East Bay Real Estate, Doug Anderson, Tucker Associates Real Estate Services, 925.570.0611

Economic News...We had a fair amount of housing data for the week. The Case-Shiller Home Price Index continued to move sharply higher. New Home Sales for February, while slightly less than expected, followed a very strong January. Pending Homes Sales were mostly flat as increasing portions of th...

I usually do not start planning and promoting the Annual Woodranch Neighborhood Garage Sale until the middle or latter part of April but this year I have received a few curious calls already so I’ve decided to get the ball rolling. The Sale Date for 2013 is going to be Saturday the 20th of July f...

A little over a year ago I was contacted by a couple interested in relocating to the Bay Area from the East Coast. The source of the referral was my ActiveRain Blog which of course made me happy since I was spending a lot of time gathering information and blogging about local real estate conditio...

  Mortgage and Market Update...Spring Has Sprung!!!   Economic News...There was a lot of housing news released this week. The Housing Market Index (gauge of new home sales) declined for the second month in a row but when you look at the forward data things are pretty good. In addition, the Wester...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News...Can wait ‘til next week since there is not much going on..... Random St. Patrick’s Day Facts....   March 17th is the feast of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who is believed to have died on that date in the year 461AD. According to the last US C...

Economic News...The stock market continues to roll on with the Dow Jones making new highs (four in a row this week). While the growth of equities is good news for the consumer and market in general, it traditionally comes at a cost to the debt markets. This morning’s Employment Situation report w...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News...This was a great week for housing news. While this may not come as a surprise for those of us on the front lines of real estate in the Bay Area the increasingly positive vibe of housing markets around the nation is certainly welcome. The S&P Case-Shiller...