Great Real Estate Quotes From The Past - 08/31/10 10:26 PM
Every so often I find myself starting to believe all of the things I read in the paper and online about how this is the end of housing as we know it.  How home ownership will never be what it was...
Last November, just before our annual client appreciation party, I decided to see what history could teach me about the housing cycles and the role the media played in it.  After googling around for a bit, I was able to collect the following quotes, which I put into a power point presentation that ran in the background of this annual … (2 comments)

Northern California Real Estate Markets Continue to Grapple... - 08/26/10 02:14 PM
Mixed Reports on Housing as the Real Estate Market Continues to Grapple with Summer Slowdown, Economic Concerns
This may have been another quiet vacation week for many Bay Area residents, but it was a busy week on the housing front with several key market reports out last week. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage released its latest luxury home reports, which continued to show improvement in the high-end markets from Marin County to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. However, DataQuick's report on the overall housing market indicated a greater-than-expected summer slowdown in home sales.
Million-dollar home sales and the median sale price in Silicon … (0 comments)

Buyers and Sellers Beware! (I will try not to rant....but this really irks me!) - 08/13/10 06:09 PM
I received an email today from a large real estate website that I am active on (not this one) informing me there are new blog posts in a market area I am very active in.  I have signed up for this service so I can help consumers get accurate information about the markets I know best and who knows, maybe pick up a client or two.  It doesn't take a lot of time and it is fun to be able to provide people with advise that will help them, even if I'm not going to be compensated every time.
So I decided I would … (3 comments)