  This week’s topics are:

•    MLS consumer website now available
•    Three realtor associations in merger talks
•     Agents search for the perfect office
•     Fair-lending charges against Bank of America settlement

 By Charlotte Reed

• East County Realtors rally to aid less fortunate at Christmas time
• Two new scams reported in East County

By Charlotte Reed

December 12, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)—From the Real Estate Trenches is a weekly column focused on real estate news that impacts East County’s real estate market. This week’s local and national real estate highlights include:

• Fannie and Freddie suspend evictions for the holidays
• Prudential Financial sells its real estate brokerage for $110 million
• Counting my blessings
• Military Home Loans open house