Avoiding Capital Gains Tax upon Sale of your Home

A month or so ago I attended the monthly Silicon Valley broker's meeting of my company. They always have a speaker every month, and last…

Santa Cruz Real Estate Market Update – December 2013

Just in time for the holidays, the Santa Cruz real estate market has provided local home owners with a handsome gift: the median home price…

Multiple Offers on Santa Cruz Real Estate

I guess a lot of people think it doesn't happen very often, what with the fact that we're in a terrible housing crisis and property…

Santa Cruz July 2008 median home price: $607,500

If there is an even number of homes sold, you take the two in the middle, you find the difference in prices, and all that…

Santa Cruz Real Estate Sales Data – April 2008

For those of you who are really interested in knowing what's going on with real estate sales in Santa Cruz county, I want to remind…

Private Sale vs. Public Sale on the MLS

times of low inventory and strong buyer demand, it seems that any home can be sold, before even so much as a for-sale sign goes…

Downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween

Perhaps it was from stories I'd seen in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about people getting stabbed downtown on Halloween night - although, unfortunately, stabbings downtown…

Santa Cruz For Sale by Owner – Blue Light Special!

Actually, a savvy Realtor will look at a FSBO like an opportunity ripe for the plucking - because most FSBOs will eventually end up listing…

That Keller Williams Kool-Aid

After all was said and done, the seller's agent and I agreed to meet for coffee and to exchange some final documents and so I…

Slow news day

A couple of days back, I don't know if you heard, but Santa Cruz Title is consolidating its operations , getting rid of two offices.…