Bay Area Jazzlines

    My East Bay Agent Glen Bell and Norman Gee (510) 333-4460            jazzlines@sbcglobal.net            Glen's SF East Bay Real Estate Numbers November 30, 2014             Months Supply: 33 Days   The month’s supply for the combined 38 city area dropped to a 33 days, up from the December 201...

I recently posted this on our site MyEastBayAgent. East Bay Housing Inventory Increasing. For the third month in a row, we've noticed an increase in inventory. While this is normal for this time of year, the increase of nearly 46% is not; especially in comparison to the last 2 years. Last year we...

There's 2 things that stand out; 1) we're seeing some  improvement and 2) the influence that REO's have had in our markets. I usually speak about the relationship between actives and pendings as being an indication of markets, just as months supply and median price comparisons give us a clue to ...

As a follow-up to last month's REO surprise, "that one out of every five listings in the SF Bay Area is REO, Bank Owned Properties," we asked ourselves another question.What is really influencing housing inventory and pricing in the SF Bay Area? We've always heard that new construction has been t...

It seems that every day now, we see more and more properties for sale that are listed as REO (Bank Owned Foreclosures), and/or Short Sales.Our team, has always run numbers as a means to better understand our markets. We researched the EBRD multiple listings service, following a conversation that ...

 Can anyone give me pros & cons on using Relay Transaction Management program?

What's in store for real estate in the Bay Area for the coming year? Most in the real estate industry agree that it will get worse before it gets better. However, predictions vary among our "experts." What are we in store for in 2008? When will prices begin to recover? Hear what some of them are ...

This is a revision from the July Post as an update for what the months supply is doing on a city by city basis for Contra Costa & Alameda Counties.What is months supply?  Basically, months supply is the ratio of inventory to sales.  And what it tells us is how many months the stock of homes for s...

I've been contacted by Global Referral Network, a real estate relocation service. Can anybody give me some feedback on this company. Anyone currently working with them?

This is a revision from the May Post as an update for what the months supply is doing on a city by city basis for Contra Costa & Alameda Counties.What is months supply?  Basically, months supply is the ratio of inventory to sales.  And what it tells us is how many months the stock of homes for sa...