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Zillow is dumping 7,000 homes at a discount

Zillow is offloading 7,000 homes, laying off a quarter of its staff, and taking huge losses. But why do we care? Today, let’s talk about Zillow. Let’s look at what this pause in their iBuyer...
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Five Questions to Ask When Interviewing a Real Estate Agent

It always blows my mind when I read statistics like the average home buyer interviews less than one agent before deciding who to hire. Maybe that's because you don't know the right questions to ask...
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Newsom ends single-family zoning in California | California Senate Bill 8, 9, and 10

"That's it. It's over. From today onwards, there will be no more single-family houses allowed in California." Well, that's not exactly true. There was Senate Bill 9, specifically, signed by Gavin...
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How to WIN a Bay Area Bidding War

So how do you succeed in one of the East Bay's most competitive markets that employs a bidding war strategy? Well, that's what we're going to talk about today...
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Can you afford a house in ALAMEDA, CA? ($2,000,000)

You are here on blog number three of my "What the Money Bought" series. Today, we're talking about what you can get in a house in Alameda at the $2,000,000 price point...
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Can you afford a house in ALAMEDA, CA? ($1,500,000)

What can you buy with $1.5 million in a house in Alameda? Well, let's continue with our series of "What the Money Bought."...

Seller Tips

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Negotiations Part 2 | Tips for Home Sellers

Your house is staged, it’s beautiful, it got tons of views online, and a lot of people want to see it! Now, how do you turn this attention into an offer? Watch my negotiation tips for home sellers...
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Define Agency | Agency Defined | What is agency and why should you care?

Agency is a critical and foundational concept to the relationship you have with your agent...

Market Updates

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Is the Inventory Dam going to break? | Real Estate Supply and Demand

If you were intrigued by the title, I have a feeling that you also want to know something about the supply side of our real estate market. I've already talked about a lot of things on the demand side...
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Bay Area Real Estate Market Update 2021 – Don’t Celebrate Just Yet!

As a follow up to last week's market update, today, I want to show you some data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR) which I found absolutely fascinating. The general trend? Things are...
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Bay Area Housing Market Update Q2 2021 – Bubble Trouble??

Inman, a real estate news publication that talks about real estate industry-related news, recently put out a series called "Bubble Trouble." This series shared four stats that will give us hope and...
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Market Price Vs. Market Value | Bay Area Market Update Q2

Today, we're going to talk about something a little different than what we usually talk about—the distinction between market price and market value. I wanted to do this as sort of a market update...
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Exuberant Spending | Bay Area Housing Market Update Q2 2021

"A housing bubble is started by excessive demand, then it leads to inadequate supply, and then exuberant spending really pushes and inflates the housing bubble further." With all these bidding wars in...
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Bay Area Housing Market Update Q1 2021 | Should we worry about the mortgage interest rates?

I am seriously nauseous from this market. It's out of control. In this market update, I want to talk about some of the things I see on the ground-- some actual stories of bidding situations that I've...
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