If anyone does not know about Craig and his "Craig's Classroom" blog, you are missing out. His blog has been so informative to my blogging and you should check it out for yourself. His easy to read, follow, and understand posts are always a welcome addition to adding to my knowledge, and I strong
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12/30/2012
I thought this was a grat idea-- taking something that will be come so popular and will get a lot of eyeballs, and posting it on your blog. Jesse did a great job of putting out a post which should garner tons of attention and perahps quite a few return visits as well. I had never thought abou
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12/30/2012
Here are some recent sales statistics for Santa Cruz County. Data is from Realist: Sales Statisticsfor SANTA CRUZ County CA Realist's most recent sale date for this county is 12/04/2012 Single Family Residence Time Period Number of Sales Median Sale Price Oct 2012 203 $480,000 Oct 2011 169
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12/23/2012
Here are some recent sales statistics for Santa Clara County. Data is from Realist: Sales Statisticsfor SANTA CLARA County CA Realist's most recent sale date for this county is 12/12/2012 Single Family Residence Time Period Number of Sales Median Sale Price Oct 2012 1,162 $631,500 Oct 20
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12/23/2012
I read a lot of books about real estate.I have to-- as I feel I need to stay informed and one step ahead of my clients, who are filled with a daily deluge of misinformation coming from relatives, late night TV infomercial, people around the water cooler at their work, and even some other, less i
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12/20/2012
The median sales prices of homes are returning to their pre-recession levels in many bay area markets. Two areas in particular, in the south bay area of the SF Bay area have shown strong growth (Los Gatos and Saratoga). San Jose is still bogged down a bit by foreclosures in some neighborhoods a
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12/18/2012
The California Association of Realtors has put together the following Infographic and requested the Realtors to share it. What it shows is the Social Benefits of home ownership. While it is known that home ownership does create stable neighborhoods, it also has many other benefits than those sta
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12/18/2012
Here is an inforgrpahic for homebuyers who are perhaps starting off on their homebuying experience. To me, the most important ones of the following are #3, #7 and #10. This inforgraphic comes from Craig Barrett at CraigsMortgageService.com #9 is an important factor as well. A neighborhood is
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12/18/2012
The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the San Francisco Bay area has seen hard won gains in appreciation in the past few months. This is mainly due to a lack of inventory throughout the Bay Area. Good job growth, couple with low interest rates has led to this growth. If you are sitti
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12/17/2012
Many areas of the country are experiencing a downward trend in mortgage delinquencies. The following information is provided by TransUnion gives a recent historical perspective of the most recent debacle we have all suffered through. Shockingly, to me at least, was an increase in mortgage delinq
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12/17/2012