New and exciting updates are in the works for this website:  in an ongoing effort to make your life easier, I have added a  new Free Value Wizard.

This is a great tool to get a ballpark value: it will show you a bird’s eye view of properties in a defined neighborhood and their respective estimated values.

The accuracy of this tool is within a 10 to 15% range, depending on the neighborhood or  area, simply because property values have fluctuated so much and so quickly over the past year. The values should however become more accurate as home prices stabilize.

For your convenience, I have placed a direct link to this new tool:  just look for the Free Value Wizard link at the bottom of the home page.

If you prefer a more accurate and personalized value estimation of your home, you are still welcome to Request a CMA Valuation, following the link placed right under the link for the Valuation Wizard.

As a side note, the whole ClayMadisen.com werbsite is also in the process of being completely remodeled to be more dynamic, offer more features as well as a more pleasant browsing experience in various browsers running on different platforms;  I will post more updates here as things progress.

Here is a new bill that was signed to provide some much needed mortgage options to veterans:

• Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2008
• Enhanced VA Mortgage Options (PDF document)

The San Diego Market Report pages have just been updated with the real estate market trends for December 2007. Annual reports reflecting the global data for the year 2007 is also available on these pages.

These reports feature the latest local market trends data and analysis for both the central and south San Diego markets, including on the city level.

For your convenience, the market reports are available as PDF files:

• Central San Diego current monthly report:
• Central San Diego report for the year 2007:
• South San Diego current monthly report :
• South San Diego report for the year 2007:

You can also subscribe to automatic monthly Market Report Email Updates when you sign-in for the free and exclusive VIP ClayMadisen.com membership, simply ticking the ‘Market Reports Updates’ box featured on the page.

Excellent resource from Freddie Mac to help homeowners and buyers to avoid mortgage scams.

You can also watch the You Tube presentation.

The San Diego Market Report pages have just been updated with the real estate market trends for November 2007 .

These reports feature the latest local market trends data and analysis for both the central and south San Diego markets, including on the city level. [...]
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