Here's a post from a New Mexico agent which bears repeating! There are very, very few homes on the market in the Santa Cruz area - Santa Cruz Mountains in particular. So if you're thinking of selling - why not now?!? Think of it this way - avoid interrupting your life by showing your home to
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12/23/2012
A fellow member of Active Rain posted this and I want to let my readers know. I was not aware of these pending premium increases. Many homes in the area where I specialize have been re-categorized into a flood zone - for the first time ever. This has come as a shock of people who've lived the
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12/06/2012
Lisa and Scott out of Pennsylvania wrote this important piece about mortgage tax forgiveness for distressed homeowners who choose to short sell. The Act is set to expire 12/31/12. It seems to brutal to me to require a homeowner who lost their only home to pay income taxes on the amount of debt
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12/04/2012
Holiday Events in the San Lorenzo Valley November 23rd –Friday – 5-8 pm – Boulder Creek Holiday Event Come join this wonderful small town event - caroling and music, face painting, and the lighting of the tree. Gather at the main stage in the parking lot behind Boulder Creek Hardware for San
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11/21/2012
Here's a great article by a fellow real estate agent out of Georgia. Our market has so few homes for sale that sellers are often pleasantly surprised by multiple offers. And his point that even though a sale won't garner the profits it would have in 2005-2006, a seller can often make up for
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11/21/2012
As the tendrils of wood smoke rise above the homes in San Lorenzo Valley this chilly November morning, the day after the election, it’s time for me to share my reflections on our real estate market. Rising home prices in the Silicon Valley continue to boost our local housing recovery. Recently
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11/06/2012
Liz and Bill are agents in another part of the country, but they've articulated a sports analogy to home buying and selling that I felt well worth reposting here in California.There Are Two Races In Every Real Estate Market There are two races being run simultaneously in every real estate market
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08/19/2012
Here's a blog from an agent in Southern California - talking specifically about what to do when an appraisal might come in low. If I think there might be a problem with the appraisal, like very few recent sales in that area, I also show up to let the appraiser in to the house, with a print o
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07/24/2012
Scotts Valley Home Prices 95 Single Family Homes have sold in Scotts Valley through June this year, at an average price of $642,902; on an average list price of $657,037. The average home sales price last year at the same time was $722,273, based on 75 closed escrows. The average price
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07/23/2012
California Housing Market, June 30, 2012 Home Prices and Home Sales are improving June sales volume was 8.5% higher, compared to June 2011. June’s median price was $320,540 – up 8.1% compared to $296,410 recorded in June 2011. If you or someone you care about has been sitting on the sidelines,
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07/23/2012
