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December 10, 2007

Its December 10th, Have You Paid The First Installment of Your Santa Clara County Property Taxes?

As Santa Clara County property owners, you should have received your property tax bill for the fiscal year 2007-2008 in September.  The first installment is due November […]
November 27, 2007

Reverse Offers, Sellers Beating Buyers to the Punch!

One of the benefits of being in a large office is the ability to meet and discuss current trends in our local market with many Realtors.  Today […]
November 27, 2007

Los Altos Single Family Sales Chugging Along at a Slow Pace

While inventory is increasing, sales continue to run lower than last year.  According to MLSListings Inc. (our local multiple listing service) sales have slowed significantly over the last three months.  Comparing single family […]
November 22, 2007

Are Los Altos Real Estate Sales up? Or Are They Down?…..And Does it Really Matter?

Normally in writing this blog, I have tried to stay away from stories about myself.  Who really cares about what I did today if it doesn’t […]
November 6, 2007

How I Know The Los Altos Real Estate Market is Slowing….Less Agents!

A friend and I were having our morning cup at Peets to get caught up when the discussion turned to real estate.  My friend had commented […]
November 5, 2007

Mortgage Rates Near Six Month Low

 Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.26 percent with an average 0.4 […]
October 29, 2007

Apparently Pet Snakes Might Not be “Pets”…. More Weird Tales From A Real Estate Investor

Awhile back I wrote about an investor friend of mine who was having problems at one of his properties.  Well, the fun continues… The same unit (we’ll call […]
October 29, 2007

Inventory Up, Sales Down, Dogs and Cats Living Together. Is There Any Upside?

It appears from recent and not so recent articles, that buying a home in the market today is not for the faint of heart.  A recent article from the Wall Street Journal […]
October 25, 2007

When Will The Real Estate Market Change? or How Can I Tell if Change is Coming?

While looking at property, I was asked by one of my clients  “When do you think the real estate market will hit bottom?”  My immediate thought was, […]