Silicon Valley Bucking the Trend
As the gloomy reports continue for the housing industry, there is one market where both high-end employment and housing are on an uptick. Thanks in…
Category: Commentary
Santa Cruz Real Estate Great Debate
You really need to look at the year before to see how the market performed - and from the statistics, we can see the median…
Santa Cruz Real Estate Deathmatch
Whether you think the current housing crisis is a cause of a symptom of the economic meltdown in the United States and abroad, there's no…
Santa Cruz Realtor and Devil’s Advocate
One biggie is that I am completely and utterly swamped with work, and while my blog is actually very important to me, it falls into…
The newest CRS In Town
For those of you who have been following my twitter feed, you may have noticed that I've been working or some time on getting my…
Future Value Behavior is Anyone’s Guess
One of CNBCs real estate reporters recently wrote an article discussing some recent conferences she attended along with other finance experts, where the future of…
Santa Cruz’s Newest Resident
Just about 3 1/2 weeks ago (April 4, 2009), my wife and I welcomed into this crazy mixed-up world our first child, Aiden Santiago. I've…
Santa Cruz at Market Bottom? Some Say Yes, I Say No
Fact is, we have been seeing multiple offers for well over a year now on these bargain-basement properties in Watsonville - and pretty much anywhere…
Craigs List Rental Scams
I love it for many reasons - I won't count all the ways I love it, suffice it to say that it's a great public…
Competence and Ethics of Santa Cruz Realtors
However, the Preamble does says Realtor® members should: eliminate practices which may damage the public or which might discredit or bring dishonor to the real…