The Right Way to do a Price Reduction on your Bay Area Home

I often tell my clients that one of my most important jobs as a REALTOR is to help the seller set the right list price…

Proof Positive: Underpricing Your Home Gets you More when you Sell

Have you ever wondered if there's a secret trick to maximizing the selling price of your home? Well, prepare to be amazed because we're about…

Sebastian Frey ranked in top 1.5% of Real Estate Agents in California

Los Gatos, CA June 23, 2022 – RealTrends, the Denver, Colorado-based company offering analysis and information on the residential real estate industry, announced today that…

Do open houses sell houses in the Bay Area?

Open houses have long been a fixture of the real estate industry, allowing potential buyers to walk through a property, imagine themselves living there, and…

How Does Deferred Maintenance Impact Sale Price?

In this article: How to Sell a Home with Deferred Maintenance As-Is The Importance of a Complete Disclosure Package Pricing Considerations for Homes with Deferred…

Yardzen and the Art of Affordable Landscape Design

I read an interesting statistic the other day:  great landscaping can increase your home's value by 15-20%.Of course, I read it on the website of…

Next up: 8% Mortgage Rates?

Date Published:  August 17, 2023Once again, surging mortgage rates are much in the news, and they're quite the topic of chatter around the water cooler…

Spotting the Good in Redfin’s Red (ink)

It's an interesting time in the real estate market. It's always a roller coaster, but it's been especially - shall we say - thrilling since…

Dealing With Outrageous Concession Requests in the Sale of Your Bay Area Home

You’ve probably read about as-is sales on my blog or heard about me talk about them on my video. In those transactions, buyers agree to…

Making a Lowball Offer on a Bay Area Home

Today we’re going to talk about a topic that isn’t exactly popular. In fact, it’s not even a topic that I’ve discussed recently in my…