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Real Estate Agent - Prudential Ca. Realty
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The headline reads Prices Up 20%. What do these numbers mean? I am sorry to tell you, your home did not increase 20%. Buyers don't get scared off and sellers don't put your home on the market for 20% more than you paid last year. These numbers are totally misleading. Prices are increasing in some...
04/03/2010
A lot of positive bills, thoughts and activities have been happening on the Bay Area Real Estate Front. I have been trying to write this for a while. Each time I sit down to write there is more I have to add to it. That is a good problem. So exciting!  Enjoy the Good News. Home Buyer's Delight Yo...
03/27/2010
RSVP is Coming May 3-7 Get The Word Out! Register now at http://www.samcar.org/userfiles/file/RSVP10_homeownerAPP.pdf WHAT IS RSVP?RSVP is an annual week-long community outreach program that takes place in May 3-7 during "Adopt-A-Senior" Week. Realtors of San Mateo County provides free assistance...
02/17/2010
Dear Home Buyer and Fence Sitter, The window of opportunity is closing. Let me explain my thoughts. Prices in the Bay Area are already inching up, same with interest rates. The time to receive the Federal Tax Credit of $8000 or $6500 is rapidly approaching. (Must be in contract by April 30, 2010)...
01/14/2010
You might ask, what is working and working well. I am speaking about the $8000 Home Buying Credit. A recent home buyer brought up the $8000 credit and told me that was the motivating factor for him and his wife purchasing a home. The termination date creates urgency and action. Low prices are mo...
12/27/2009
When you and I purchase a new computer we compare the memory, the speed, the screen size: does it come with a camera, DVD player/recorder and more.  A home the largest purchase most of us will ever make often is not reviewed with such detail by the people doing the lending and sometimes by the pe...
08/19/2009
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Buyer's Market?  You bet it is.  I will be speaking about the low end of each market area. On the Peninsula and San Francisco we talk about Single Family homes priced under $700,000.  In the East Bay it is below $400,000.  Buyer's Market yes but not in the traditional way.  Today's buyer cannot e...
07/19/2009
You are among the millions underwater and over stressed. What shall you do.   Your credit will be most negatively affected with a Foreclosure, then a short sale. As long as you stay current on your loan, loan modification should not affect your credit.  Your credit score weather it is right or wr...
06/15/2009
Many sellers are determined to set their listing price higher than they are willing to accept so they have room to negotiate.  With the New Millennium buyers they unfortunately will not get any offers.  Today's buyers are more educated than any others.  The internet gives the buyers the opportuni...
05/24/2009
30% of Real Estate Deals Don't Go Thru.  Maybe it is more, maybe it is less, but that is a pretty good estimate.  So what does that mean to buyers and their agents?  It means the property you lost out to in multiple offers or just because someone was faster than you does not mean it is gone forev...
05/06/2009
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