Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town Sold for $5.4 Billion to Tishman Speyer/BlackRock Realty

Many insiders are calling this sale a new record for the housing industry. Others see the sale as the end of an era. That explains why many residents were protesting the rumors and news of the sale by MetLife, Inc. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village Apartments sales form one of the largest real estate deals ever. It beats the most recent record of $1 billion. The properties together make up the largest apartment complex in Manhattan. You are talking about big numbers here. The complex totals more than 11,000 units which are spread over 80 acres.

Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartments were built in the late 1940s as housing for returning WWII veterants. Tenants pay below market value for these apartments. To live in Manhattan for these low prices is great. That is why the new owners had to say that the residents of rent-stabilized apartments are completely protected by the existing system. Speyer and co. are not going to raise the monthly rent fees of those residents. It is a dream piece of realty right in New York City.

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National Homes Builder Focuses on Local Markets: New Centex Homes Built to a higher Standard Spring all Over

National Homes Builder Focuses on Local Markets: New Centex Homes Built to a higher Standard Spring all Over

While the Texas-based company may have a national campaign, it is focusing on its core business in small communities and cities all over the country. Centex Homes knows that great value and quality are the basic ingredients of this $ multimillion company that has been building all kinds of homes here in California, and specially in the last frontier of California, The Central San Joaquin Valley. For many people ready to buy in the Central California, they have the opportunity of using any other builder, but they choose to support Centex because of its community focus and involvement. It makes sense that buying a Centex home remains one of the last investments that one can make these days. The company offers above all quality and great value. There is no better time to buy a new home than right now. There is no better builder to buy it from than Centex. The higher standard of homebuilding is found and expressed in its local focus. CentexFresnoClovis.com has data about its homes located in the greater Fresno area and Clovis. More importantly, you will find links to its other developments located in Hanford, Visalia, Tulare, Delano and Bakersfield. You will be able to find homes from the low $260's in the Lafayette Square, mid $240's in Falcon Ridge, low $240's in Amber Point and low $390's in Ladera Ranch.

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New Homeowners and the Neighborhood Ads They Face

The Fate of New Homeowners and The Advertisers, Business Owners Who Welcome Them with Fliers, Literature & Offers of Services

Welcome to your home sweet home! You have gone through so much to become a homeowner. You found your dream house. You are ready to transform it into a home. For your reward, you will be bombarded with ads. From Cape Cod, Florida to California, new homeowners are complaining about all the ads that await them. Even before they move into their new abode, fliers from cement workers, landscapers and blind company owners are hanging all over the place from the front door knobs to the front yard. Whether you are a first-time homeowner or a broker or anybody with experience with home buying, the chance that your information will be out there for the public to see and target you is high. You will get a lot of ads from lenders asking you to do all kinds of things. Some are more trickier than others. They will disguise their mailings to look like something you are familiar with. They will tell you everything you want to hear in order to reel you in. Once you take their bait, you are taken.

How homeowners' info got to the public: Property purchases are recorded in the county Recorder's Office. They are open to the public perusal. There is not much that anybody can do about it. So owners of small businesses get this trove of information about you in their laps. That is why that weeks and days before you move in and months after you have been settled down, you will receive unsolicited direct mailings from them. They imagine that you must have some money to buy a house and do all the other works that need to be done. Their reasoning is that you must have some more money that you can spend on landscaping, cement work, flowers, plants, blinds, paint and pavement. What I hate the most are the drive-bys. Owners of landscaping businesses usually wrap their ads and include a rock to be able to throw them onto your lawn and driveway. If you happen to be on vacation, all this trash is left there. The neighborhood you choose to reside in will welcome with ads announcing the multiple businesses that are waiting for your hard-earned dollars. From the pizza parlors, the local dentist, restaurants, satellite TV provider, real restate companies and agents asking you to sell and use their services to the local church, everybody wants you to know they are around and want your business. This is a phenomenon that occurs anywhere in the United States of America.

