Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Moving in with parents - more common for the middle-aged.

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Due to the effects of the sluggish economy, older people are quietly moving in with their parents at twice the rate of their younger counte...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

All cash buyers... some perspective

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I t is quite well known that a lot of residential purchases in the US are now made without a loan, all cash. But what is the real story, i...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Local real estate - some perspective.

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Here is a simple summary of what real estate did lately, and in the past few years, in the Counties of the Bay Area of San Francisco.  Comin...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Five advantages to owning a home...

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To piggy-back on my last blog, I thought this blog post from Redfin  from April 21, 2014 was interesting.  It says it very well. Five adva...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Some advice to home buyers.

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Some advice to home buyers:   There is plenty of advice around, available to new homebuyers, - no shortage of good words, must-do's...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Offers over asking price in California.

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To keep in perspective: How many houses sell for over their asking price throughout California, over time?  This may answer your questions...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

America's Rental Housing

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America's Rental Housing. It is no secret that finding a place to call home in the Bay Area has become a problem, both as a purchase ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Privacy trees...

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I recently sold a house for which a row of privacy trees was quite important, as a brand new development of apartments is slated to be b...