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I have a wealth of information about buying and selling Bay Area real estate on my website...as well as video, photos, and information and highlights from many area schools, parks, restaurants, shops, and everything that makes the Bay Area such an incredible place to live, work, and play.

Best Home Improvements

Best Home Improvements

It's springtime, the time when many home owners fancies turn to thoughts of selling their property and repeaping…

Home Sales Surge!

Home Sales Surge!

Well folks, it seems that the sky isn't falling quite yet! It's all over the internet, and probably…

Closing Costs

Closing Costs

Today was a happy day for a client of mine: he signed his loan documents today! It took…

A Visit to City Hall

A Visit to City Hall

A couple of days ago, I went down to Santa Cruz City Hall, to catch a public meeting…

Throw 'em a low ball!

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…

Rates hit 2.5 Year High

Rates hit 2.5 Year High

Well folks, many of you have been waiting for the shoe to drop, and right now it may…

Home Prices: up or down?

Home Prices: up or down?

I can hear some agents in my office muttering about how their buyer clients are hesitating to purchase…

Release of Contingencies

Release of Contingencies

Yesterday I met with a client for "The Big Day." In most real estate transactions I've been a…

The Fixer Revisited

The Fixer Revisited

And now...the rest of the story!To get the lot split that I wanted, it was known that I'd…

I saw a fixer I liked...

I saw a fixer I liked...

For those of you who haven't yet heard, I have a Santa Cruz Fixer-Upper e-mail list. People who…

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