Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Property for sale: holding off on offers, or not?

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Property for sale: holding off on offers, or not? As a seller, you and your agent prepare the house and the file carefully, you do everyth...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Falling in Love, ... with a house

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Why We Fall in Love—With Houses Source: The Wall Street Journal A survey by Realtor.com shows that 69% of respondents have had a home cru...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

US Cities Dominate Foreign Investors Picks

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As a follow up on one of my previous blogs, I thought this was interesting information to keep in mind and to keep in perspective, when ref...
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...