Archive for the ‘Real Estate in General’ Category
by cindy ~ November 19th, 2009 ~ Real Estate in General, Statistics, Uncategorized Comments (83)
Luke Mullins of U.S. News & World Report wrote an article (with scroll through slides, statistics and photos) about 10 hard hit housing markets that he thinks are poised to rebound. The San Francisco area is one of those markets that he notes will rise up to 12% in the first quarter of 2010 and maybe up to […]
by cindy ~ September 5th, 2009 ~ Atherton, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Real Estate in General, Statistics, Uncategorized, Woodside Comments (82)
Has the Atherton, Menlo Park or Palo Alto housing market rarely looked better? The Wall Street Journal article “Yes, The Housing Market Has Rarely Looked Better“, is an interesting perspective based upon the latest data from the Standard and Poor’s/Case Shiller housing price index. The Index showed that real-estate values increased this past quarter over the […]
by cindy ~ September 1st, 2009 ~ Real Estate in General, Statistics, The Peninsula in the bay area, Uncategorized ~ Comments (0)
Rick Turley, President of San Francisco Bay Area Coldwell Banker, (including the mid-peninsula area) writes about the “bounce” that we have seen this summer in home sales. He certainly has the pulse on what is going on in real estate in our broad area. Please read below. So Much for a Sleepy Summer….. Generally speaking […]
by cindy ~ August 21st, 2009 ~ Miscellaneous, Real Estate in General Comments (74)
I’ve been told that Kiplinger.com is rarely wrong and is full of very good, useful, information. Kiplinger’s July 23, 2009 article, “Home Sales Progress Shows Recovery Near” describes the factors involved in proving economic recovery, and the end of the recession. Kiplinger has identified 6 key indicators that the economic recession is nearing an end. The 6 […]
by cindy ~ August 20th, 2009 ~ Menlo Park, Miscellaneous, Real Estate in General Comments (67)
Wow!! Menlo Park, CA is now offering a home Purchase Assistance Loan Program (aka PAL program). This program is now being offered by the Menlo Park City Government ONLY for first time home buyers with middle-income qualification as an affordable second home mortgage program. Here’s the rules: 1. MUST be a first time home buyer […]