morganhomescom: Belmont Home Sales for May 2009 - 06/28/09 06:47 PM
What's happening in our local market is the number one question we receive so here's the good the bad and the ugly for May 2009 in Belmont.
The Good
The number of homes sold in creased in May to 15 from April's paltry 12. Still, compared to 2004 when 32 homes
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morganhomescom: April 2009 Home Sales Report for Belmont - 05/10/09 05:34 PM
The homes sale report for April shows a continuing slide in both sales and median price for the Peninsula cities, though we appear to have a lull in the action.
Take the median price of single family homes in San Mateo County for example. In April of 2008 it stood at
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morganhomescom: Belmont Home Sales--March 2009 - 04/11/09 03:49 PM
The home sales are in for Belmont for the month of March 2009 and they exhibit all the indications of a continuing declining market. We wrote a short post on what the numbers mean when compared to the same period just a few years back.
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morganhomescom: Housing Reform 2009--Panacea or Panic? - 03/15/09 12:15 PM
The news is full of housing reform stores but the shelf life for reform legislation seems shorter than that of freshly baked bread—what made the news just yesterday is often obsolete by today.
We expect 2009 to be a turbulent time in real estate. Knowing how to weather the
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morganhomescom: Belmont Housing Report--January 2009 - 02/14/09 03:34 PM
This first month of the year is in the books as we close out the sales for January 2009 in Belmont.
With 40 homes on the market, inventory is showing signs of creeping up. Looking back on past January inventory levels, they usually hover in the low 20 range. Higher
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morganhomescom: Bay Area Housing Market--a look back to 2008 - 01/11/09 02:18 PM
Before we wrote this year’s forecast, we went back and re-read our assessment of where the market might be headed in 2008.
Of course very few people could have predicted that the dire real estate woes would drag the entire economy to the brink of collapse and we were
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morganhomescom: Belmont--December 2008 Home Sales - 01/09/09 04:33 PM
We’ve got a lot to cover at the beginning of a new year as we go back and examine all of 2008 as well as the month of December.
This is our month-end report of home sales in Belmont for the month of December 2008. Note that while the median price
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morganhomescom: Our 2009 Housing Conjecture - 01/02/09 03:52 PM
Those of you who have been following us for some time know at the beginning of each year we re-cap the previous year and take a stab at where the market might be headed in the upcoming year. We’re still compiling the numbers for 2008 and the analysis will take another
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morganhomescom: Revitalizing a home in Belmont (with background music) - 12/10/08 05:41 PM
Many of you saw this home on our web page and at the open house. Several homes in the Hallmark area of Belmont have languished on the market for months without selling and everyone has been asking us how we sold our listing so fast. Well, here's the answer in video
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morganhomescom: Are you a Bidder's Fool? - 11/30/08 05:00 PM
As part of our Real Estate REVEALED series we answer another Frequently Unasked Question in our latest Podcast—how do you know when a home is priced right? In addition to this latest Podcast, we’ve added a web page that makes finding the entire series of archive issues in one place.
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morganhomescom: When a little common sense goes a long way... - 11/20/08 12:10 PM
I found the picture that accompanied the article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday November 15th 2008 title "Increase in Deaths, injuries on dangerous San Francisco Streets" a bit symptomatic of the problem.
The article is reciting statistics on just how dangerous the streets are for pedestrian and bicyclists and
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morganhomescom: Belmont--Holiday Festivites - 11/19/08 02:16 PM
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morganhomescom: Belmont--October Housing Report - 11/05/08 07:27 PM
The housing market is in a state of flux so we spent added time this month helping you understand the numbers and our local Belmont market:
(Click on the report for a size you can read)
Understanding the Belmont’s October 2008 housing market takes a lot more than listening
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morganhomescom: Belmont--Week in Review, November 1, 2008 - 11/01/08 09:03 PM
This is an abbreviated version of our recap for the last week's activity in Belmont because it's been a busy week and I'm beat. That and not much transpired in Belmont real estate.
30 year mortgage rates on jumbo loans underwent a huge increase as money previously available to Fanny
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morganhomescom: 2824 Hallmark Drive, Belmont NEW LISTING! - 10/21/08 06:11 PM
Drew & Christine Morgan (650) 508-1441
Four Bedrooms
Three updated baths
Kitchen with Birdseye maple cabinetry, new appliances, Corian
counters, hardwood floors, recessed Halogen lighting and canyon
views
Family room, kitchen and dinette combination offers access to
the rear yard
Lower bedroom with full bath
Large dining and
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morganhomescom: Belmont Housing Activity-Week Ending September 20th, 2008 - 09/21/08 02:10 PM
Belmont’s inventory of homes for sale ended exactly where it started off for the third week in row at 47 homes for sale. There were four news listings, six homes went pending and four closed escrow while two homes dropped off the inventory rolls as sellers gave up on trying to
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morganhomescom: Bog Broker Myths REVEALED - 09/17/08 02:55 PM
This Podcast delves into the Frequently Unasked Question, "What's the difference between large brokerage firms and smaller independent firms?" We discuss several important differences that most people would never know to ask.
If you are considering selling your home you’ve no doubt driven around to see what real
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morganhomescom: Belmont Housing Week in Review--Sept. 12th 2008 - 09/17/08 02:51 PM
It was a busy week for Belmont real estate which was expected now that summer vacations are over and agents get back to work like everybody else.
Out of the gate there were seven new listings, two re-lists, seven pending sales and three homes closed escrow bringing the inventory of single
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morganhomescom: Belmont--The Streets Around Us - 09/17/08 02:46 PM
In our last "Streets Around Us" blog we included a teaser about Belmont's first and only golf course.
Unfortunately for fans of the sport, the course is not some well kept secret-in fact it has been gone for years.
(Historic registery home in Belmont on what was once the golf course perimeter).
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morganhomescom: Twin Pine Park Picnic--September 21st 2008 - 09/17/08 02:37 PM
Belmont's best weather is upon us in the month of September and this event should be a fun day for the whole family.
Belmont Picnic in The Park
Sunday, September 21st 2008
11AM - 3PM
Twin Pines Park Meadow
Celebrate National Neighborhood Day! Bring a blanket and a
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