It seems real estate brokerages are launching new ideas to bring customers into their offices. Recently, Inman News had a story about a Coldwell Banker Office in Orange County who now offers free wireless internet and coffee to clients in their self proclaimed “entertainment conference venue.”
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05/02/2009
The San Mateo housing market has really picked up in the last 30 days. Just a few months ago, there were 48 single family homes priced below $500,000 in San Mateo, while yesterday, that inventory shrank to only 8. It seems buyers and investors have been out taking advantage of the lower prices
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05/02/2009
Recently, I was looking on the San Mateo County library's website and came across San Mateo County's Community Information Handbook, I thought would be useful for San Mateo County residents. This comprehensive 78 page guide has contact information for many of San Mateo County’s Human Services A
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05/02/2009
For about 30 years, I have been teaching consumer education seminars through the city recreation departments and community colleges in San Mateo and Santa Clara County. The topics ranged from first time home buyer classes to more specialized topics such as buying foreclosures and short sales, i
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05/02/2009
On behalf of The RayChel Realty Group, I am pleased to present the March 2009 edition of our MarketWATCH Report, a guide to San Mateo County real estate prices published on a monthly basis. As March ends the first quarter, we could normally be picking up steam in anticipation of the seaso
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05/02/2009
REOs and short sales have generated a tremendous amount of buzz in the media, as well as among San Mateo County home buyers, but are these homes really the ‘deals’ they claim to be? Join us on June 6th at 10am where you will learn… The differences between short sales and REOs The process for buy
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05/02/2009
It’s time to start your home search and you’re lost. Whether you’re looking for your first home, your fifth, a vacation place or an investment property, there are certain rules you need to follow, but they’re not all that well-known. In our thirty years in real estate, we’ve picked up a few tips
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05/02/2009
I hope you all had a great holiday weekend! For those of you who spent the weekend jealously eyeing your friends’ backyards and grills, I have news for you… it’s time to stop making excuses and get that new home. But how, you ask? First, read our post from April to determine if it’s the right ti
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07/08/2008
It seems that another battle a la Bay Meadows is shaping up... this time in Redwood City. A group calling themselves Citizens to Protect Redwood City has pledged to fight the Open Space Vote, a city charter amendment proposal by environmental groups to require two-thirds of voters to allow constr
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07/08/2008
More breaking news courtesy of Redwood City Daily News! According to the publication, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted last week to approve the development of the last remaining vacant property in Redwood Shores. The project, to be completed by developer Max Keech, includes
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07/08/2008
