Simple answer: Do what you said you would do when you signed the purchase contract. I follow and participate on many public forums in regard to real estate (like TRULIA, ZILLOW, YAHOO, and ALLEXPERTS) and more and more I see questions from buyers and sellers about who deserves the earnest money deposit on a home… Continue Reading
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‘Tis the Season Not to Lie.
This housing market is tough. No doubt about it. In speaking with a broker friend of mine he stated, ” What other profession takes a direct pay cut based on the economy? If the market drops 40% , so does my pay check.” Although the reality of that stinks, I can deal with that fact. … Continue Reading
Open Houses and Yak Hair. What does it all mean?
Selling a house in ancient times bears little or no resemblance to how it’s done these days. The most glaring difference in them days is that people lived in caves (like my ex-husband) and later on in huts (like his mother). All a prospective hut buyer had to do to see the inside was to… Continue Reading
What’s Up? What’s Down? Silicon Valley Housing Market Trend Report
A quick update on where we are in the Santa Clara County / Silicon Valley housing market. This information comes from the September statistics for homes currently for sale, pending sales, and homes that are sold. Lots of great little tid bits in this one graph. The blue area is the number of days it… Continue Reading