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      <title>3 Year Analysis of Single Family Homes in Antioch, CA </title>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://charts.altosresearch.com/AltosCharts/CA/Antioch/a/mean/c/a/s/z/sf/50695281.png" height="160" alt="Antioch Single Family Home Average List Price" width="240" style="float:left;" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I received a call this morning from Carol Lloyd, who is writing an article for the &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle Business section&lt;/a&gt; regarding the real estate market conditions in Antioch, CA.  She found my web site because I have been reporting real time market stats (example to the left).  She asked me to analyze the data in more detail for her article. I went to the &lt;a href="http://www.ccartoday.com/"&gt;Contra Costa County MLS&lt;/a&gt; and searched all single family homes sold since 1/1/05 through 3/31/08.
&lt;p&gt;The number of homes sold in the 1st quarter of 2008 has increased to 204 compared with the 1st quarter of 2007 at 176. However the price per square foot has decreased dramatically with $154 in the 1st quarter of 2008 compared to $260 in the 1st quarter of 2007. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.crueyhomes.com/graphics/blog/antioch.jpg" height="229" alt="Antioch Market Stats" width="474" style="margin-left: 50px;border: 1px solid #666;" /&gt;</description>
      <author>
        <name>Jill Cruey</name>
        <uri>http://localism.com/neighbor/jillcruey</uri>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:09:17 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://localism.com/blog/ca/antioch/posts/471566/3-Year-Analysis-of</link>
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      <title>Antioch First Time Home Buyer Down Payment Assistance</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get up to $40,000 to help you buy your first home in Antioch, Contra Costa County, California.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.cahousingblog.com-a.googlepages.com/GoldenNuggetsFlat.jpg" vspace="5" height="89" hspace="5" align="right" alt="Golden Nuggets - A Real Estate Blog by Nate Ellis" width="400" /&gt;In this issue of Golden Nuggets we will take a look at Down Payment Assistance in the City of Antioch, California.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; The City of&amp;nbsp;Antiochoffers First Time Home Buyer&amp;#39;s Down Payment Assistance up to a maximum of $40,000.&amp;nbsp; The assistance is a 0% interest loan bound with an equity share clause.&amp;nbsp; To be eligible for the assistance the home must be in the incorporated areas of&amp;nbsp;Antioch and you must meet the income guideline restrictions, based on the number of persons living in&amp;nbsp;the home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contra Costa County offers&lt;/strong&gt; the American Dream Down Payment Initiative (ADDI) to assist eligible buyers with up to 6% in down payment assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The State of California offers&lt;/strong&gt; up to an additional 6% in assistance through several programs designed to help First Time Home Buyers, plus a bonus of $7,500 because&amp;nbsp;Antioch is a high cost area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Special financing may also be available, including additional Down Payment Assistance and Below Market Interest Rates.&amp;nbsp; Restrictions Apply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To see if you are eligible for assistance contact Nate Ellis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or Call 888-808-NATE (6283)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.cahousingblog.com-a.googlepages.com/activenatelogo.jpg" vspace="2" height="51" hspace="2" align="left" alt="ActiveNate - A Rael Estate Blog by Nate Ellis" width="196" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/mrdankeschoen"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nate Ellis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/312673/The-Origin-of-Mr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mr. Danke Schoen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot; is the Vice President of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ccrim.info/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Contra Costa Realtors in Motion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;(CCRIM) real estate marketing group.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis specializes in assisting &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/310547/You-don-t-have"&gt;&lt;em&gt;First Time Home Buyers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; with no money down by leveraging &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/308790/1-Financing-is-Still"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Down Payment Assistance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; in the form of grants and &amp;quot;silent seconds&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis is a certified lender for the City of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://localism.com/real-estate/CA/Contra%20Costa%20County/Walnut%20Creek"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Walnut Creek&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, City of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://localism.com/real-estate/CA/Contra%20Costa%20County/Concord"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Concord&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and City of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://localism.com/real-estate/CA/Contra%20Costa%20County/Pittsburg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pittsburg&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; First Time Home Buyer program, as well as several other &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://localism.com/real-estate/CA/San%20Francisco%20County"&gt;&lt;em&gt;San Francisco&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; Bay Area Cities.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis is also the Chairman of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mtdhoc.org/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mt Diablo Housing Opportunity Center&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;(MtDHOC) steering committee.&amp;nbsp; The MtDHOC acts as the central resource for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://localism.com/real-estate/CA/Contra%20Costa%20County"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Contra Costa County&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;s housing needs and education regarding: First Time Home Buyers, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/302595/Help-I-need-assistance"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Foreclosure Prevention&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, Senior Housing and Landlord and Tennant resources.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis is also a Certified Money Management Volunteer (CMMV) for Money Management International and assists people with credit evaluation and financial education.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis is a certified &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/308766/Qualify-for-more-home"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CalHFA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, CalPERS and FHA Lender.&amp;nbsp; Nate Ellis is a Loan Officer for Residential Pacific Mortgage 3201 Danville Blvd, Alamo, CA 94507.&amp;nbsp; Equal Housing Lender. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Any rates or programs quoted or referenced are not guaranteed and are subject to terms and conditions.&amp;nbsp; All offers and programs may be withdrawn at any time. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;copy;Copyright 2008 MrDankeSchoen Nate Ellis &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cahousingblog.com/"&gt;http://www.cahousingblog.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Nate@BuilditBuyitRefiit.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nate@BuilditBuyitRefiit.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp; Help a Teacher, Cop, Firefighter or EMT be a &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/310385/Teachers-Cops-Firefighters-and"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Good Neighbor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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        <name>Nate Ellis</name>
        <uri>http://localism.com/neighbor/mrdankeschoen</uri>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:36:49 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://localism.com/blog/ca/antioch/posts/328321/Antioch-First-Time-Home</link>
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