Just Cause Evictions in Santa Cruz
Just Cause EvictionsI recently attended an all-member meeting of the Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors. We have these meetings once or twice a year,…
Category: Governmental
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,…
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…
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…
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…