How Does Deferred Maintenance Impact Sale Price?

In this article: How to Sell a Home with Deferred Maintenance As-Is The Importance of a Complete Disclosure Package Pricing Considerations for Homes with Deferred…

Calculating Bay Area Home Values by Price per Square Foot

It seems that I spend a lot of time talking with clients, and prospective clients, about price per square foot.Longtime readers - and viewers of my…

What Explains the 17% Spike in Bay Area Home Prices

Did you see the headline news in the San Jose Mercury a few days ago?  It sure caught my attention:  Bay Area Home Prices Spike 17%…

How to Sell your Bay Area Home for More than the Comps

When you make the decision to sell your home and contact a real estate agent in the Bay Area, one of the first things that…

The True Cost of Overpricing your Bay Area Home

will be shown in this article, overpricing one’s home when going on market almost always have negative repercussions for sellers: Across all Bay Area markets,…

The Principle of Substitution

Just like every other industry, the real estate industry is driven by a number of economic principles. For instance, the law and supply of demand…

Sell for 21.3% over the Zillow Zestimate

a blog post last week, I highlighted the San Jose Mercury News article about the 17.3% spike in Bay Area home prices in March. That's an…

Pricing the Cost of Repairs When Selling Your Home

If you've made the decision to sell your home, you may have also worried about how much work the property needs before you put it…

Timeless Real Estate Advice for the Bay Area

I obtained my real estate salespersons' license on February 20, 2003.  That means this week marks the end of my first 20 years in the…

Using Off Market Sales in Pricing Your Bay Area Home

Whether you’re buying or selling your home, few things matter more than the numbers. Obviously, within the real estate industry, numbers are at the heart…