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FREMONT, CA. – A quiet neighborhood and city conveniences are just a few of the appealing amenities at Rosewood, a new community of three distinctive new home collections by SummerHill Homes. Located in Fremont, Rosewood celebrates the Grand Opening of three beautiful models this weekend. 

This enclave of 106 stylish homes is nestled in the center of an established, tree-lined neighborhood.

Rosewood’s grand opening showcases stylish new homes, which feature attractive Artisan, English Cottage and French architecture reminiscent of a charming European village. Homes range from approximately 1,572 square feet up to 2,574 square feet.

“There is a home for everyone whether they’re starting out or moving up,” said Patience Ofodu, Rosewood community sales manager.

Rosewood Gables features single-family homes with three to four bedrooms. Four home designs offer thoughtfully designed kitchens, spacious living and dining rooms, elegant master bedroom suites and attached two-car garages.

Rosewood Cottages are three-story, single-family homes and duets featuring three to four bedrooms, including spacious master bedroom suites and well-planned kitchens. The Cottages have attached two-car garages, decks and patios, per residence, and attractive side yards.

Rosewood Towns is a collection of townhome-style condominiums. Four distinctive home designs offer two to four bedrooms, with spacious master bedrooms, well-planned kitchens, flexible living and dining areas, outdoor decks and attached two-car garages.

In addition to a welcoming garden area and a new 1/3-acre park within Rosewood, the community is close to several Fremont city parks.

Situated in the heart of Fremont’s historic Irvington District, Rosewood is conveniently close to the city’s vast selection of shopping, dining, medical, employment and service centers. For details about Rosewood, visit the model homes at 40230 Laiolo Road, or contact the Information Center at (510) 413-9787.

Rosewood is designed and built by award-winning SummerHill Homes, a Bay Area-based homebuilder. Over the last 30 years, SummerHill Homes has developed a national reputation for superior design and quality construction. For more information, visit www.summerhillhomes.com or call (800) 585-0085.

The future of home design has arrived in Moorpark, California

Esquisitely crafted new homes in Moorpark priced from the $800s., Choose from four stunning and spacious 1- and 2-story floor plans ranging from 3,092 to 4,609 sq. ft.. Create a distinctly original home with 4–6 bedrooms, 3.5–6.5 baths with 2- and 3-car garages., Personalize your brand new home to reflect your uniquely sophisticated tastes at KB Home Studio, including wainscoting, picture frame molding, open shelving and much more., Select a homesite that suits your needs, including equetrian-zoned 1/4 acre lots.

Enjoy the seclusion and residential benefits of a gated community. Ride or stroll along community-private equestrian trails. Spend afternoons at Moorpark Country Club, an outstanding public course designed by Peter Jacobsen. Enjoy shopping at nearby The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley Town Center. Live just a short drive from Ventura beaches and other great. San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles and Simi Valley destinations. With KB Home, you get the reassurance of the most comprehensive warranties in the industry. The NAHB Research Center has named KB Home the first builder in America to earn the prestigious National Housing Quality (NHQ) Certified Builder designation. Visit the Sterling Heights Sales Center today. 805.530.1180, 13908 Saddleback Drive Moorpark, California 93021 Saturday–Monday 10am–7pm, Tuesday–Wednesday 11am–7pm, Friday 1–7pm

Villa Fontanas by Hudson Jones combines elegant Italian architecture with modern finishes and amenities to create new homes that complement your active lifestyle.  Villas Fontanas offers new 1, 2, and 3 Bedroom homes with spacious floor plans, 9 and 10 foot ceilings, designer finishes, large balconies, and dramatic views create the perfect place to call home and entertain your friends Entertain in the community home theater lounge or on your huge private deck with magnificent views of Downtown San Jose and the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Relax in the spa, make new friends at the pool, or work off the days stress in the fully equipped fitness center.  Located in the prestigious Willow Glen area of San Jose, Villa Fontanas offers a short commutes to most of the valleys major employers, and is situated just a few minutes from your door steps offering world class shopping, dinning and entertainment at Santana Row and Downtown San Jose. For more information or to be one of the first to call Villa Fontanas home contact us today. Model homes will be open in June. Hard hat tours available upon request.

