Many years ago a dear friend, Shivani, told me about a program called Art of Living, I went to an introductory program and really got a lot of value from their breath work practice ...
've received a lot of questions about the newly passed Proposition 19; while I'm not the person to give advice on the subject, I've done some looking around for what might be helpful. There's so much information online, yet I find a lot of it confusing...
ALL DATA IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY, ALL INFORMATION FROM THE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE Happy New Year to all! I think it safe to say 2020 was a memorable year even though there’s a lot about it we’d be only too happy to forget! In review, 2020 began with a lot of promise...
In the summer of 2019 I wrote a blog posting on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and how cities are making it easier to install one as an answer to the housing shortage....
In looking at the current real estate market, it's helpful to start nationwide, then concentrate on our Peninsula cities. Nationwide, new listings have dropped significantly, yet are slowly recovering. Sellers are hesitant to list their homes for several reasons. Firstly, not all home owners can move out of their homes prior to listing, which means they will have to make their homes available to buyers to walk through; in today's Covid market place, a lot of home owners are reluctant to do this. Secondly, with a lot of buyers losing part of their down payment through stock market losses,...
We've now been practicing Shelter in Place (SIP) for over 30 days and I'm sure that your life, like mine, has undergone quite a change! From the many conversations I've had with people, I understand that while we're all adjusting, some are having a harder time than others...
The new year is always a good time to reflect and review, so I've done just that! With the real estate market so changeable in 2018, I've taken a look at what's happened over the past 5 years and noticed the following which I think is noteworthy (you can look at the charts themselves to get more information)...
1) When's the best time to sell? 2) When’s the best time to buy? 3) Are we in a bubble? While none of us have a magic ball, there are certainly trends we can watch; the past doesn't predict the future yet it can help us with general decisions. Looking at the data I've compiled this time, here's how I'd answer these questions: 1) When's the best time to sell: If you have the luxury of being able to plan ahead, I'd recommend listing in the February/March/April time frame in order to have a close sometime in April, May or June, properties are taking a little...
Dear Friends: Usually I post facts about real estate, this time I'm reaching out for a different reason! I'm an admirer of Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General from 2014 - 2017; Dr. Murthy is eloquent on many topics but the one which surprised me and caught my interest was his talk on Loneliness and how it's an epidemic leading to a variety of health care issues, you can read/listen to him here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/loneliness-epidemic-former-surgeon-general-dr-vivek-murthy With Dr. Murthy's advice to build community in the work force, and other places, I took it to heart when my friends, Santosh and Esha, approached me about a...
We've all heard about how the real estate market's slow at the moment and, compared to the crazy, unsustainable first quarter of 2018, it certainly is, yet let's not take our eyes off what's really happening--a course correction after a crazy 2018 first quarter, doesn't mean our real estate prices are going down over time. Consider our market has adjusted slightly, allowing buyers an opportunity to enter the housing market, move up, or purchase investment property. The first quarter of 2019 has seen prices inch up over the last quarter of 2018 and I predict prices will continue to...