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2013
Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows I am a bit of a statistics junkie. Being an ex-physicist, I guess it comes with the territory. What I like about numbers, when added to the nearly 30 years experience I have selling real estate it really does give me a true sense of what is happening today...
07/30/2013
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I was reading the article below in the California Association of Realtors, CAR, June 27th Market Snapshot newsletter and it starting making me think about the Napa Valley real estate market is headed. I went to my trusty source for statistics, BAREIS (Bay Area Real Estate Information Services) a...
07/29/2013
Yountville Weekly Real Estate Update, sorry but posted something else on Friday. Will be then Median prices, average days on market current for sale 16, med price $702,000, avg days on market 54 current sale pendings 2, med price $1,690,000, avg days on market 85 sold in last 6 ...
07/28/2013
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This is a weekly feature I will do every Saturday for those wanting info on open homes in the Napa Valley. If I can help you find the perfect property here in the Napa Valley, please contact me. For those wanting a map and more details, here is the link to the Napa Register’s open house page.
07/27/2013
Yesterday's Napa Valley Register article by Jesse Duarte Posh, "Upvalley home assessed at $100 million" is sure eye catching for properties here, below are a few excerpts. The interesting thing, John Tuteur, Napa County Tax Assessor, had come and spoke to my company at our Tuesday's office meeti...
07/26/2013
This is weekly feature post I will now do every Thursday to tell you about upcoming events in Yountville and around the Napa Valley. Please visit and enjoy one or more of these and tell them Curtis sent you. Napa Valley Upcoming Events Featured Events out of the garage, and onto the porch! Sund...
07/24/2013
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Having a pool can be a two edged sword. There are the obvious benefits of having one, the image of kids playing in it, you taking a dip on that way too hot day. But to many of the buyers I work with, I would say 3 out of 4, they won't look at a home with a pool. Thus this article in REALTOR®Mag b...
07/24/2013
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Many will immediately ask, what is LIBOR? LIBOR is the London Interbank Offered Rate. Simply, it’s the interest rate that banks are prepared to pay to borrow money from each other. Every day, the group who sets the LIBOR rate gets from 18 banks how much interest they would pay to borrow money fro...
07/23/2013
I read Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert's post regularly on Active Rain where I too have a blog. She does a post called Speechless' Sunday where she posts photos quite often of her wonderful travels, so I thank her for the inspiration for this one. I have a few great photos of the Napa Valley, some min...
07/21/2013
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This is a weekly feature I will do every Saturday for those wanting info on open homes in the Napa Valley. If I can help you find the perfect property here in the Napa Valley, please contact me. For those wanting a map and more details, here is the link to the Napa Register’s open house page.
07/20/2013
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