Real Estate Podcasts

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years (and not that there's anything wrong with that!), you know what a Podcast…

Finding Rentals the RSS Way

A couple of folks have asked me recently if I could help them find a rental. My brokerage doesn't really do rentals, so it's not…

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…

Sales Plunge 30% in July

Did that headline get your attention? It sure got mine! Just a few days ago, I was telling some colleagues: "It's not that bad -…

Further Developments

A few months ago I made a posting about the Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks, and I mentioned that I had not yet been…

Market Statistics – May 2007

Subscribers of my Real Estate Newsletter have received another copy, with the latest market trends. For those of you who don't subscribe, here's what is…

Falling through Fall

Well, here's a cheery little note from CNNMoney: new home prices have fallen by an average of 10%, the biggest drop since 1970. You can…

Let the Good Times Roll

Hey everyone - what about this weather we've been having? Stunning doesn't begin to describe it. OK, well, it begins to describe it, but it…

Scene of the Crime

This past Wednesday I went back to the house I've got in escrow, the one where we released our contingencies last weekend. I was there…

Seller Rate Buy Down

You've heard it time and again: rising interest rates are going to cause housing price growth to stall, or even worse, retreat. You may have…