Giving this Thanksgiving

It's not just the economy that's in the dumps.  It seems that people's spirits are really down, too.  This year the summer was unusually cold…

The Incredible Shrinking Housing Market

Some new housing data was released, revealing the incredible shrinking housing market. For starters, 31% of all homes sold in Q2 of this year were…

Silicon Valley Bucking the Trend

As the gloomy reports continue for the housing industry, there is one market where both high-end employment and housing are on an uptick. Thanks in…

New Year, Old Challenges for Santa Cruz Real Estate

What she doesn't say is that there is a lean supply of homes because so many people are waiting for the market to turn around…

The CalSTRS Program in Santa Cruz County

OK so the video we're cranking out isn't up to national network broadcast quality, but that's some of the appeal. ... Peter stopped by at…

Mortgages for More than just Spring Chickens

As all of the housing forces come together, rather strange results surface from time to time. The newest is relatively unprecedented, with Americans of retirement-age…

Wise Words to Aid Home Buyers

Sometimes the reporting on the world of real estate gets so caught up in the rapidly changing landscape that the elements of buying and selling…

Future Value Behavior is Anyone’s Guess

One of CNBC’s real estate reporters recently wrote an article discussing some recent conferences she attended along with other finance experts, where the future of…

Zillow Giveth, Zillow Taketh Away

While searching for a blog topic, two reports spanning the good/bad news spectrum caught my eye, because Zillow.com had a hand in both.To check out…

Santa Cruz Foreclosure-Buying Seminar

I do work with a few buyers , because I enjoy working with them and it gets me out to see a lot of the…