Recent content by evening rose_IHB

Thank you, you are very sweet... we might need to meet first, before you can introduce me to other people ;-). I agree with what you said about the house, though for us the floor plan really works. We really liked the layout, the spaciousness, and the back yard.

Ipop, this property is not bank owned. After being a short sale for a short while, it was purchased in auction a month ago by two private investors (AKA: flippers) for 725K I believe. It was relisted by an agent named Becky Tewell from Century 21. We submitted an offer for 800K on this...

Well, I know for a fact there have been other offers, greater than 750K on that house, yet it is still on the market... I agree though that having only 3 bedrooms in such a big house is problematic. Regarding Kansas, indeed, there are some greater fools than you ;-)

Ipop, I don't think you can buy the house in Arizona for 775K. They wouldn't sell it for that. Considering they got it for 725K or so and they still have to pay realtors, they would expect to get more for it. As for the house in Kansas, I've seen it. It's cute, but it is way over-priced. I...

Oops.... sorry, I guess I missed that.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.worst_markets.fortune/6.html Santa-Ana-Tustin-Irvine is expecting to drop 22% in 2009. That's $176K on a $800K home.

Thanks for the clarification IPO, I guess our basic assumptions were a little different. Keep us posted on what you eventually decide to do :-)

I've used Ipop's numbers. 4.75% interest, $360K down. You're welcome to try it yourself ;-)

As a matter of fact, when I put your numbers into the IHB calculator's view, the result came back at $4,406. It seems that you're off by about $1000, unless there is something I missed. By the way, what is a J/C loan?

Rental parity on a $800K renting at $3400 sounds too good to be true. The buy/rent ratio is 235 months (or 19.6 years). Can you please provide more details on your calculation? Thanks!

Renting a 4-bdr plus a loft, but with no family room - just a great room, 2150 sqf in Haravard Square for $3200 since July 2007. It is in its original state, about 10 years old.

We are considering buying a new home from a builder. We visited the site over the weekend and saw a house that is already built but the price seems too high for us. Here are my questions: 1. Is it advisable to bring a realtor to negotiate for me? If I signed in during the visit, does that...

Regarding 7 Andalucia: we put a bid on this house on the first day it got on the market, and the realtor told our realtor they already had 13 offers on the house. They notified us 5 days later that our offer wasn't accepted. I don't know what it was shown on the MLS as active when it really...

We would like a 4 bedroom, 2 or 3 bath, at least 2300 sqf, but preferably around 2600 or so, in one of the following areas: Northwood Pointe, Northpark, Northwood, Westpark, or Oakcreek, with a nice sized yard. We're hoping to pay around 700K if it is in a move-in condition, or less than 600K if...

I believe he manually updates it... :-)