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Your home is worth more than you think
Do you have a home in Silicon Valley? Are you tempted to sell it and take some profits? Well, how will you go about pricing your home? If you try to price your own home, it's akin to trying to price your own car without using KBB. But that's what some Homeowners...
Two Bay Area men arrested for Craigslist rental scam
We routinely advise our clients who are interested in marketing their own rentals to be very mindful of the information they share about their rentals, specially if they are vacant. The article blows shows how some scammer are able to take advantage of a vacant home...
Buy (or sell) your home … without a real estate agent
It's one thing to walk away unhappy from a bad lunch date, but it's not that simple to walk away from a bad real estate deal. So, we are not convinced that a simple matching app like a dating app will take care of matching buyers and sellers. But not sure who will...
Thang Do: Silicon Valley needs to boldly address livability here at home
This is neat column on the crisis with affordable housing in Silicon Valley. The problem won't go away anytime soon without serious cooperation between the region, employers and the State. ****************************************** By Thang Do Special to the Mercury...
U.S. home values and rents defying global slowdown
Are we headed to another Real Estate crash? Even some of our Los Gatos neighbors are nervous about the absurd rise in prices. ******************************************* By Josh Boak and Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press WASHINGTON -- U.S. housing appears to be...
Condos are Back – and Outpacing Single-Family Homes in Appreciation
This is great news for those of us who want to downsize and move into Condos. ****************************************** SEATTLE, Oct. 27, 2015 - Condos are appreciating faster than single-family homes in markets across the U.S., especially where job markets are...