Gloomy News: Sales down, Foreclosures Up

From reading the headlines, it seems there's some bad news on the national real estate scene. Here's a sampling of a couple of headlines from…

Mid-Year State of the Market

I'd like to start out by saying - another edition of my Santa Cruz Real Estate Report is out! For those of you who haven't…

Finding Rentals the RSS Way

A couple of folks have asked me recently if I could help them find a rental. My brokerage doesn't really do rentals, so it's not…

Major and Minor Setbacks

Wow...me bad, really bad! It has been damn near a month since my last blog entry! So much for my goal of writing 2-3 times…

Upsizing or Downsizing your Home – Now or Later?

about upsizing or downsizing our home? With the considerable increases in home values we've seen over the past couple of years, a lot of homeowners…

Below Market Rate Properties

Below Market Rate Properties are created through Deed RestrictionsI frequently receive e-mail from people, asking questions about a listing they have seen on this or…

Real Estate Podcasts

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years (and not that there's anything wrong with that!), you know what a Podcast…

Falling through Fall

Well, here's a cheery little note from CNNMoney: new home prices have fallen by an average of 10%, the biggest drop since 1970. You can…

Seller Rate Buy Down

You've heard it time and again: rising interest rates are going to cause housing price growth to stall, or even worse, retreat. You may have…

2019 REALTOR Installation Speech

Thank you for braving yet another ferocious northern California rainstorm to be with us today at our 2019 Installation. Ive been fortunate to get to…