Property Tax Rates for Santa Cruz Real Estate
So, for example, if you purchase a $500,000 property, the assessed value will be $500,000 and the property tax will be 1% of that, or…
Category: Santa Cruz Real Estate
The Trouble with Zillow
Sure, that's "just" 10% but is just 10% of the sale price - that $50,000, though, is likely to represent, perhaps, 100% of the actual…
Welcome to 2008!
There are a lot of opportunities out there for buyers this year - and for sellers, too, if you've got the kind of property that's…
Median Home Price Drops to $702,500
Wow, did you feel that? The big thud, as home prices just dropped through the floor? It was front page news in today's Santa Cruz…
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…
How Low can it Go?
To me, that's a bit silly - Boulder Creek is all very well and good, but home prices are lower in Watsonville than they are…
Affordable Housing Resources in Santa Cruz County
It seems that every year, starting in December and ending sometime in January, I get to cleaning up the ol' computer system, spiffin' up the…
It Keeps Getting Better
Every week I get an e-mail from C.A.R. (the California Association of Realtors) called the "C.A.R. Newsline". It's basically a summary of select news items…
Santa Cruz Market Update, August 2007
Another edition of my Santa Cruz County Real Estate Report is out, with sales data for August of this year. On the surface, the numbers…
Foreclosure Specialist
I spent the last couple of days up in beautiful Milpitas, California attending a seminar called The Foreclosure Specialist. I've attended a lot of training…