Pam Winterbauer...."Your Trusted REALTOR®"

The Boards of Directors of the Contra Costa and Bay East Associations of REALTORS® have signed Statements of Intent to participate in a statewide Multiple Listing Service (MLS) being created by the California Association of REALTORS®.  Both organizations have been working with neighboring MLSs for over three years to expand access to ...

Everyone has seen the news that the Fed has cut interest rates several times recently.  The general public naturally thinks mortgage rates have been going down.  Unfortunately that is not the reality.  The 30 year fixed rates are up over .5% since the last Fed cut.  The big news that most people miss pertaining to the recent ...

TODAY'S TRIVIA: 1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans 1908 - Star #46 was added to US flag (for Oklahoma) 1949 - Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president 1956 - Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1974 - "People" magazine begins sales TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: 1622 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter 1807 - ...

Jeans was a blue twilled cotton cloth milled in Geneo, Italy. The French weavers called the town "Genes" - and that's how we got the word "jeans". Blue jeans were invented by Levi Strauss during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Selling canvas to the miners, he started stitching it into pants. In the 1860s, he replaced the canvas ...

As this week comes to a close we have had a swoon of activity in our market place. Here are some comments that I picked up form Realty Times that may help put a few things into perspective. Now let's turn to market developments still ahead: No one is predicting any quick turnarounds or sudden bursts in sales, but think about these ...

Bissextile ..... bis-sex-tile.  adj. - Of or relating to a lep ...

2008 is a leap year, with 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. Why? It was the ancient Egyptians who first figured out that the solar year and the man-made calendar year didn't always match up. That's because it actually takes the Earth a little longer than a year to travel around the Sun — 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 ...

On the lighter side of life I received this today and it was a walk down memory lane for me. I felt as if I was in high school again. ok, so now I have dated myself! ;) I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and it is very well done. Just click on the link, relax and enjoy. Click Here Link: Take Me Back To The ...

President Bush today signed off on the $168 billion stimulus package approved by Congress last week, which, in addition to tax rebates for millions of working Americans and business owners, includes a vital, but temporary increase in the conforming loan limit. The economic stimulus package will allow the Federal Housing Administration, as well as ...

Alameda County, CASingle Family under $1M$514,271$490,00076Single Family over $1M$1,701,840$1,380,00079Condo/Townhome under $600K$391,259$389,00077Condo/Townhome over $600K$706,806$675,00070Contra Costa County, CASingle Family under $1M$445,795$400,00090Single Family over $1M$1,779,473$1,388,88895Condo/Townhome under ...