Julie Lauer's (julielauer) Blog

Market Update for January 1-31, 2010. Actives: 21 detached. Median LP: $2,199,000. Pendings: 10 detached. Median LP: $1,949,000. Solds: 2 detached. Median LP: $1,167,500. Median SP: $1,069,000. Ruby Hill takes its name from the vineyards and winery built on the site in the 1800's. Ruby Hill is a ...

Market Update for January 1-31, 2010. Actives: 21 detached. Median LP: $2,199,000. Pendings: 10 detached. Median LP: $1,949,000. Solds: 2 detached. Median LP: $1,167,500. Median SP: $1,069,000. Ruby Hill takes its name from the vineyards and winery built on the site in the 1800's. Ruby Hill is a ...

Avoid Foreclosure If you need help with a short sale and finding a rental we are listing homes to short sale and seeing approvals in 90 days on homes with one loan and less than 10% loss to banks. On losses higher than 20% to banks and multiple bank loans approvals can take 6 mo or more. We have ...

The low end of the housing market has definitely taken off. There is increased demand for foreclosure properties compared to only a few months ago. In some places prices have fallen more than 50% from the market peak in 2005. I'm writing purchase contracts on homes priced at $250,000 and below in...

I've said this before but it bears repeating: the ratio of pending sales to actives is more important than the number of active listings. Pendings determine how many months of unsold inventory is on the market.In Pleasanton, CA there were 35 pending sales in March 2008. In contrast, there were ju...