Will you find this as shocking as I do?
, did you hear about the shocking report from Zillow that claims selling your home off-market will cost you on average 1.5% of the sale…
Category: Newsletter
There’s No Time Like Springtime for Bay Area Home Sellers
Well, January is gone and done, and we are rapidly hurtling into the Spring housing market. The Spring real estate market is often thought of…
Ferocious Silicon Valley Bidding Wars in the Coldest Time of Year
Key takeawaysSilicon Valley bidding wars don’t take the winter off. When serious buyers stay active but inventory is extra thin, competition can spike even in…
Bay Area Luxury Home Auctions Cost Sellers Millions
read an interesting article about luxury real estate auctions in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back, and it got me thinking about luxury…
The End of an Era: Buyer Compensation Removed from the MLS
It's the end of an era!Since I got my real estate license in 2003 - and for at least 20 years before that - working…
Profitable Pre-Sale Home Renovation in Silicon Valley
seems like one of the perennial questions about the sale of real estate is what pre-sale fix-ups you might want to do before putting your…
The Real Threat to the California Real Estate Market
After a worryingly bone-dry start to 2025, we've finally had a little rain around here, and I guess more than a little more rain down…
My South Bay Christmas Marketing Masterpiece
T’was the night before Christmas throughout the South Bay,not an agent was stirring, no business in play.The end of the year, they think a good…
Bay Area Heat Wave of October 2024 Keeps the Market Smoldering
I hope you’re staying cool during this record-breaking heatwave! With temperatures hitting historic highs this past week, it feels like everything is heating up –…
Pricing Unusual Homes in the Bay Area to Sell
If you've been reading my emails, blog, or watching my YouTube videos, you know that I'm practically obsessed with the law of supply and demand,…