Lancaster, California, USA, is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 9th fastest growing city in the United States. Lancaster is located approximately 70 miles (112.5km) north (by road travel) of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California’s Antelope Valley. It is separated from the Los Angeles Basin by the San Gabriel Mountain Range to the south and from Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley by the Tehachapi Mountain Range to the north. New home communities in Lancaster are developing faster than other areas based on the population expansion, desirablity and close proximity to Los Angeles.

FASTEST GROWTH CITIES FROM 2005-2006

• North Las Vegas, Nev.: 197,567; 11.9 percent growth

• McKinney, Texas: 107,530; 11.1 percent

• Port St. Lucie: 143,868; 9.9 percent

• Cape Coral: 151,389; 8.1 percent

• Gilbert, Ariz.: 191,517; 7.8 percent

• Grand Prairie, Texas: 153,812; 6.6 percent

• Peoria, Ariz.: 142,024; 5.8 percent

• Cary, N.C.: 112,414; 5.1 percent

• Denton, Texas: 109,561; 5.1 percent

• Lancaster, Calif.: 140,804: 5 percent

The City of Lancaster has grown from 37,000 residents at the time of incorporation in 1977, to an estimated 143,818 residents in 2007, and is the second-largest city on the California side of the Mojave Desert. As of the 2005 population estimate, the Palmdale / Lancaster, CA Urbanized Area (a US Census Bureau defined term) has a population of 589,043.

April 11, 2008 — Rates for popular mortgage choices posted a reasonable improvement this week, with The HSH Market Trends (HSH’s) overall 30-year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Indicator (FRMI) slipping back by eleven basis points to end the survey week at 6.47%. The overall average for 5/1 Hybrid ARMs slid by nine basis points (.09%), finishing the week at 6.21%.

HSH’s FRMI captures 30-year mortgages of all sizes, including conforming, the new “expanded conforming” and jumbo. The FRMI has been published as a continuous series since the 1980s. (See the graph just below.)

Separate statistical series for conforming and jumbo loans have long been available to HSH clients. Futher, we expect to make data available for the new ‘tweener’ product within the next few weeks.

At the moment, conforming and jumbo mortgage moved in close tandem, with 30-year conforming shedding 0.12% and jumbos 0.11%. The improvement came despite the fact that underlying interest rates, such as yields on 10-year Treasuries, failed to move much during the week and closed the week ending April 11 at about the same levels as those seen a week ago. It could be that investors seeking better yields are starting to nibble around the edges of mortgages made to borrowers with very solid credit, or perhaps that the ability to sell more pre-existing loans to Fannie and Freddie is starting to loosen things up a little. That might be just hopeful speculation on our part, but it’s certainly not implausible.

Much of the economic news released this week covered February, which was a pretty troubled month by any standard. The nation’s imbalance of trade, for example, expanded to $62.3 billion, up from $59.3 billion in January. The size of the expansion was unexpected since rising exports, combined with slowing imports, have been expected to trim the trade deficit. Even though the dollar value of exported goods rose by a fair 2%, imports rose by 3.1%, and rising price pressures seem to be overcoming slowing demand.

Those prices spiked higher in March. Costs for imported goods rose by 2.8%, a huge leap from February’s tame 0.2% rise. Although over $100/bbl oil certainly contributed the majority of the increase, even excluding that left costs rising at a 1.1% clip, continuing a rising pattern. Goods priced for export also rose, lifting 1.5%, and it would appear that we are exporting some inflation to our trading partners which in turn is being recycled back to us. Export costs have risen by 7.9% over the last 12 months while imports have been running almost double that level.

Rising inflation concerns and expectations for more were the primary reason that two Fed Governors preferred smaller rate cuts at the FOMC’s March 18 meeting, where short-term interest rates were cut by 75 basis points (0.75%). Those price concerns have certainly not faded, and given our reliance on imported goods, it’s likely that we’ll see higher costs passed through to consumers. The minutes from that meeting noted that “the recent information on inflation was seen as disappointing” and that “the recent depreciation of the dollar could boost import prices and thus contribute to higher inflation.”