Afterward, closing to sign all the documents.Hopefully this will help you.Good luck.....

There seems to be two main arguments about seller's market/highly-priced markets in general: one is "buy low/sell high" and another is "this trend is going upwards, and so one should follow the trend until there are signals that state otherwise."

Also, the sheer volume of notices will send a strong signal that you are very serious and may break any thoughts they are having of dragging the situation out. 

I had to sign all sorts of documents saying I would live there.

The area is a C- to D+ but there are some strong signals that employment in the area will be increasing soon.Thanks,Dave

Thanks for the tip - I've used the feature before but apparently when you back space to change the name it breaks the Java Script(or whatever technique is used) behind it and doesn't look up anymore in Firefox on Mac until you delete the @ sign all together and type it over! 

According to the recently released Nationwide Health of the Housing Market Report, Philadelphia follows Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland, OH as the top housing markets in nation.See links below for more information.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nationwide-unveils-broad-measure-of-us-housing-landscape-that-signals-healthiest-outlook-since-2001-2015-03-31http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/where-are-the-healthiest-us-housing-markets/vi-AAajaf4?

. § The Treasury Department has signaled they will not tolerate “loopholes” and they are working to broaden the base of those who must comply with the end goal of including every business that deals with big-ticket transactions or any other transaction where larger amounts of money change hands. § An unstated, but underlying goal, is to track all cash movement in the United States so as to also ferret out and destroy any underground economy that exists in the United States in order to collect taxes on monies currently going unreported.

Martin I know how much you love UCLA forecast:) Here is the lastest for East Bay.Published on Jan 28, 2016http://www.allenmatkins.com/uclaThe 2016 Winter/Spring Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Commercial Real Estate Survey signals continued confidence among developers through 2018–indicating both the probability of new supply and of opportunities for new investment.

Looking at your ROE gives you a different number, 4.8%.I know you've had significant appreciation on this house which should be included in the overall calculation, but I'm just trying to illustrate one use of an ROE calculation.I would not be happy with a 4.8% return on my equity, so this ROE calculation would signal to me that it's time to put the equity to work.