Getting a Fix on Fixer Uppers
It's a sad, but classic tale: someone buys a pig of a house, usually pays too much for it, then sinks too much money into…
Category: Buyers
Affordable Housing Resources in Santa Cruz County
It seems that every year, starting in December and ending sometime in January, I get to cleaning up the ol' computer system, spiffin' up the…
Buyer Buy-Down
A few posts ago, I wrote about Seller Rate Buy-Downs...many sellers are offering to "buy down" the interest rate that the buyer will pay on…
Buyer Brokerage
This is a vintage article and is not necessarily reflective of current practices.I spent all day long yesterday in my first of 14 (fourteen!) classes…
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…
How Low can it Go?
To me, that's a bit silly - Boulder Creek is all very well and good, but home prices are lower in Watsonville than they are…
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…
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…
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…