I’d like to point something out

Or, rather, he loves it when the seller pays the discount points, although it's all pretty much the same thing, since it's your money (the…

Santa Cruz Mobile Home Owners, rejoice!

And now, today, here's the scoop: [From Prop. 99 passes; Prop. 98 defeated - Los Angeles Times ] Californians on Tuesday rejected a state ballot…

I’m buying an HP 12C

How about a smart phone - probably my suck-ass Palm Treo 700p can do most of what I'll ever need. As you may have read,…

Home sales see first monthly gain in 6 months

I'm drinking my coffee and seeing what's new in the world via my handy RSS Reader NetNewsWire , and I came across this interesting article…

That Keller Williams Kool-Aid

After all was said and done, the seller's agent and I agreed to meet for coffee and to exchange some final documents and so I…

This is getting ridiculous

For example, we were doing an exercise on calculating the rate of return on an investment in a home purchase - you buy it for…

Changes to the Santa Cruz MLS

I think they expanded the digit count because the MLS is growing, it won't just be the five counties around here (Santa Cruz, Santa Clara,…

From Santa Cruz to Vegas

And, while I said that hardly anyone outside the real estate profession knows what those designations mean, many of my colleagues in the industry (especially…

The Crazy, Mixed Up Market

Or, if their asking prices are reasonable, more often than not, it's a short sale, which means that the contract and price are subject to…

Santa Cruz Real Estate Sales Data – April 2008

For those of you who are really interested in knowing what's going on with real estate sales in Santa Cruz county, I want to remind…