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…

Santa Cruz Home Buying Seminar

Hear ye, Hear ye! It's been a while since I've done one, but Spring has sprung and it is time once again for a Santa…

Mobile Homes 101

A fair number of my clients come from the Internet. I'm not sure how everyone finds me, but a fair number do. Most of the…

Santa Cruz Real Estate Update March 2015

If you're a parent, you're probably familiar with the existential question, "Are we there yet?" As a real estate broker, I feel like a lot…

Santa Cruz Real Estate Update April 2015

The headline news for the Santa Cruz Real Estate Update April 2015 is that the Santa Cruz median home price has returned to its peak…

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…

Parting is Sweet Sorrow

Yesterday was bittersweet for me. Several weeks ago, I wrote about how I recently listed a property up in Boulder Creek. The amazing thing was,…

Recent Home Price Increases are Unsustainable

There has been much to celebrate about the health of the U.S. housing market this year, and the headlines have been full of news aboutbuoyant-…

Avoiding Capital Gains Tax upon Sale of your Home

A month or so ago I attended the monthly Silicon Valley broker's meeting of my company. They always have a speaker every month, and last…

A Realtor’s Review of The Sell by Frederik Eklund

Whether you're a fan of Bravo's hit reality TV show Million Dollar Listing New York - and whether or not you're in the real estate…