Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Home Improvements - ROI

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How much should you expect to get back on a given home improvement?   It turns out that it depends on where you are, as much as the typ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Adjustable-rate mortgages regain popularity as prices, rates rise

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Adjustable-rate mortgages are again gaining in popularity despite practically vanishing during the housing bust. Since home prices and int...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Effect of interest rates on affordability...

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December 2013 U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook Freddie Mac released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for December sho...
Friday, January 10, 2014

New Homes Sales vs Interest Rates - opposite direction...

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The rise in interest rates may be a challenge for the real estate market in 2014, (although I have to point out: this is  nationwide ): D...
Friday, January 3, 2014

To keep in perspective: Sales Price Graphs 2012-2013

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To piggy back on my last blog, let's look at values in our part of the Bay Area of San Francisco (Silicon Valley). To keep some perspe...

To keep in perspective: California families struggle...

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To keep things in perspective, which is always nice when you live in the Bay Area of San Francisco, I thought this article was worth readin...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Negative Equity in the US

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Negative Equity in the US. CoreLogic , a California based research firm, reported that as of the 3 rd quarter of 2013, the number of pr...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Automated valuation systems in real estate

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Countless are the times when clients tell me that they believe the value of their home is “X” because Zillow or another automated valuation ...