A mortgage lending firm based in the San Francisco Bay  Area is finding it helps to be creative when originating  jumbo loans today. The jumbo wasteland is a tricky place to navigate. By George Adair The Greek philosopher Aristotle is generally … read more

Building a Social Media Fan Base from Scratch By Genevieve Anton  The mere act of putting up a social media site does not guarantee traffic. You can create a killer business page on Facebook, post every day and even get … read more

California’s Silicon Valley Economic Outlook is Encouraging; Market Ready for Home Building   By Jason Kliewer of Trumark Homes   The Silicon Valley housing market is becoming a bright spot for California, which continues to suffer from high unemployment and … read more

“How to Find, Manage and Coach the Right Expert Witness for Your Real Estate Development Case” By Barry Gross, President of Developer’s Research and David Parr, a founding partner of the law firm Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm and Waldron LLP … read more

Broker to Banker: The Advantages to Mortgage Brokers By David Hardin Director of Retail Operations Bay Equity Home Loans Change. Few words in the English language evoke such equal and opposite feelings—of both dread and excitement. Rapid and relentless, everyday change … read more

  One Word – Flexibility By Dave Barisic, Vice President Brandywine Homes   Flexibility is a concept not often associated with the business of homebuilding.  By nature, the process of acquiring land, entitling it for development, constructing, building and selling … read more

Building Green – The Wave of the Future By Adelaide Grady Development Associate Wood Partners – Boston office   Implementing change in the apartment development business is a tall order.  Contractors introducing new techniques or materials fear costly delays, call … read more

UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF RAW LAND EXPOSES ITS VALUE David McSwain, The Hoffman Company   Of all the types of real estate collecting in bank portfolios as a result of the current housing meltdown, none has given foreclosing lenders bigger … read more

SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR LANDHOLDERS: 10 KEYS TO SUCCESS  By Tom Dallape Principal of The Hoffman Company                   When the nation’s real-estate market began to hit rough weather in early 2006, owners of large land parcels were slowly transformed from captains … read more

Computing Real Estate Value By Barry Gross and Martin Kulli   With the housing market in decline, and financial institutions tighter now about where to put their money, developers are often shaky about how to bring about the best value … read more