My Santa Cruz Realtor Wardrobe

There's a lot of Realtors out there who think those Realtor designations are a bunch of hooey - and maybe they are, but I don't…

Capitola Begonia Festival 2008

It's a three-day affair, with the highlight of the fist day being the Sand Castle Competition. Naturally, the sand castle that first caught my eye…

Santa Cruz Housing Entry-Level Affordabilty – Up 67%

The C.A.R. report breaks it down county-by-county, and reports this as the Santa Cruz county: Q2 2007: 18 Q1 2008: 28 Q2 2008: 30 So…

Kickin’ It At Home in Santa Cruz

The owner is an enthusiast of machines - like cars, motorcycles, motors - I think he is a mechanic or something. So we are in…

Tales of a Santa Cruz Short Sale

While you can get a good deal on a property by buying it as a short sale, I posit that you are not necessarily getting…

Capitola Village Residents Association

I love these kinds of resident associations - I find that the communities that have them are generally much better run and have higher property…

Santa Cruz Fixer Uppers and the FHA 203K/Energy Efficient Mortgage

But I digress. :) Rick had come to my office so we could discuss the FHA Energy Efficient Mortgage program, and how it can be…

Santa Cruz July 2008 median home price: $607,500

If there is an even number of homes sold, you take the two in the middle, you find the difference in prices, and all that…

Santa Cruz Real Estate just got a little more expensive

Thanks to the Wikipedia entry for Santa Cruz county , I see that there are 607 square miles in the county - not too big,…

Home Buying Philosophy in Santa Cruz

I personally don't have a problem with creating urgency to buy - I think that by now, most people can see the writing on the…