Today we closed escrow on a nice 2BR/1BA home at 100 Allyn Ave in San Anselmo. Hallelujah! This sale was a bear! We listed the home in September for $715,000 and received an offer for $695,000 within 2 weeks. Unfortunately, it was about that time that the stock & credit markets collapsed and th
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06/26/2009
I just listed a spacious (approximately 1350sq.ft.) single-level, 2BR/2BA townhome in San Rafael on Canal St for rent for $1800/mo. This is a bright, recently refurbished unit in good condition and includes a refrigerator, washer & dryer. The master suite opens to a private patio. The living room
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06/23/2009
Money Magazine has listed Vallejo, CA as the 9th most undervalued city in the U.S. with an average home price of just $196,300, which it considers to be undervalued by 34.3%. Merced and Stockton are also on the Top 10 list. For the complete article, go to http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/04/real_esta
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06/11/2009
Today the proverbial "bluebird" of sales landed on my desk. I have a home co-listed in San Rafael, CA for $995,000 that went on the market May 26. Three days later, it was in contract. Now, 15 days later, the inspection contingencies have been lifted and the buyer has asked that the close of escr
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06/10/2009
If you have been following this story, after months of attempting to get a short sale approved by two lenders, when the second, Countrywide, since acquired by Bank of America, finally approved it, it was too late, since the seller had accepted a loan modification from the first lender. Two days l
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06/06/2009
When we left off on this story, the Seller had told me that she was accepting a loan modification from her first mortgage holder, so the short sale to the Buyer would not happen, that she was not going to pay a commission and for me to stop work on her behalf. Well, the next day, she reconsidered
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06/06/2009
