Last Market Stats from 2008

In December 2008, the median price crashed down to $452,500 - that is a year-over-year drop of a bit more than 38%. When you look…

The newest CRS In Town

For those of you who have been following my twitter feed, you may have noticed that I've been working or some time on getting my…

Santa Cruz Conforming Loan Limit 2009

Of course, the reverse was true on the way up - ridiculously easy credit , liar loans , lax underwriting standards , and mortgage fraud…

Downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween

Perhaps it was from stories I'd seen in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about people getting stabbed downtown on Halloween night - although, unfortunately, stabbings downtown…

Santa Cruz is #6 Foreclosure Capital Nationwide

The smell of freshly brewed coffee wafts through the house, as I peruse my trusty RSS News Reader, skimming over news articles and blog entries…

Santa Cruz Real Estate in 2009

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and sane New Year's Eve, and I hope that as I type this on January 2nd,…

Santa Cruz Home Sales – October, 2008

OK, this data is about a week old, but I bet you haven't seen too much of it, so here it goes. For starters, we…

Competence and Ethics of Santa Cruz Realtors

However, the Preamble does says Realtor® members should: eliminate practices which may damage the public or which might discredit or bring dishonor to the real…

Real Estate Auction in Monterey: November 13, 2008

The auction is being held at the Hilton Garden Inn and they will be auctioning off properties from the Salinas-Monterey area. As it happens, one…

Blue Light Special Turns Red!

A month ago, I wrote a blog entry about a homeowner in Soquel who was having a blue light special on the sale of his…