Northern California Real Estate

This week 24 homes were added to the market for sale in the western Fairfield communities of Green Valley and Cordelia.  Of those, 4 were previously on the market, taken off, and are back on.  There are 94 total homes for sale in these communities, ranging in price from $108,000 to $22,000,000. I...

Have you been looking for a deal on a home in western Fairfield?  The communities of Green Valley and Cordelia offer some of the best home buying opportunities right now, for both standard sales and foreclosure (bank-owned REO) homes.  Nine new homes came on the market this week in these areas, o...

Have you been looking for a deal on a home near Napa or elsewhere in southern Napa Valley?  There are currently 26 foreclosed, bank-owned (REO) homes for sale in Napa, with 7 of these coming on the market in just the past week.  Here are my Top 10 offered for sale as of September 29, 2011.  Drop ...

Looking for a home in St. Helena or elsewhere in Napa Valley?  Sometimes foreclosed homes offer a reasonable price for a good property.  Here are foreclosed, bank-owned homes (REO) offered for sale in St. Helena as of September 28, 2011.  See any St. Helena homes you like?  Send me an email at jo...

Buyers, when it’s time to go out looking at homes with an agent, the first thing they will often do is hand you a notebook or folder containing information about each home you will see that day.  The notebook might also have a map of the area that identifies schools, shopping areas, and other loc...

Every home buyer has a different process for finding a home.  Twenty years ago, we drove around looking for yard signs in our favorite neighborhoods.  Today, we jump on the Internet and have a multitude of search tools and a mountain of information and interior photos available to us.  Whatever p...

It's that time of the year... less than 3 shopping months untiil Christmas.  Time to make observations of those around us.  Ask questions, take notes, build lists. It seems so easy now, lots of time to plan and execute.  But in the days ahead, consideration will turn to concern, then to panic, th...

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Question of the Year:  How can the housing market recover? As we learned in the 6th grade, Step 1 of the Scientific Method is:  Define The Problem.  Unfortunately, many seek to place blame rather than simply say what is wrong and find a solution, so I'm going to disconnect blame and cause and sim...

Small multi-family properties are often the easiest and most cost-efficient way to get started as a residential property investor.  These properties typically have 2 to 4 units, providing the opportunity for the owner to live on-site or to rent every unit.  Many successful residential investors g...