FREE iPad offered by North County Realtor
March 14, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Gary Harmon, your North County Realtor, is offering a FREE iPad to any North County buyer or North County seller that closes a transaction with Gary in March through May. Since it takes time to sell your North County real estate, this free offer also applies to anyone that list their North County home with [...]
Escondido Homes – Life of an Escrow
March 12, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Once you have written a contract on your Escondido real estate purchase and it has been accepted by the Escondido seller, your escrow should start. Hopefully you have chosen to work with a full service escrow company like Pickford Escrow. The following will describe what takes place during the four week escrow period based on a [...]
Expansion of Home Improvement Tax Credit
March 7, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Tax credits for making energy efficient Escondido home improvements are now 30% of the cost of the improvements. The maximum amount you can receive is $1,500. So for example, if you added qualified improvements to your Escondido house of $4,000 the credit you would receive a tax refund of $1,200 when you file your tax returns. [...]
Disaster Supply Kit for Your Escondido Home
March 5, 2010 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
If you live in the Escondido real estate area, you should be prepared for at least two major kinds of natural disasters. In a previous post, I shared with you the “7 Steps to Earthquake Safety.” The other major potential disaster in the Escondido real estate area is fire. Not just wildfires, but more often [...]
Escondido Real Estate Market Statistics for February
March 4, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The median price of available Escondido Homes for Sale this Feb 15, 2010 is $399,900. The 598 Escondido houses have a market time of 146 days. The Escondido real estate market has been consistently cool for several weeks. Escondido home inventory and days on the market have been rising. It is still a buyer’s market and Escondido real estate prices have continued to fall [...]
Tips on Contacting Escondido Home Owners in Default
March 1, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Be quick in contacting the Escondido home owner.
You have always heard, “The early bird gets the worm.” That is very true when trying to get a good deal on Escondido real estate. You should not wait too long before you make contact with the Escondido home owner that is in default. Remember it is 120 [...]
Escondido Foreclosures – How do I buy?
March 1, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
How do I buy a pre-foreclosure Escondido home?
An Escondido home becomes a pre-foreclosure when it has a notice of default filed against the Escondido real estate. There is usually a sale at auction 120 days after the pre-foreclosure is filed. During this 120 day period the Escondido home owner still has a chance to stop [...]
Escondido Foreclosures and Escondido Homes for Sale
February 28, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Welcome to my Escondido Homes featured listing page. Click on the hot links below by price to get a fast start. If you would like to see an area not shown you can set up your own personalized search by zip code, area, price, features, and much more. Start your own custom serarch here. You can also see Escondido foreclosures, auction, [...]
Pledge to the Escondido Home Buyer During Escrow
February 24, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
You have found your Escondido property, made and offer on your Escondido home, and the offer has been accepted. You are now starting into a process that everyone calls “escrow.” This is is the third post in a three part series so please read “Gary’s Service Pledge…during Escondido Home Search” and “Pledge to Escondido Home [...]
