Daphne Peterson's (daphne) Blog

About a week and a half ago I listed a beautiful property at 822 Carley Rd., in Bennett Valley, here in gorgeous Santa Rosa.  Please check out the website I created: www.822Carley.com. I absolutely had to do a website for this property because the Multiple Listing Service just doesn't allow me en...

Bennett Valley is a lovely neighborhood of Santa Rosa. When my husband and I moved here 11 years ago we had no local contacts, no one to help ease us into Sonoma County life. We were lucky that my husband Don had built our home in 1983 (think 18% interest) and he wound up renting it out for many ...

Finally, some honesty! I just had a great conversation with a negotiator from Bank of America for one of my short sales. The good news is that the short sale was approved. The bad news is that Bank of America's approval letter provides for them to pursue a deficiency judgement for the difference....

It has been my privilege to assist many homeowners over the last several years in Sonoma County successfully achieve an approved short sale. About three years ago I had my first client that needed to sell, but faced negative equity. The phrase "short sale" was just starting to get around. Having ...

Housing inventories are dwindling down! Multiple offers are back! The $8,000 tax credit for 1st time homebuyers is rapidly coming to an end! Fed. Chief, Ben Bernanke, says we may have seen the worst of the recession. It all seems like good news. So, why are so many buyers still feeling confused? ...

Vacant homes are bad for our community!  Everytime I preview or show a vacant property owned by a bank I feel our community has suffered a loss.  Wouldn't it have been better to have that home pass from one family to another.  Wouldn't it have been better for the buyers to have disclosures from t...