Examples of home Sales
Los Altos Hills

25400 Becky Lane $2,900,000, 3,282 SF, 5 BR, Smith Trust to D. Tanaka; 1999:$1,770,000

Los Gatos

64 Central Ave. $1,537,000, 2,044 SF, 3 BR, R. Snee to D. Malone; 2003:$650,000

24 Fillmer Ave. $2,260,000, 3,220 SF, 5 BR, S. Ferguson to Anders Trust; 2000:$760,000

16230 Jacaranda Way $1,245,000, 1,412 SF, 3 BR, Ramsay Trust to D. Carr; 1973:$37,500

21126 Locust Drive $740,000, 660 SF, 1 BR, K. & R. Kaikkonen to P. Kelly; 1996:$152,500

41 Peralta Ave. $2,595,000, 2,112 SF, 3 BR, Wooley Trust to S. Ferguson; 2005:$2,420,500

109 Via Santa Maria $1,900,000, 2,490 SF, 4 BR, Dunbar Trust to K. & S. Saul; 1991:$560,000

Menlo Park

70 Amherst Ave. $885,000, 1,824 SF, 5 BR, G. Burley to Karpowich Trust

874 Cambridge Ave. $1,270,000, 1,750 SF, 3 BR, D. Kern to M. Goldsmith; 1993:$390,000

1143 Hollyburne Ave. $500,000, 1,270 SF, 3 BR, F. Vasquez to M. & E. Guillen; 1984:$63,000

2240 Sharon Road $773,000, 1,054 SF, 2 BR, H. Ardalan to S. Diamond; 2002:$575,000

1043 Tehama Ave. $1,358,000, 2,970 SF, 4 BR, J. & J. Perez to M. Sabio; 2004:$1,250,000

Millbrae

254 Barclay Ave. $1,203,000, 1,750 SF, 3 BR, D. Ly to C. Alcantar; 2005:$954,000

746 Clearfield Drive $950,000, 2,180 SF, 3 BR, L. Landi to J. Szeto

1396 El Camino Real #203 $610,000, 1,135 SF, 2 BR, A. Camacho to Q. Liao; 2004:$410,000

416 Millwood Drive $1,120,000, 2,380 SF, 7 BR, Y. He to A. Untalan; 2001:$650,000

612 Santa Barbara Ave. $975,000, 1,950 SF, 3 BR, M. & A. Silvera to L. & I. Mosteiro; 1993:$320,000

Milpitas

831 Cameron Circle $880,000, 2,247 SF, 3 BR, A. & A. Bhandari to M. Ngo

478 Coelho Court $750,000, 1,634 SF, 5 BR, G. Lum to J. Pardenilla

897 Coyote St. $710,000, 1,262 SF, 3 BR, R. & E. Coria to I. & A. Barrera; 1996:$232,000

970 Coyote St. $768,000, 1,773 SF, 4 BR, Cartus Financial to H. Hufana; 1986:$171,000

1371 El Camino Higuera $1,116,500, 3,352 SF, 5 BR, D. Luu to R. & E. Coria

265 Krismer St. $629,000, 1,116 SF, 3 BR, P. Moyers to C. Villanueva

1811 Landess Ave. $458,000, 1,155 SF, 3 BR, A. Pacheco to J. & S. Valenzuela

1267 Lassen Ave. $680,000, 1,228 SF, 3 BR, J. Lucas to F. Angeles; 2005:$605,000

591 Manzano St. $663,000, 1,234 SF, 4 BR, D. Nguyen to L. Rafael

259 Michigan Road $571,000, 1,350 SF, 2 BR, R. & D. Clarin to Q. Bao; 2004:$425,000

1660 Mt. Rainier Ave. $660,000, 1,484 SF, 3 BR, A. Sichlinger to R. Balakrishnan; 2002:$465,000

200 Parc Place Drive $570,000, T. Chan to M. Bankston

107 Serenity Place $596,000, 1,243 SF, 3 BR, P. Makanawala to S. Ohtake; 2002:$436,000

323 South Park Victoria Drive $738,000, 2,001 SF, 4 BR, Corpac Trust to D. Prudente

1837 Strawberry Lane $385,000, 873 SF, 2 BR, K. Lian to H. Nguyen; 2004:$325,000

1366 Terra Alta Drive $695,000, 2,082 SF, 3 BR, S. Sundar to P. Bhutani; 2000:$500,000

1187 Torres Ave. $675,000, 935 SF, 2 BR, Shepard Trust to J. & T. Luna; 1992:$174,000

291 West Capitol Ave. $760,000, 2,104 SF, 4 BR, J. & L. Lucero to M. Ocsona; 1990:$188,000

Morgan Hill

440 Atherton Way $1,612,500, 4,506 SF, 4 BR, Zinn Trust to T. & K. Kahlenberg; 1991:$785,000

612 Buck Hill Court $1,000,000, Deprice Properties to M. Khaira

1591 Calle Serra $791,500, R. Mission to P. & J. Muniz

180 Coriander Ave. $1,072,000, Coyote at Capriano to E. & T. Deleon

458 Creekside Lane $545,000, 1,473 SF, 3 BR, P. Brooks to E. Deharo; 1995:$176,500

1400 Jasmine Way $590,000, 1,160 SF, 3 BR, P. Ault to R. Muya; 2004:$405,000

1375 Kelly Park Circle $638,500, 1,260 SF, 3 BR, L. & J. Marr to C. & M. Bishop

