Halloween 2007 - Real Estate Scary Stories - 10/30/07 11:32 AM
Plenty of scary stories out there in real estate. Not all of them involve ghosts and ghouls - really bad loan folks and real estate agents are usually enough. But after a while, the scary stories start to pile up. Let's take some time out to re-tell a few stories to fit the season. In this show we mix a couple of real world scary stories with a couple that just might get the hairs on the back of your neck standing up!
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PODCAST:Counter Intuitive Sellers - 10/19/07 06:12 PM
There are some strange things afoot in seller land these days. Maybe it's panic, maybe it's the proximity to Halloween. Whatever it is, there are some sellers out there doing some very counter intuitive things. Don't let yourself be one of them! It is a time for sellers to be thinking outside the box. So lets do some box breaking in this weeks show and talk about what sellers should be doing in todays market.
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Santa Clara County - August 2007 - Real Estate Market Analysis - 10/13/07 05:44 PM
If you have been keeping an eye on my previous reports, you know that I have often referenced the market back in 2001. Well, we are now officially in a market where things are "worse" than they were in 2001.
Despite this, we still have not seen a drop in the average price of a home. 
Inventory is up, sales are down and the number of homes added to the market was also down in August.
Read on for all the details. 
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Morgan Hill - July 2007 - Real Estate Market Analysis - 10/13/07 04:34 PM
We finally see a double digit drop in the average price of homes in July of 2007.
In addition, we see a continuing increase in the inventory and a drop in sales.
Will this end up being the lowest summer season on record? Read on for all the details. 
Supply And Demand  
 
Some interesting numbers this month. The rate at which inventory is going up has slowed. This is good news for a market that just seemed to see its homes available for sale continue into an almost orbital trajectory.
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Santa Clara County - July 2007 - Real Estate Market Analysis - 10/12/07 06:54 PM
We are officially into what is normally considered the best selling time for real estate in Santa Clara County. Unfortunately, nobody seemed to inform the market of this.
Santa Clara County as once again managed to enjoy an increase in property values when compared to the same time a year ago. However, that is in the face of record setting high inventory numbers and low sales. What is going to bring this market back into balance? So far, nothing has moved in terms of more buyers or lower prices.
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Morgan Hill - June 2007 - Real Estate Market Report - 10/12/07 04:42 PM
You have to wonder when this is ever going to end. Yet another month of increasing inventory and decreasing sales.
We did see average home prices drop - but only by a single digit - not nearly enough to draw more buyers into the market.
In addition, consumer confidence numbers are painting a picture of buyers that are waiting out the market - expecting values to drop even further.
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Santa Clara County - June 2007 - Real Estate Market Analysis - 10/11/07 03:15 PM
Note: Sorry for the delay in posting this. But I will be bringing all my regional market analysis posting up to date this week. Thanks for your patience.
Inventory up, sales down, days on market up. You would think that this would all add up to a drop in prices. But once again, we would be wrong. Despite all the numbers, the average price of a home went up 8.9% in June.
I keep saying that something has gotta give - but it never seems to happen. Read on for all the nitty gritty details. 
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Buyers finding their moment - 10/08/07 02:51 PM
The market has finally made the "big" turn in my area. Last month, we saw a drop of 27% in sales price from the previous year. Up till now, prices had been relatively flat with a few months where we might drop a point or two lower than the previous year. We finished off this summer season with the biggest drop in average sales price in more than 15 years.
I have to admit that while I may have seen this coming, I did not see the drop we ended up with. In looking at the market just a few months ago, … (2 comments)

Podcast: Mortgage Rescue - 10/08/07 02:42 PM
In this weeks show we have our first guest interview with Lois Jones with Bank of America Mortgage. We will talk about folks in really big mortgage trouble and what options they may have. We will also talk about folks in less dire straights, but who want to look into securing a mortgage that might leave them with a little more cash at the end of each month. So check out this months podcast for this and more.
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Overcome Personal Inertia - 10/07/07 12:00 PM
Sometimes, the greatest obstacle to getting things done in life is ourselves. If there is any part of life where this is true, it is real estate. Whether you are an owner who is facing some potentially tough changes in your mortgage or a buyer trying to find the "right" time to buy, the biggest thing to overcome is the tendancy to do nothing at all.
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Selling In Hardship - 10/07/07 11:58 AM
When other things in life are weighing heavily, adding that extra burden of trying to sell real estate can just be too much. Those are the times when we start doing things that we might regret in the long run. So how can you work to minimize the downside when hardship enters the equation? How can you work with people you are in conflict with? Where do you turn? In this podcast we talk about these and other topical issues relating to real estate.
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Buying a home and the school that comes with it. - 10/07/07 11:56 AM
In this episode we talk about how sometimes, your children can end up not going to the school you thought they would when you bought your home. Whether you have school age children or just want to protect your investment in your home, the quality of the schools that serve where you live is important.
In this episode, Robert shares some personal experience in this area, and makes some suggestions on how to avoid the pitfalls of not getting what you thought when it comes to schools. 
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