Market News: Winter 2012
Despite so much gloom and doom on the news, and admittedly serious and scary global economic issues, our real estate clients did not fare so badly in 2011. We represented nine sellers in 2011 and only one of these properties sold for under the asking price. Four of them received multiple offers and went well [...]
Tax Credit Deadline: What You Need to Know
(REPRINTED FROM REALTOR MAGAZINE, MARCH 2010) Learn the details of the extended tax credit for first-time and move-up home buyers, which runs until April 30, 2010. / By Tracey C. Velt | March 2010 What You Need to Know As part of its plan to stimulate the U.S. housing market, Congress last fall approved the [...]
Market News: Spring 2010
Most of us do not mind paying the bill when we go out to lunch. We might sometimes go to a restaurant where we know the food is good and the prices are modest and feel satisfied that we received a good value, maybe even a good deal. But we don’t really expect to get [...]
Market News: Winter 2008/2009
By Jerry Long Here is some interesting information. On the sunny November Sunday morning following the election of Barack Obama to be our next president, there are, according to the MLS, 172 single family homes for sale in Albany, Berkeley and the Oakland zip codes 94618 and 94609. The average number of days these 172 [...]
