Maps of Santa Cruz

I am not sure how many of you have found this yet, but on this web site there is a great resource for Santa Cruz…

Best Home Improvements

It's springtime, the time when many home owners fancies turn to thoughts of selling their property and repeaping a huge reward.  The big question many…

Closing Costs

Today was a happy day for a client of mine:  he signed his loan documents today!  It took over an hour and a quarter (signing…

Throw ’em a low ball!

There's something I've been meaning to write about for some time now:  low-ball offers.  Last year we didn't see too many low-ball offers.  The market…

Home Prices: up or down?

I can hear some agents in my office muttering about how their buyer clients are hesitating to purchase in this market.  It seems that many…

Get your Ommmmmm on

It’s 3:06 AM here at my office, and I’ve just finished putting together a mailing to the lucky owners of the Villas of Capitola, a…

Home Sales Surge!

Well folks, it seems that the sky isn't falling quite yet! It's all over the internet, and probably TV screens and newspapers, too: Home Sales…

A Visit to City Hall

A couple of days ago, I went down to Santa Cruz City Hall, to catch a public meeting of the Zoning Administrator. There were several…

Rates hit 2.5 Year High

Well folks, many of you have been waiting for the shoe to drop, and right now it may be getting ready, finally, to do so! …

Release of Contingencies

Yesterday I met with a client for "The Big Day."  In most real estate transactions I've been a part of, there are several big days,…