Buying a Home

Weekly real estate market update 3/26/2021… start thinking of list price as reserve price in an auction

As expected, this year’s showing stats are now soaring over last year, when the pandemic shut-down started. Showings are also well ahead of 2019, will be interesting to see how...
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February 2021 real estate update… inventory supply drop of 52.9% holds back pending sales

The number of homes for sale was down 46.3% in February 2021 compared to February 2020. But the months supply was down even more… 52.9%, reflecting the many eager buyers...
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Navigating the fierce competition to buy a house in this crazy real estate market

Everyone I talk to who is involved in buying or selling homes talks about how crazy the market is this year! Inventory is the lowest in 20 years and with...
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Weekly real estate market update 3/5/21… will there be more homes for sale this year? where will they come from?

Showings are still about the same as they were last year at this time before the pandemic lockdown… but it is more frenetic this year because inventory is about half...
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Buying and Selling and Moving Up in 2021

Selling and buying and moving to another house can be challenging any time… but in 2021 it is harder than ever because of the severe shortage of homes for sale....
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Essential Elements for your Home Office

I am working with a couple relocating here from LA because after a year of working from home each of their employers said they didn’t have to come back to...
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The Sun and Your Home Location

One of the most common adages in real estate is: “The three most important things to consider when buying a home are: location, location, location.” And it’s true. But some...
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Relocation… the new build solution

Relocation is always hard. Multiply that by a Covid-19 winter in a city with record low inventory and it becomes harder and harder and harder. After looking at dozens of...
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