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Roseville, CA - Century 21 Real Estate, Inc. would like to wish a warm welcome to Shannon Garcia. Shannon comes to Century 21 from Davis & Davis in Roseville and is excited about taking her business to the next level. Shannon enjoys cooking and gardening and grew up in the South Bay areas of San Jose and Milpitas. Shannon has been helping clients in Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay and South Placer county region for years. Shannon will be specializing in first time home buyers and investors. |
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By Marie Brown SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) - Mortgage rates are down again, and Americans of all sorts are hoping that more encouraging signs like this will usher in a new era of stability after years of volatility in the Sacramento real estate market. According to a survey released today by Freddie Mac mortgage interest rates fell to 5.14 percent for the week ending on July 16. The previous week the figure was 5.2 percent. The record low for the year occurred during the week which ended on April 2. Rates then averaged 4.78 percent. The survey has been in effect since 1971. For Sacramento real estate watchers this should be good news as the region has seen the extremes of real estate boom as well as bust. |
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ROCKLIN, CA (OBSNews.com) - William Jessup University will hold an information session from 6-7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4 to discuss its new Yellow Ribbon program, a full tuition scholarship program aimed specifically at local veterans. Any veteran who has served on active duty for at least 36 aggregate months since 9/11 will have the complete cost of tuition covered in any program the University offers. “This scholarship program reinforces the commitment WJU has made to those individuals willing to put their lives on the line for our country,” said Korey Compaan, Director of Financial Aid at William Jessup. “We are excited to be able to assist our veterans with the opportunity to experience the unique value of private, higher education for virtually no out-of-pocket costs to the student.” |
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By Marie Brown SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) – Mortgage loans backed by the United States government such as FHA and VA loans fell out of favor during the housing boom, but their use has been skyrocketing lately, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (www.MBAA.org). According to the MBAA the level of applications for mortgage loans insured by the government rose to 35.9 percent in June of 2009, the highest number in almost 20 years. The figure is up 27 percent compared to a year ago and up from 25.7 percent in May. The lowest percentage on record since 1990 was in August of 2005 at a mere 5.8% |
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