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…
Author: Seb Frey
Preserving Historical Properties
Saw this in the Register-Pajaronian a couple days ago:Castro Adobe to be restoredActually, I have no idea what the Castro Adobe is. Well, I do,…
Rents going up in Santa Cruz County
Here's a bit of interesting (yet hardly surprising) news:Renters paying more in Santa Cruz County - By Jondi Gumz - Sentinel staff writer - July…
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…
The La Bahia Project
The La Bahia project is back in the news:La Bahia dealt setback, hotel overhaul delayed - By SHANNA MCCORD - Sentinel staff writer - July…
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…