Doug's Real Estate Blog - Archives December, 2007

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Investment Thoughts From The East Bay Luxury Home Specialist - 12/17/07 10:02 PM

Having spent nearly 25 years on Wall Street, most notably with Goldman Sachs and Robertson Stephens, i would like to occasionally offer up some relatively low risk and carefully conceived investment thoughts. I will not use the term advice since i have become sufficiently jaded by many highly successful fund managers from … (3 comments)

East Bay Luxury Homes - 12/17/07 08:55 PM

The Title and Escrow Guy - Brad Andersohn has done it again. He assisted me in setting up my own personal blog and i am feeling enthused and empowered. This blog site, Bay Area Luxury Homes, will allow me to offer all my clients a site with capability far beyond my more … (0 comments)

BUY OR SELL FUTURES TO HEDGE ON YOUR RESIDENTAIL REAL ESTATE - 12/10/07 08:53 PM

It's been 18 months now that you can, through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, trade futures based on house price indexes for each of the top ten largest US cities. You can sell futures, buy puts or sell calls all designed to hedge losses that might be occurring on the value of … (1 comments)

Heads up on remodel and home improvement bids - 12/03/07 07:49 PM

I recently gathered several bids for some work for a listing that i hope to have on the market in January. On the floor coverings bid, as with the other contractors on other jobs, i previewed approximate costs on the phone and got the ballpark figures i was looking for. The … (2 comments)

TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON RESCUE PLAN FOR MORTGAGE MARKET - 12/03/07 11:08 AM

In case you missed the 7:30 am (PST) broadcast, Secretary of the Treasury, Hank Paulson, described in a fair amount of detail a mortgage bail out plan for those ARMs that are causing so many foreclosures and financial unrest. The proposed solution will not impact those that are handling their payments but … (1 comments)

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