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366 George Hood
Palo Alto South Palo Alto SOLD  $1,650,000 2,559 sq. ft. 2 Story Residential
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18725 Devon
Saratoga Saratoga SOLD  $1,649,000 2,906 sq. ft. Single Story Residential
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1923 Helen Ct.
Loyola Corners SOLD  $1,536,480 1,816 sq. ft. Single Story "Ranch" Residential
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1923 Helen Ct.
Los Altos Loyola Corners SOLD  $1,318,000 1,816 sq. ft. Ranch Residential
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3332 Emerson St.
Palo Alto South Palo Alto SOLD  $1,180,000 2,221 sq. ft. Bi-Level Residential
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11676 Palm Spring Ct.
Cupertino Monta Vista SOLD  $1,100,000 2,263 sq. ft. 2 Story Residential
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18283 Clemson
Saratoga Saratoga SOLD  $1,095,000 1,670 sq. ft. Ranch Residential
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4090 25th Street,
Noe Valley SOLD  $1,090,000 923 sq. ft. Single Story Residential
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1208 Van Dyck Rd.
19 Cupertino Union School District SOLD  $1,088,000 1,648 sq. ft. Single Story "Ranch" Residential
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3882 Via Salice
15 Campbell SOLD  $995,000 3,782 sq. ft. 2 Story Residential
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1523 Via Campo Aureo
San Jose Almaden Valley SOLD  $875,000 2,525 sq. ft. 2 Story Residential
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5049 Grimsby Dr.
San Jose West San Jose SOLD  $810,000 1,256 sq. ft. Ranch Residential
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3029 Greer St.
Palo Alto South Palo Alto SOLD  $689,000 1,014 sq. ft. Ranch Residential
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3068 McKinley
Santa Clara Pruneridge Area SOLD  $659,950 1,240 sq. ft. Single Story Residential
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1522 Redding Park Ln.
Campbell San Tomas SOLD  $647,000 1,806 sq. ft. 2 Story Condominium
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Welcome to Steve Mun, Your Silicon Valley Realtor's Website


SELLERS!
Allow me to list your home for a quick sale for top dollars. As your Silicon Valley Realtor and real estate consultant, I know what it takes to sell your home.  I bring expert knowledge, valuable experience blended with the latest technology, a well-defined online marketing plan, a cohesive network, energy, enthusiasm and the excitement to get the job done effectively here in Silicon Valley.

*    Help launch the 100 step Steve Mun Group HomeSelling System, which will radically speed up the selling process and offers you 3 commission structures so you remain in control. 

*    Provide you with a Comparative Market Analysis to assist in developing pricing strategy that gets your home sold. 

*    Recommend ways to advertise and enhance your property to maximize marketability to buyers in Silicon Valley. 

*    Review your property disclosure statements and deliver them to each prospective buyer. 

*    Provide regular communication including prospect and market feedback. 

*    Promote your property through direct marketing, industry networking and multi-pronged state-of -the-art Internet marketing campaign  to increase visibility to all buyers in Silicon Valley (87% of buyers start their home search using the internet).

*    Provide negotiating assistance on all offers to purchase your home.

*    Pre-Qualify and provide you with all financial information of prospective buyers.

*    Monitor and communicate the status and satisfaction of contract contingencies.

*    Offer home purchase assistance and referral services to an expert agent if moving outside of this area.

*    Attend the closing to ensure a smooth ending to the transaction.  

*    Contact and follow-up after closing to assure the satisfactory completion of all service details.

 

BUYERS!
We have a common goal: Making you a Silicon Valley homeowner. Let's make it happen together!
I will ensure you receive exceptional service at every step of your home buying process.

Conduct counseling and information session to identify your needs and goals to plan a property search.  

Offer to arrange pre-qualifying or pre-approval meeting with lender to determine affordability range and improve negotiating position at the point of offer. 

Commit to priority availability for property research and showings. 

Complete market research to identify properties consistent with your needs and price range in Silicon Valley.  

Prepare a Comparative Market Analysis for you prior to making an offer. 

Provide negotiating assistance on all offers to purchase. 

Obtain and review with you the seller's written property disclosure statements.

Recommend professional property and termite /pest inspections.

Monitor and communicate the status and satisfaction of contract contingencies.

Accompany you on walk through property inspection before closing.

*  Attend the closing to ensure a smooth ending to the transaction.

Contact you after the closing to assure the satisfactory completion of all service details. 

 

SHORT SELLERS!
What exactly is a short sale?  Simply put, it is when you sell a home for less than what is owed on it with the lender’s approval and the lender forgives you for the difference (what is short) between what is owed and what it ultimately sells for.


Why would the lender agree to do this?   Money.  It’s always about the money isn’t it?   Typically, it is cheaper for the lenders if the house is sold prior to getting into foreclosure.  There are costly expenses associated with foreclosing on a home (aside from the fact that owners who are going through foreclosure typically destroy the homes before they are evicted); but with short sales, it takes less time and makes more economic sense for lenders if the homeowners have an interest in and participate with the lenders in selling their homes, rather than fighting with them.   The lender saves money because they don’t have to pay for eviction, go through an auction only to have to take the property back because the auction did not meet their floor price, make repairs and then pay realtors to sell it as a bank owned (REO) property which typically gets deeply discounted by buyers anyway, in the meanwhile, still paying for taxes, insurance, etc......

