Santa Cruz Marching Towards Rent Control
In case you haven't heard, the city of Santa Cruz is marching towards establishing rent control. Recently, the Santa Cruz City Council voted to adopt…
Category: Governmental
Jerry Brown and the California Governor’s Mansion
California Governor's MansionA month or so ago, I went to Sacramento for the California Association of Realtors Legislative Day. I had been hearing about "Leg…
Santa Cruz and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
The effective date for reforms is immediate upon enactment, but the loan limits will not go into effect until the expiration of the Economic Stimulus…
Septic Blues
Did I mention, I put a house into escrow yesterday? Yep, sure did - nice little place down in La Selva Beach. Needs work, being…
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…
Trump’s Tax Plan Hits California Home Owners
Trump Tax Plan Hits California Home OwnersLast week, the White House released the outlines of the long-awaited Trump Tax Plan. The proposal has been characterized…
More about Santa Cruz and the 2008 Housing Bill
Here's a bit of a run-down on some of the acronyms used in my last post: A GSE is a Government Sponsored Enterprise - in…
Santa Cruz Real Estate – Let’s Talk Politics!
Change is in the air - of course, it might all just get blown away and we'll be back to the same-ol', same-ol' we've come…
Give Yourself a Tax Break
Do you feel like your property taxes are too high? That sounds like it could be a bad thing - but maybe it isn't! Maybe,…
Red Tags in Santa Cruz County
It seems that the properties I get the most inquires about are the ones with red tags on them - they tend to be the…