Home Sellers

December 23, 2007

Mold Is One Of The Most Important And Potentially The Most Expensive Of Real Estate’s Four Letter Words!

We have all heard the real estate horror stories about mold and water intrusion.  Stories describing people forced out of their homes because the amount of mold in the home […]
December 18, 2007

Los Altos Real Estate Sales For Single Family Homes Continues at “Normal” Pace

According to MLSListings Inc. (our local multiple listing service) sales of single family homes have continued to creep along with November sales at 21, new listings at […]
December 13, 2007

Megan’s Law Disclosure, Now What?

In the news of late there have been prominant news stories featuring Curtis Dean Anderson, who recently died in a Bakersfield hospital and Michael Dodele, who was recently killed […]
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 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

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 […]