One of the most important demographic trends of our era is the transition of millions of Baby Boomers from the workplace to retirement. As this generation ages (gracefully, of course!) they’re increasingly looking for ways to combine an active lifestyle, featuring plenty of social and recreational options, with homes that are a better fit for… [Continue Reading]
Recent real estate market data in Walnut Creek and the nearby Contra Costa communities of Concord and Lafayette reveals an interesting, though not completely surprising, correlation between median home prices and the amount of activity in the market. First, let’s take a look at median home prices over the past year in these three locations:… [Continue Reading]
One of the key metrics I look at as a realtor is the inventory of homes currently on the market. This gives me an idea of how much property is actually available to sell…an important consideration, when that’s your livelihood. But equally importantly, according to the age-old laws of supply and demand, it’s a predictor… [Continue Reading]
With New Year’s right around the corner, thoughts turn to resolutions for the year to come…and when it comes to real estate, 2012 looks like it’ll be one to remember. A quick look at local market data (the next best thing to a crystal ball in the real estate business) shows home prices in the… [Continue Reading]
BBVA Compass has a special home financing program tailored to professionals including physicians and medical professionals, attorneys, CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s and other executives. Qualified individuals may be able to obtain a home mortgage up to $1,000,000 with no down payment or private mortgage insurance for their Walnut Creek real estate including single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses… [Continue Reading]
We listen to television and newspaper reporters talk about “shadow inventory.” By definition, these are residential homes that are in foreclosure. There are several different steps or stages of foreclosure. ForeclosureRadar, a company that has done a great job in creating software that real estate professionals, investors and banks use to track homes in the foreclosure… [Continue Reading]
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Contra Costa County and many of the cities in COCO County are deferring and even cutting builder’s fees as incentive to kick start new home construction. We all know someone in our County that has worked in real estate , construction and financial services. These incentive will help get people back to work in one… [Continue Reading]
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