No Adult Supervision at California Association of Realtors - 07/23/12 05:09 PM
No Adult Supervision at California Association of Realtors; Teenagers are in Control.
The entire universe requires a prospective buyer to tender an Earnest Money Deposit when that buyer offers to purchase real estate.  But not in California.
Realtors everywhere believe a deposit demonstrates the prospective buyer's earnestness and sincerity, that's why it's called an Earnest Money Deposit.  But CA Realtors are smarter than that; we're special.
Until recently the California Association of Realtors (CAR) Purchase Agreement was entitled: "Purchase Agreement and Receipt for Deposit".  Agents referred to it simply as a 'Deposit Receipt'.  But, not any more.
About three years ago our State Association modified … (65 comments)

Santa Clara County Koi Pond Tour July 21st, 2012 - 07/20/12 11:00 AM
Santa Clara County Koi Pond Tour July 21st, 2012
On July 21st the Santa Clara County Koi and Water Garden Club is hosting their 21th Annual Koi Pond Tour.  Six Club members open their backyards complete with Koi Ponds to the public. Docents are present at each pond to answer questions about Koi and Koi Ponds. 
The tour usually features a wide variety of ponds from small, store-bought ponds to money-is-no-object 35,000 gallon ponds complete with islands, imported boulders, waterfalls, and more.  Two years ago one of the ponds on the tour had an underground "basement-like" viewing room akin  to those at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  The … (4 comments)

Santa Clara County & Silicon Valley Real Estate Market in June 2012 - 07/17/12 07:55 PM
Santa Clara County and Silicon Valley Real Estate Market in June 2012.
The Silicon Valley real estate market is hot.  One-half of the Single Family Residences sold in June, sold in 13 days or less.  The Average Sale Price exceeded the average Asking (Listing) Price by almost 1.8%. 

The Graph shows the Sale Price to List Price ratio, and the Median Days to Sell a Single Family Residence for each City in Santa Clara County in June 2012.  Cities with fewer than 10 sales are excluded and all data is from the local Multiple Listing Service (MLSListings, Inc.)
Eleven of … (6 comments)

Will Electric Generators Become "Must-Have" Home Appliances? - 07/10/12 04:46 PM
Will Electric Generators Become "Must-Have" Home Appliances?
Electric power outages darkened a wide swath of the country last week.  Hundreds of thousands of Midwest and Northeasterners lost power.  As of last Sunday, more than 10,000 residents in Ohio were still without electricity after 9 days.  That means no refrigeration (for food, people, pets or medicine), no electric appliances or desktop computers, no re-charging portables including iPhones & iPads and no re-charging the Nissan Leaf or new Tesla S.

Electric power interruptions, blackouts and rolling brownouts are predicted to occur with greater frequency in the near future.
More severe and frequent … (18 comments)

 
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