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This article validates what obviously is upon us - Cash buyers abound. Just wondering if most of those cash are from outside sources and not from our banking system. More and more people are buying homes with pure cash. In December, all-cash purchases accounted for 42.1 percent of all U.S. reside...

If you are wondering where millionaires are, and where they "gravitate," here is a nice article to read: http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/01/28/10-states-most-millionaires?om_rid=AAMyLR&om_mid=_BS6BpXB838Asq2&om_ntype=RMODaily Where do home buyers have the most to spend on housing? C...

Here is a good article about what buyers do pending the close of escrow. Cynics may scoff, but getting under contract on the right home can turn even the most stoic shopper into a bit of a dreamer. From paint colors to planting a garden, picturing yourself in that property is critical for many bu...

Just to share the varied median prices here in California. Looking at the numbers, California is slowly regaining market stability.

"Cash is King," this is how my manager described those buyers who pay in cash. With the present low inventory of houses across the country, paying in cash by the affluent seems unfair to those availing of financing with a meager down payment. I am not surprised if this trend continues because the...

Check this great home in Oakland, CA. http://www.myrecafe.com/Email/GetAttachment.aspx?emailID=228162088&emailAttachmentID=54374086

Please look at this house in Oakland, CA and give us your best Offers. http://cbblu.com/brochures/1s_6p?share=m7301&agent=zg001&listing=6001

The kitchen is the most important place in the house. Well, that may be debatable, but some nice quotes state:“The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.”Fanny Fern (1811-1872) "Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart ...is through his stomach flunked geography." Robert Byrne“The...

San Francisco in the news. Nice article and I wish to share this with the readers. Overvalued? I do not think so. San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area are recovering from housing slump.  http://www.housingwire.com/articles/28663-the-most-overvalued-housing-market-in-america

Market analysis as of December 2013 per MLS - "Days on Market (DOM) for the Union City area year-to-date is around 22. The median detached home price in Union City for December was $598,000. As of the last day of December there were 15 active homes in Union City. At current selling rates this mea...