South Bay Blogs

I’ve been asked to review a website aimed to help consumers’ moving experience, called MyMovingQuote.com. You may ask, “Why don’t I just let my fingers do the walking and go through the Yellow Pages to find a mover?” MyMovingQuote.com makes the answer obvious: you can get quotes from many different companies from one place, by specifying your moving needs and clicking on the [Get Quote] button.

There are a couple of ways you get get free quotes for your move: you can either click on the Local Movers page, click on the state you live in (ex. California), and find your city to get a listing of all local movers – or you can use this quote screen from the main page: Read the rest of this entry →

CNBC is reporting a 90% jump in housing foreclosures in May 2007 when compared with May 2006. Nevada is leading the foreclosure trend, followed by Colorado and California. California is the largest state hit by high foreclosure rates, increasing more than 350% from May 2006. Statistically in California, there is 1 foreclosure filed for every 308 households. California also has the sad honor of harboring the nation’s top 3 metro area foreclosures, with Stockton leading the pack at 1 foreclosure per 88 households, Merced at 1 foreclosure per 100 households, and Modesto at 1 foreclosure at 118 households. Other California cities with high foreclosure rates included Riverside-San Bernardino (No. 5), Vallejo-Fairfield (No. 6), and Sacramento (No. 7). Source: CNBC.