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…

More about Santa Cruz and the 2008 Housing Bill

Here's a bit of a run-down on some of the acronyms used in my last post: A GSE is a Government Sponsored Enterprise - in…

Happy 4th of July!

I have been crushingly busy - and that's a good thing, considering how many Realtors are suffering the fate of the Maytag repair man .…

Marisa Miller, Santa Cruz Local, Back in the Press

Marisa graces the cover of Maxim Magazine's July 2008 issue . I had a subscription to Maxim magazine once upon a time - it was…

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…

St. Joseph and Santa Cruz Real Estate

So I was down at the Santa Cruz Association of Realtors today, buying a couple of swish new Blue SupraKey safes - the place the…

Santa Cruz and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

The effective date for reforms is immediate upon enactment, but the loan limits will not go into effect until the expiration of the Economic Stimulus…

Santa Cruz Fire Safety

There are many homes in Santa Cruz county that are in wildfire and forest fire hazard areas. With all the fires raging this year, it's…

Santa Cruz is on fire!

After I dropped her off, I headed south to Watsonville and I saw that it wasn't fog at all - I had the radio on,…