The Fog Blog

Great news!! Remember I mentioned the new short sale listing that I was working on? Where the couple's home declined $200,000 in value in 18 months? Within a few days of obtaining the listing-Boom! an offer-quickly followed by two more. We ratified one over asking a mere 10 days after the place h...

It has been a month since I last did an analysis of the short sale listings in San Francisco.   Let me share how these numbers—or percentages—are changing…   The percentage of short sale single-family residences (SFRs) has increased from 13% to 18% in the past four weeks. Should we worry about th...

I was reading an article by RealtyTrac (or using their data--not a plug as I am NOT a fan--just giving credit where it might be due) and it talked about the "Top Ten Foreclosure States (as of October)".  Number 1 on the list was Nevada with 1 in 74 homes. Guess too many people gambled on Vegas in...