So, you are meeting a new real estate or mortgage client from another country and you wonder - do I kiss, bow, or shake hands? How do you know? What if you do the wrong thing?This is a weighty question, and one you should not take lightly. The correct answer can have tremendous impact on your rel
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01/22/2007
This article is for sellers in the majority of markets today. Take note, BUYERS are in control here. Given that, are you prepared to go the distance? What do you need to do to make it to the closing table? Why should you approach your sale differently than you would in a buyer's market?• Hir
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01/20/2007
Here are the end of the year statistics from the MLS for the month of December.I provide these every month to my past, current and prospective clients, because I believe strongly that an educated consumer is in the best postiion to make a wise purchase and/or sale in this market.The inventory in
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01/19/2007
Just how far should you go, and how far is TOO far? That depends. The answer may be personal, or it may be legal. Or perhaps something else. I had an out of state seller with an investment property to sell. The home (a twinhome) had been a rental for some time, the tenants (who were in a rock ban
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01/17/2007
As a Carlsbad home buyer, getting from "home search" to the closing table means you have a number of hoops to jump through. And, as a result, there is always the possibility of a glitch somewhere along the way. Ask any agent, or any buyer or seller - no matter how smoothly a transaction may be go
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01/15/2007
Here are the summary statistics from the MLS for November and December for La Jolla, CA. As you will see, the inventory has dropped off in the last month, and there has been a small drop in prices when one compares December to November 2006. However, like other expensive communities, the statisti
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01/15/2007
Here are the summary MLS statistics for Devember 2006 for Rancho Santa Fe, CA. As in other communities, marketing time has slowed dramatically (even though it tends to be much longer for very high priced communities anyhow), and there is a large inventory of homes to select from. Keep in mind tha
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01/15/2007
I thought I would share this neat checklist that I got from my CRS class a couple of years ago on Buyer Strategies, and which I have used with a number of buyers. It seems particularly helpful for first time buyers, since they often have a tough time, when they start househunting, deciding on wha
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01/11/2007
I have always been sensitive to housing issues, perhaps because of my experiences in other careers (my corporate roles, prior work at the New England Medical Center in Boston), places I have lived and traveled, my reading, people I have associated with, and more recently as a real estate professi
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01/11/2007
Here are the summary statistics from the MLS for Cardiff-be-the-Sea for December (as of Dec. 31).The overall inventory shows a drop of 14% from the end of November. While the median price remained stable for attached homes as compared to November, the medin price for detached homes dropped by 8%.
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01/09/2007