We’ve written lots of posts detailing the State of the San Mateo County Housing Market... Afraid to Buy a Home in the Current San Mateo Housing Market? Don’t Be!, Looking to Buy a Home in San Mateo County? and Waiting for the Bottom of the Market to Buy a Home in San Mateo County? all detail our
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07/08/2008
My last post, Market Snapshot – The Perfect Tool for the San Mateo Home Owner, , I described how a San Mateo home owner could use the Market Snapshot to stay in tune with market conditions in their neighborhood. However, the Market Snapshot, provided courtesy of Living Well in San Mateo, can also
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07/08/2008
I came across this article in the Wall Street Journal today, New Agreement Could Mean More Help for Homeowners. The article discusses the new agreement among the firms in the Treasury Department-backed Hope Now alliance to give borrowers more options to stay in their homes. It left me thinking,
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07/08/2008
Many people come to me looking for advice on how to select an agent. We told you how to select a listing agent in our post, Quick Guide to Interviewing Listing Agents. A Buyer's Agent, however, is distinctly different by training, temperament and allegiance from a Listing Agent. While a Listing
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07/08/2008
While doing some reading yesterday, I came across this article at CNN Money: Housing Crunch, 90210. I found the statistics they quoted to be rather interesting. One interesting statistic was that Atherton, California was still posting a 5% gain in median housing prices. As I've been telling you,
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07/08/2008
Here's a question I get all the time from both buyers and sellers: How much should the buyer put up as an earnest money deposit? First off, let's start with the basic question - what is earnest money? Earnest money is an amount of money that the buyer gives to the escrow agent, after making an o
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07/02/2008
Awhile back, I wrote this post on interviewing a listing agent and gave you some questions to ask before you choose a Realtor. Now I’ll go ahead and tell you what you should be looking for in their answers. My 30 years in residential real estate has taught me that there are some real estate agen
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07/02/2008
In today’s “Buyer’s Market” sellers must ask how they can make the decision easier for the buyer and differentiate themselves from the competing homes on the market. One of the best ways is to do a presale inspection and provide the report to prospective home buyers. In fact, a presale inspectio
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07/02/2008
As May comes to a close, let’s take a look at the current state of the San Mateo County, California, real estate market. While the media continues to depict the Mid-Peninsula (and rest of the U.S.) as a faltering market, the stats show a different story. San Mateo County saw 493 single family ho
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07/02/2008
As we have said many times before, all real estate is local. Relying on generic reports about the real estate market in the U.S., California, or even as localized as San Mateo County or your city, is not always an accurate representation of how the market is performing in your neighborhood. Mark
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07/02/2008
