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2012 

California pending home sales post higher for seventh straight month California pending home sales fell 9.1 percent in November but were up from a year ago, according to C.A.R.’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)*.  The index was 109.8 in November, based on contracts signed in that month, down from...
01/17/2012
Housing Scorecard shows overall outlook mixed HUD and the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury released the December edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard this week.  Data in the Scorecard show some subtle improvements in the market over the past year, but underscore fragility as the over...
01/16/2012
The number of Napa County foreclosures in 2011 are at a four-year low. From the Napa County Assessors office there were 1,087 property owners here who received a Notice of Default (NOD) in 2011 compared to 1,173 in 2010. A notice of default may be filed after an owner is 90 days delinquent in pay...
01/15/2012
Stats for last 7 days new listing 0, price reduced 0, sale pending 1,  sold 0 Median prices, average days on market current for sale           12 med price $592,000; avg days on market 160 current sale pendings  1  med price $408,500; avg days on market 274 sold in last 6 months    8 med price $5...
01/14/2012
This is weekly feature post I will do every Friday to tell you about upcoming events in Yountville and the surrounding areas. Please visit and enjoy one or more of these and tell them Curtis sent you. Thanks!!!! January 13 -- Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking ClassFood Education: Cooking with Julie....
01/13/2012
Short Sale Soundoff: BofA shortens backup offer period  Bank of America has made a change to its short sale process in regards to backup offers.  According to BofA, based on agent feedback and to reduce overall cycle times, the bank is reducing the window agents have for submitting a backup offer...
01/12/2012
An article by Howard Yune in Sunday's Napa Register, Yountville: Where old vets go to live, reminded me of the many visits I have taken up there. Granted its only one quarter mile away and approximately 100 feet in elevation above my office, but every time I go there I feel as if I am be elevated...
01/11/2012
I can't think of a better cure for the generally dark and dreary days, and hopefully rainy soon,  of January and February this 2012 than with a fresh start in Napa Valley's beautiful Yountville. From now until February 29, the town's third annual Moveable Feast offers visitors and locals alike am...
01/11/2012
U.S. homes set to lose nearly $700 billion in value during 2011 U.S. homes are expected to lose more than $681 billion in value during 2011 – 35 percent less than the $1.1 trillion lost in 2010 – according to analysis of a recent Zillow Real Estate Market Reports. The bulk of the total value lost...
01/10/2012
Current home sellers who purchased their home in 2007 or later are overpricing their homes by an average of 14.1 percent, according to analysis of for-sale listings on Zillow. By comparison, sellers who bought before 2002 price their homes about 11.6 percent over market value, and those who bough...
01/09/2012