 

 

Why would it be good for the seller?  It allows them to have control over their economic future.  Let’s face it, if you are contemplating foreclosure, that means your financial situation will not be changing for the better in the immediate future.  Don’t let others dictate your financial future; get involved and control and participate in your own outcome.

 

 

The most important facet to the short sales process is that it permits you to have control over your financial future.  If you are forced into a foreclosure situation, your credit score will be devastated as you had no participation with the lender to address the situation.  The net result will be as devastating as a bankruptcy from the Fannie Mae Underwriting Guideline point of view and you will not be able to buy a home or apply for a credit card for many years.  If and you will not be able to repair your credit to buy a car or a home for many years.  If you choose to take control and complete a lender approved short sale, you will be able to salvage your credit by more than halving the seasoning requirements (only 2 years) for Fannie Mae Underwriting Guideline for re-establishing credit and give yourself the opportunity to be in  a situation to buy a home again in a relatively short time.  Naturally, individual situations and results  will vary. 

 

 

 

We are certified short sale professionals (CDPE) and have extensive field experience successfully closing short sales, up and down Northern California.  We have helped numerous clients navigate themselves out of foreclosure and into better futures.  Don't struggle and try to "wing it" on your own; or worse, collapse under the pressures of stress and simply give up.  There is an option available to you.  Let certified professionals with experience help with your financial future.


Experience the difference – personal ties and relationships turn a property into a home. Warm, professional relationships are a hallmark of my philosophy and experience in Silicon Valley and throughout Northern California; and my clients often remark on the quality of my carefully chosen network of financial, legal, logistical and other specialists. My personal network combined with Keller Williams market tenure and brand identity gives my clients a distinct advantage when buying or selling a home.


 
  
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Steve Mun Group
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Your Silicon Valley Realtor's Areas of service: Santa Clara County, West San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno

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New rule affects homeowners in foreclosure avoidance program
The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced changes to its Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).  The changes, designed to help improve the conversion from trial loan modifications to permanent modifications, take effect June 1.  Mortgage servicers may elect to implement the changes sooner.

 

MAKING SENSE OF THE STORY FOR CONSUMERS

  • Under previous guidelines, homeowners were not required to document their incomes prior to receiving a trial mortgage modification.  The trial modifications typically lasted three months, during which time the servicer was supposed to collect documents to verify the homeowner’s income.  If the borrower met the monthly obligations, and submitted the required paperwork, the modification was supposed to be made permanent.  However, many homeowners failed to provide the necessary paperwork, or the loan servicer lost the paperwork, resulting in just 66,465 permanent modifications out of the nearly 1.2 million trial modifications. 

  • The updated process requires that servicers collect three documents prior to granting a trial mortgage modification:  A formal application, including a description of the hardship created by the mortgage; proof of income, such as two recent pay stubs or the most-recent profit and loss statement for self-employed borrowers; and a form authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to release tax data to the servicer.

  • If the borrower meets the modified payment requirements for three months, the modification automatically will be made permanent.   The Treasury Dept. also said it will allow servicers some discretion in making loan modifications permanent only if minor paperwork is missing.  This discretion will help address a large backlog of incomplete modifications.

  • Under the plan, servicers also will be required to respond within 10 days to an initial request for a modification.  Once documents are provided, the servicer will have one month to let borrowers know whether they qualify for a trial modification.

  • Servicers also must calculate whether the lender or current owner of the loan will benefit from a mortgage modification, or if foreclosing on the property is in the loan owner’s best interest.  If the loan owner will benefit from a modification, the servicer is required to grant the modification.  Requiring borrowers to provide financial documents upfront will enable servicers to decide if a modification or foreclosure is the best option.

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In Other News

  The Wall Street Journal

Housing momentum builds but perils persist
There’s new evidence the housing market is healing after a four-year slump, but the danger of further price drops remains amid persistent job-market weakness, according to the Wall Street Journal‘s quarterly housing survey.

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  The Washington Post

Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures
The share of borrowers who are falling seriously behind on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration jumped by more than a third in the past year, foreshadowing a crush of foreclosures that could further buffet an agency vital to the housing market’s recovery.

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  The Wall Street Journal

Homeownership level falls to 67.3 percent
The percentage of Americans who owned their homes fell at the end of 2009 to the lowest point in nearly a decade, a reflection of continuing troubles in the housing market even as the sector showed signs of stabilizing.

To read the full story, please click here.


  San Francisco Chronicle

Long commutes make risky borrowers, study says
Mortgage lenders should consider transportation costs associated with living in a particular area when evaluating whether to issue loans to home buyers, according to a new study sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

To read the full story, please click here.

  MSN Money

New wave of foreclosures coming?
For the past year, the Federal Housing Administration has backed home loans that most big lenders wouldn’t touch.

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  Los Angeles Times

Contracts to buy homes inch up in December
The number of people preparing to buy a home rose slightly in December, a positive sign heading into the spring home buying season.

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