Real Estate

East Bay Real Estate: ‘Footnote Farm’ Equestrian Training Center For Sale!

For years we have been fortunate to represent many of the equestrian and country properties in the East Bay.  This is a special niche in our real estate community.  Each of these properties is unique and attract a very special clientele.  These properties also require one to be tolerant of some ‘old world’ amenities, such [...]

East Bay Real Estate: French Country Estate – Like No Other…

Article written by Monica Landers:
The Bay Area Team has just been selected to represent a magnificent French country estate and three-bedroom cottage designed on one of the largest lots in Ruby Hill Country Club. It is nothing short of a masterpiece unparalelled in authentic European and American craftsmanship and uncompromising quality.  The selection of The [...]

East Bay Real Estate: San Francisco / Silicon Valley Real Estate Summit

Today I was invited by Colliers International to attend the San Francisco / Silicon Valley Real Estate Summit at the San Mateo Marriott.  The event was produced by BisNow and was one of the most informative real estate summit I have attended in year.  The topics discussed are below along with the comments from each [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Foreclosure Squatting Coming To An End!

Have you known of people in your community who haven’t made a mortgage payment in several years and are still living in their home?  We certainly know a few.  In fact, one of them has lived in their million dollar home without making payments for four years and still has not been foreclosed upon with [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Mulitple Offer Strategies For Buyers & Sellers

We have been waiting since 2008 for a turn in our local real estate market and it certainly has been present the first quarter of 2012.  Again, one quarter of results does not confirm a trend, but it sure has been fun for our Sellers, and maybe not so fun for our Buyers.  And, we [...]

East Bay Real Estate: 2012 First Quarter Trending UP!

One quarter of real estate results does not confirm a trend.  However, the first quarter of 2012 has been a welcomed surprise given what many of our micro-markets have endured the past four years.  Home buyers have been sitting on the sidelines for quite some time even though price corrections have generally hit bottom and [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Warren Buffet – Buy A Home Now!

When Warren Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha speaks we all listen.  I still believe he is one of the smartest business minds out there.  And, he also has a compassionate heart for giving back.  He has pledged 50% of wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and they both created the Giving Pledge asking [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Colliers International’s Trends 2012 Forum

This week Colliers International hosted their 13th Trends Forum which focuses on the economic outlook for the Bay Area.  The forum was held at the California Theater in San Jose with over 600 business leaders in attendance.  I was fortunate to be invited again.  This year’s focus was on the economic engine driving the Bay [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Foreclosure Update of Million Dollar Homes

For the past ten or more years we have been serving the real estate needs of clients who are either buying or selling million dollar-plus homes.  Not until 2011 did we start to notice a significant increase in foreclosures of million dollar-plus homes – homes that are underwater. Here are the current stats from ForeclosureRadar [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Some Housing Recovery Solutions!

If I was in charge of making the decisions as to how our Bay Area housing industry could speed up its recovery it would be much different than what the Feds and the Banks are currently doing.  The challenge is some Bay Area communities are recovering much faster than others – Silicon Valley being one [...]

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