East Bay Real Estate, Doug Anderson, Tucker Associates Real Estate Services, 925.570.0611

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: Another week of mixed data that trended more toward the positive than negative. The ISM Manufacturing Index was a little disappointing as it fell to 49.5. A reading greater than 50 marks expansion. Construction Spending results offset the weaker manufactu...

Bay Area Mortgage and Market Update Economic News:  Inflation fears were muted by the results reported in both the Consumer & Producer Price Indicies. Hurricane Sandy is still causing havoc, this time in economic reports. Retail Sales were down. Weekly Jobless Claims were way up and Industrial Pr...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: It was certainly an up and down week for the equity and debt markets. After starting the week off strong the stock market took a nosedive on Wednesday due to a combination of the election results (uncertainty regarding the ability of Congress and the Pres...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: The big news for the markets this week was the closure of the exchanges for two days in the aftermath of Sandy. The economic reports for the week were not nearly as tumultuous or destructive. The Case-Shiller Home Price Index notched a 2% YOY gain in the ...

Summer feels long since past with the weather we have had lately but it was really not that long ago. Fall began a little more than a month ago so I decided to take a look at the Blackhawk Country Club real estate market this summer versus last. Interestingly, home sales were down over 2011 which...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: A tame week for business news is coming to a close. New Home Sales were up 5.7% and the supply of available new homes is the lowest since 2005. That coupled with rising material costs should continue to boost pricing. The Federal Open Market Committee ann...

Well Fall officially began on September 22nd this year. Things have certainly turned colder and wetter in our part of the Bay Area but Real Estate is still moving fast. The chart below addresses how the Dublin real estate market did in the summer of 2012 versus 2011. One can see that the Single F...

I am definitely feeling the chill in the air lately but the local real estate market remains warm to hot. Let’s take a look at how the Danville Real Estate Market did this Summer versus last. The numbers across the board were positive. Single Family Home sales fared very well with a double digit ...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: The overall theme of market reports for the week were good. The Beige Book’s (prepared about two weeks in advance of Federal Open Market Committee Meetings) wording regarding the economy was upgraded to “economic activity generally expanded modestly”. Als...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: This week’s reports were pretty positive on all fronts. The ISM-Manufacturing Index improved after three consecutive months of declines. Construction Spending is up 6.5% over year ago levels. Motor Vehicle Sales hit their highest level since 2008. Weekly ...