Real Estate Resources & Tools
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Listing Watch - Receive property listings by email as soon they come on the market. |
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Owning vs Renting - This case study explores the pros and cons of buying and renting. |
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Mortgage Calculator - Calculate a monthly mortgage payment. |
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| Top Seller's Tools |
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Home Valuation - Get a FREE market analysis of your home's value by email |
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How to Choose a Realtor - Confused about which Realtor to use to sell your home? Here are the top 10 questions to ask when interviewing potential candidates. |
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Get Top Dollar For Your Home - 10 tips for selling your home for 5% to 10% more than your neighbors sold theirs for last week. |
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Refinance Calculator - Find out if it makes sense to refinance your home. |
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Property Listings & Home Valuation
Listing Watch - Stay on top of the market! With homes selling in a matter of days, you can't afford to browse active listings every few days. Sign up to receive property listings by email as soon as they come on the market.
Home Valuation - Wondering what your home is worth? Get a FREE market analysis of your home's value by email.
Mortgages
Mortgage & Financial Calculators - All the real estate calculators you could ever ask for in one place! Calculate a monthly mortgage payment, find out how much you could qualify for, compare multiple loan options, see if refinancing makes sense and more.
Today's Mortgage Rates - Stop guessing what your mortgage's interest rate could be. See actual mortgage rates that are available today!
Mortgage FAQs - Interest only? 5/1 ARM? Jumbo loans? Confused about all this mortgage lingo? Find the answers to all your mortgage questions here.
Informational
Ask Gretchen - The most extensive compilation of real estate information available anywhere! Find the answers to virtually all of your questions about buying, selling, financing and maintaining your home. Ask Gretchen features more than 1,200 pages of digitized content from the world’s best selling and most highly respected real estate answer books – the "For Dummies" series.
Renting vs. Owning - Wondering if you're ready to stop renting and become a home owner? This case study explores the advantages and disadvantages.
Community Information - Look no further for Contra Costa community information. Find population statistics, home values, school rankings and more.
School Information - Contra Costa school district statistics, rankings, demographics, web site links and more by city.
How to Choose a Realtor - Confused about how to select a Realtor to help you buy or sell a home? Don't just pick the first one you meet or the one Aunt Judy's neighbor's secretary used 4 years ago. Get out there and interview 2 or 3. Here are the top 10 questions to ask when interviewing potential candidates.
