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Most school districts in Contra Costa County seem to be suffering tremendous financial short falls. The district that gets the most Press is Mt. Diablo School District.&nb ..(Read More)
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MVLA Board of Trustees Approves Bond for June 8th Election
Originally uploaded by David Blockhus
MVLA Board members just approved the adoption of Resolution 10-29:
Proposing the establishment of ..(Read More)
A major community get together place in Menlo Park is the Plaza on El Camino between Ravenswood and Santa Cruz Avenues one block from the CalTrain Station where Kepler’s Bookstore, Cafe Bor ..(Read More)
The Federal Reserve’s program to buy Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) will end on March 31, 2010.
Many analysts believe this will cause mortgage interest rates to increase.
While there are many ..(Read More)
Article printed in Contra Costa Times 2.26.2010 shows Piedmont ranking and everything else you may want to know about student demographics, teacher salaries and parent-subsidized organi ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 1, price reduced 0, sale pending 1, sold 0
new listing 6765 Yount St, $775,000, 2 br 2 ba, 1 ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 4, price reduced 2, sale pending 1, sold 0
new listing 1230 Peppertree Cir, $499,500, 2 br 2 ba,&nb ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 2, price reduced , sale pending 3, sold 0
new listing 3 Lerner Dr, $1,195,000, 4 br&nbs ..(Read More)
Last summer, I was chosen by Habitat for Humanity to be their exclusive buyer agent for Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization Program. Coldwell Banker and I donate the majority of any commission ..(Read More)
What a difference a year makes! A year ago many residences sat languishing on the market while buyers were waiting on the sidelines. Fast forward to the present day: large ..(Read More)
There are two ways to buy foreclosures:
1. Go to trustee foreclosure sale on the “courthouse steps” with cash for any offer you may make.
2. Wait until bank forecloses takes title, a ..(Read More)
Remember from my July 18th post “Napa Valley Real Estate, a Tale of Two Times Two Markets“ was the number of distressed sales (in foreclosure, a short sale or a bank owned p ..(Read More)
Escrows were opened in February for 557 homes in Sonoma County, Northern California, the highest rate of home buying activity in at least two years, bringing the available supply of homes for sale to ..(Read More)
Friday night was the Springer Elementary School Auction at Michael’s at Shoreline. The theme…Caddyshack! I have attended numerous Springer Auctions and based on my un-official ..(Read More)
I have written on several occasions about the ability to use retirement funds to purchase real estate.
There is a window of opportunity to convert IRA funds into Roth IRA funds and spread the tax impa ..(Read More)
so says Warren Buffet…………
The Real Estate Bloggers report that Warren says:
“within a year or so, residential housing problems should largely be behind us”
“p ..(Read More)
In Piedmont, Rockridge & Montclair May and June are the best months to present a home to market. Chart below shows a steady number of “New Listings” from March through July. &nb ..(Read More)
Let’s take a look at inventory levels for single family homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and San Carlos over the past 12 months.
As we can see, the number of homes for sale in Palo Alto, Menlo P ..(Read More)
Another excellent REO opportunity has come on the market in the Belle Haven area of Menlo Park.
1150 Hollyburne Menlo Park is a 2 bedroom 1 bath home listed by New Light Realty at $287,500.
Unlike man ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 2, price reduced 1, sale pending 0, sold 1
new listing 1935 Oak Cir, $625,000, 2 br 2 ba, 1,176 s ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 3, price reduced 1, sale pending 0, sold 0
new listing n/a, $1,050,000, 3 br 3 ba, 2,713 sf
&nb ..(Read More)
STATS FOR LAST 7 DAYS
new listing 3, price reduced 3, sale pending 1, sold 0
new listing 203 Wapoo Ave, $309,900, 3 br 4 ..(Read More)
This is the first post in an ongoing series of posts dedicated to the mistakes that sellers make when they sell their home. These mistakes are real and come from visiting homes that I have ..(Read More)
