Friday, February 27, 2015

California State drought situation.

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California is in a deep drought, as evidenced on this map of the state of drought in the US, from the NIDIS web site (National Integrated ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Owning a home - the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Thinking about owning a home one of these days, even if it is not going to be very soon? A good way to start is of course to talk to a ...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Properties off MLS...

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Properties off MLS…. controversial.  A lot has been said and written on the subject of properties selling “off MLS”, meaning they have n...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Property sales price is public.

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Up until the end of 2014, property sales prices could be withheld from public records. If someone selling a property did not want the sale...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Silicon Valley real estate: ratio sales price/list price - end of the year inventory.

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The number of properties available for sale is always smaller around the first of the year, and the market less active as the Holidays take...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Foreign investments in the U.S. real estate market.

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Foreign investment in the US real estate market. Year-in year-out Realtors in the Bay Area deal quite a bit with foreign buyers.  It is...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Getting a new loan - things to do and not to do....

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Are you getting a new loan?   Here are some tips of things to do and not do, in order to facilitate the procedure.   Some are essential, w...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Revoking a real estate counteroffer.

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The life of a real estate purchase offer.... Sellers may be in a situation where they receive what they think is an acceptable offer, one ...