15202 Monticello Way $790,000, 1,956 SF, 4 BR, W. & C. Link to T. Doran; 2003:$600,000

1525 Painted Feather Court $1,680,500, Coyote Estates 2005 to S. Burke

18670 Purissima Way $1,520,000, Alicante 2004 to M. & J. Sawyer

685 Spring Hill Drive $929,000, 3,266 SF, 3 BR, R. & I. Altamirano to G. & T. Delcarlo; 2004:$725,000

15695 Via Castana $284,500, 1,644 SF, 3 BR, S. Duncan to J. Tapia; 1999:$213,500

519 Via Sorrento $820,000, 2,479 SF, 4 BR, C. & S. Carroll to S. & L. Shurley

Mountain View

204 Beatrice St. $675,000, 832 SF, 2 BR, D. Sykora to J. Young; 1999:$380,000

1173 Bonita Ave. $1,055,000, 2,112 SF, Bonita Avenue Limited to M. Jorda

1106 Boranda Ave. $1,060,000, 1,747 SF, 3 BR, Collins Trust to C. Olston; 2003:$917,000

913 Camille Lane $906,000, 2,022 SF, 3 BR, J. Light to J. Vogel; 2003:$633,000

171 Campbell Drive $675,000, 1,288 SF, 3 BR, Y. Chou to Hernandez-Fentanez Trust

476 Carmelita Drive $880,000, 1,710 SF, 3 BR, R. Narayan to S. Nejad; 2001:$565,000

1706 Cherrytree Lane $870,000, 1,280 SF, 3 BR, Moeller Trust to L. & C. Collins

1282 Cuernavaca Circulo $1,045,000, 2,261 SF, 3 BR, M. Zarrabian to J. Cece; 1999:$674,000

99 East Middlefield Road #25 $443,000, 1,083 SF, 2 BR, S. Oleary to E. & A. Nelson; 1992:$176,000

141 Irene Court $675,000, 1,236 SF, 2 BR, Gibbs Trust to K. & T. Reynolds; 2002:$535,000

2539 Mardell Way $875,000, 1,140 SF, 3 BR, P. Wang to D. Pistor; 2005:$670,000

152 Paseo Court $725,000, 1,331 SF, 3 BR, S. & N. Fedel to P. Kim; 2000:$487,000

1983 San Luis Ave. #25 $610,000, 1,171 SF, 2 BR, C. Radkowski to D. & K. Fong; 1992:$220,000

49 Showers Drive #J326 $556,000, 1,206 SF, 2 BR, E. Lin to J. Martin; 2006:$486,000

181 Stockwell Drive $677,500, J. Lu to J. Black; 2006:$630,500

818 Tulane Drive $932,500, 1,538 SF, 3 BR, A. & M. Lian to M. & R. Golden; 2003:$770,000

1040 Williams Way $906,000, 2,187 SF, D. Hardenbrook to M. Dumas; 1997:$397,000

Newark

36012 Burning Tree Drive $695,000, 1,482 SF, 3 BR, K. & L. Beaty to S. Haro

6249 Cotton Ave. $555,000, 950 SF, 3 BR, C. & B. Lemos to A. Diaz; 2006:$450,000

5792 Dichondra Place $650,000, 1,339 SF, 3 BR, X. Zuniga to E. Aguilera; 2002:$395,000

6906 Jarvis Ave. $500,000, 1,131 SF, 3 BR, E. & J. Nava to H. Johnson; 1998:$177,000

6395 Joaquin Murieta Ave. #D $410,000, 1,132 SF, 2 BR, K. & L. Pilcher to M. Mutahaba; 1990:$145,000

35350 Ramsgate Drive $810,000, 2,383 SF, 4 BR, D. Huynh to D. Hernandez; 1994:$335,000

6391 Robertson Ave. $685,000, 1,379 SF, 3 BR, S. Boggs to C. Carranza

35347 Severn Drive $750,000, 1,604 SF, 3 BR, M. & T. Raposa to H. & J. Lara; 1993:$245,000

36341 Shelley Court $700,000, 1,453 SF, 4 BR, A. Cafferata to A. Barakat

6203 Zulmida Ave. $575,000, 942 SF, 3 BR, Soper Trust to N. Silva; 2004:$400,000

Fresno, Clovis, Visalia/Tulare, Madera, Sanger, Reedley/Dinuba Active Home Builders & Developers

In the Clovis area, some of the major home builders whose model homes you want to visit are: Wathen-Castanos, Inc./Town & Country at Harlan Ranch, Wilson Homes/Barclay Square & Rivage @Harlan Ranch, The Cambrian Group/Quail Lake, The McCaffery Group/Hampton Renaissance at Loma Vista in Clovis, Centex/Ladera Ranch, Cambridge/Pinnacle at Alta Sierra II, Cambridge/Traditions at Alta Sierra II, Centex Homes/The Villas at Lafayette Square, Wathen-Castanos, Inc./European Collection at Harlan Ranch, S.G. Wathen/Mansionette Estates, S.G. Wathen/Mansionette Palisades, McMillin Homes/Oxford Commons, Gary McDonald Homes/Traditions, Bonadelle Homes/Willow Park III, Brentwood Loma Vista/De Young Properties and Wilson Homes/Camden Place.

