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…
Category: Buyers
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…
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 see too many low-ball offers. The market…
Release of Contingencies
Yesterday I met with a client for "The Big Day." In most real estate transactions I've been a part of, there are several big days,…
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…
Buyer Brokerage
I spent all day long yesterday in my first of 14 (fourteen!) classes to get my GRI Designation. A lot of Realtors you come across…
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…
Home Prices: up or down?
I can hear some agents in my office muttering about how their buyer clients are hesitating to purchase in this market. It seems that many…
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 are looking for fixer-upper properties here in…