The Fog Blog

Hello People Who Need Help, I want to share a recent success story with you. On the first of February, I listed an adorable bungalow on the Oakland/Emeryville border. Immediately I received an offer over the list price. As my clients were having a baby and I was at a convention for a few days, we...

I was playing around the MLS today as I had someone looking in the $500-700,000 range. As our median price is over $800,000, I thought that it would be interesting to see how many homes were in this range. There are currently 214 homes (single-family residences) for sale at $700,00 and under. Thi...

I am currently attending our annual Keller Williams Convention. It is my first trip to Atlanta, Georgia. It seems like a fun city, but I am so busy attending classes, it's hard to ascertain.The good news is that most everyone who speaks is positive about the real estate market. Believe it or not,...

Theoretically interest rates were lowered to stimuate the economy. IMHO, the wrong "number" is being lowered. It used to be pretty much anyone with a 600+ FICO could get a loan. Now I can understand that people with FICOs way below 600 having difficulty getting a loan and they definitely shouldn'...

They spoke about this at our morning business meeting today and one of our local title companies had sent this to us as well. Karen Ruero, Keller Williams San Francisco Properties, gave me permission to use this. I find it very interesting that prominent people and publications are always giving ...

I had "coffee" (for 2 1/2 hours!) with a great new lender, Zachary Hoffman, today. We talked about everything and then talked about it all again. He thinks--and much of what I hear and read concurs--that rates will go down again. What are the buyers waiting for??? Interest rates are low, low, low...

It's always enjoyable and very educational to attend the National Association of Realtors Convention. This year it was in Las Vegas and after having attended two conventions (we also had our Keller Williams Realty "Family Reunion" there) in Vegas this year, I am so done with Vegas. With 30,000 pe...

Don't believe all of the doom and gloom that you may be reading about. The City by the Bay is still very popular with buyers--especially homes with a cetain je ne sais quoi or cachet. By this I mean that reticent charm of an earlier era that hasn't been painted or asbestoed over. On a recent prop...