In the greater Fresno area, you will find the following builders and developers: Woodside Homes/Sevillano, Spencer JSA/New American Hmes/Classics II at Sunnyside, Generation Homes/The Groves North, D R Horton Garnet Valley, Centex/Amber Point, Woodside Homes/Avalon, Woodside Homes/Saratoga, Bonadelle Homes/Emily Estates, Granville Homes/Tuscan Bluffs at Copper River Ranch, Fresno Park Development/Park Place Estates, Granville Homes/Solera, Generation Homes/The Groves, Lafferty Homes/Ashwood Park, Granville Homes/Terra Bella at Copper River Ranch, Cambridge/Visa Del Rio, DeYoung Properties/Brentwood Ranch, Beazer Homes/Briarwood-Magnolia, McMillin Homes/Sunnyside Ranch, Wathen-Castanos, Inc.,/European Grove, Century Builders/Countryside, McMillin Homes/Rustic Oaks, Cambridge/Blossom Hill, La Hacienda I, Villa Borgata, KB Home/Olive Lane, KB Home/Oakville Grove, Centex/Falcon Ridge, Generation Homes/The Ridge, The MacCaffrey Group/Hampton Renaissance, McMill Homes/Colby Park, Granville Homes/Ventana Hills, Granville Homes/Tuscan Villas at Sunnyside Grove, Cambridge/Fig Garden WHC etc.

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House Hunting Leads: California Housing Developments, Builders by Cities & Regions

I spent the whole day looking for homes in the Central San Joaquin Valley. In the Selma/Kingsburg/Fowler, I saw Cambridge/Rosewood Estates II hmes. In the Lemoore area, I saw that Cambridge was building at College Park VI. Jonathan HOmes was ivolved at Country Club Estates. There is also the Cambridge Liberty development. In the Chowchilla area, Beazer Homes is involved at Mirabella and Montevino. You will also find Berry Construction at Home Ranch, K. Hovnanian Homes at Gateway in Madera, R.M. Covington Homes at Capistrano Madera, Oak Creek at Oak Creek. KB Home is working at Orchard Pointe. In Hanford, there are the Cambridge Coventry and Cambridge Pinnacle at Majesty.

Kerman is growing very fast. More and more people are calling this city home. The builders and developers who are building there are: R.M. Covington Homes/Capistrano Kerman, Cambridge/Almond Grove, Jonathan Homes/Bordeaux and R.M. Covington Homes/Bella Palma. In the Visalia/Lindsay/Tulare areas, you will find the following developments: Cambridge/Pinnacle at Oakwest, Cambridge/Laureate, Reynen & Bardis/Autumnwood and the Country Club Collection, Cambridge/Cedar Grove Estate II and Westgate Estates, D R Horton/Galo de Barcelos, D R Horton/Salierno, Reynen & Bardis/Spring Meadow and Creekbridge Homes/Silvercrest Drive.

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Major Commercial Real Estate Companies

These companies exist all over California. Others exist in specialized markets. They are Fortune Associates, Fresno Commercial, Colliers Tingey International, Retail California, Commercial Retail Associates.

What Fuels Las Vegas' Housing & Construction Boom

Las Vegas' strong job market serves as a magnet to pull new residents to the city. The more people flock to Las Vegas' lights, the more homes will be needed to house them. Construction workers can not keep up with the demand for their time and expertise. Local authorities say that job growth is estimated at 5.6% in July compared with 1.3% nationwide. More than 5,000 new residents start calling Las Vegas home for the past decade. Because of the growh, thousands of new homes were built to accommodate the arrivals. Las Vegas has long been known as the Paris or Champs Elysees of the West. Job growth will continue to be the main incentive for people to go to Las Vegas according to studies conducted by some analysts. So more homes have to be built to accommodate all these folks. The city has a large pool of investors. They are not fly by night ones.

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Exclusive Homebuilders highlights the architectures of local, international and regional customized homes. In California, we know a few builders who have distinguished themselves in the presentation and building of great homes that many parents can afford. Among them, we find McMillin homes, McCaffrey homes, Centex and others. This blog is dedicated to the homeowners of McMillin homes who are so proud of their homes.

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