NASA Finds Planet Similar to Earth

Posted on December 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

NASA has found a new planet outside our solar system that’s eerily similar to Earth in key aspects.

Scientists say the temperature on the surface of the planet is about a comfy 72 degrees. Its star could almost be a twin of our sun. It likely has water and land.

Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit in a star’s habitable zone –the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could persist. NASA has found the new planet outside our solar system that’s eerily similar to Earth in key aspects. Scientists say the temperature on the surface of the planet is about a comfy 72 degrees. Its star could almost be a twin of our sun. It likely has water and land.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/05/national/w100531S12.DTL#ixzz1fgg94hwL

 
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Mortgage Complaint Window is Now Open

Posted on December 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

Got a beef with your mortgage lender? Is your bank unresponsive when you complain that your escrow account is fouled up and making your monthly payments needlessly high?

Did your loan officer switch you into a more costly home loan than you were promised? Or worse yet, did your home loan servicer ignore you when you told him you’ve had an unexpected drop in income and needed a modification to avoid missing payments?

If any of these situations sound familiar, here’s a heads-up about the newest and least-publicized source of federal help: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s home mortgage complaint and dispute resolution hotline. Never heard of it? That’s not surprising since it went live only Dec. 1 and the bureau hasn’t said much about it, preferring to ease into the potential snake pit of mortgage issues that American consumers have with their lenders rather than get overwhelmed.

The complaint hotline is accessible online at http://www.consumerfinance.gov and by toll-free phone between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern at (855) 411-2372.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-harney-20111211,0,6604263.story

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Property Spotlight – Pixar-Inspired “UP” House Sells for $400,000

Posted on December 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

The property in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman in Utah was modelled on the appearance of the colourful home where Carl and Ellie Fredricksen live out most of their lives in the animated film, and has been designated the “official” Up house by Pixar and Disney. It was built by designer Adam Bangerter and features every possible detail from the movie, including a blue kitchen complete with retro fridge, microwave and oven.

How would you value this house?  Contact the appraisers at www.socalappraisalserv.com for your value questions.

Read more at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/05/up-pixar-house-sells

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