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Tobin Clark Estate: Historic Tobin Clark Estate Host to Presidents and World Leaders
January 2, 2012 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
For more than sixty years, the Tobin Clark Estate, Hillsborough Mansion with the unassuming name “House-on-Hill” has been cited as one of the most spectacular private residences ever created in the San Francisco Bay Area in its fine antique English style. And, it has been the host to every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. Some [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Jobs Update – Underwater = Not Moving!
January 1, 2012 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs continue to replace Location, Location, Location in the world of East Bay real estate. However, with the job market finally improving in the Bay Area and looking very good for 2012 the challenge is for people whose home is underwater and are unable to move to where the jobs are booming. We [...]
East Bay Real Estate: National Survey Results – FEAR Still Influencing Real Estate!
November 19, 2011 by Jim Walberg · 2 Comments
Fear about home values ranks higher than fear of natural disasters and fire. As you have noticed fear is even determining the daily results of the stock markets. In fact, there has not been a time in the past 50 years where the fear-factor has been so high in our country. Koski Research completed a [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Home Value Estimate Websites Creating False Expectations!
November 13, 2011 by Jim Walberg · Leave a Comment
Have you ever checked out your home’s estimated value on Zillow.com, Trulia.com, Homes.com and many others? Have you been shocked by what one of these sites estimates as to your home’s current value? My guess is your answer is YES. And, millions of other visitors are having the same reaction. The challenge you are [...]
East Bay Real Estate: 4th Quarter Is The Best Time To Sell Or Buy Bay Area Homes!
October 30, 2011 by Jim Walberg · Leave a Comment
Myth: The 4th quarter in East Bay real estate is the slowest quarter of the year for home sales.
Truth: Out of the past 30 years of selling East Bay homes, the 4th quarter has been our top home sales quarter more than 50% of those years!
So, we love it when we hear other Realtors saying [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Home Appraisal – Top 7 Actions For You To Take!
October 19, 2011 by Jim Walberg · 2 Comments
Never in my decades of practicing residential real estate have I witnessed home values being 100% determined by appraisers! They are now the key to having the purchase of a home or the refinancing of a mortgage is successful or not, especially with the conforming loan limits changed as of October 1, 2011. As [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Home Loan Refinance Crisis – Difficult To Get A Loan!
September 30, 2011 by Jim Walberg · Leave a Comment
One of the four economic factors to watch in your local markets is the availability of mortgages for home refinancing. With interest rates at their lowest levels in 40 years one would imagine that the major lenders would be very busy right now with refinancing home loans. And, if loans were being made available to [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Four Factors To Watch Through 2015!
September 21, 2011 by Jim Walberg · 4 Comments
Yes, we all know our National and Global economies are a mess with few solutions left to easily resolve them. And, we know that Housing has been the economic engine that has taken us out of past recessions. And, we all know that the San Francisco Bay Area housing is about as good as it [...]
East Bay Real Estate: Impact Of Lowering Conforming Loan Limits October 1st!
August 28, 2011 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
On October 1, 2011 the Conforming Loan Limits change from $729,000 to $625,000, given a lack of any changes in the implementation of current Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae regulations! The expectation is that this one change in the Conforming Loan limits will move up to 300,000 Buyers out of the home market with homes [...]
East Bay Real Estate: 4-Topics For Buyers/Sellers To Consider After The S&P Downgrade To AA+
August 9, 2011 by Jim Walberg · 1 Comment
There is no denying the financial mess that S&P has caused by downgrading our Nation’s economy to AA+. And, there is no way to sugar coat what is happening with the sell-off of the Dow Jones Industrials today, dropping over 5% of its value to 10,800 – the lowest the Dow has been since 2008. [...]
