An unhealthy start to the New Year

It has been a few weeks since I last sat down to write. It has been a tough couple of weeks, mostly due to health concerns. We are all healthy now, or at least on the mend. It has been a journey from the first hint of illness to finally getting things sorted.

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The Holidays

The Holidays have come and gone. I hope yours were as good as possible. We had our granddaughter and her parents here for a couple of weeks and it was wonderful.

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Real Estate Year in Review

At least once a year, sometimes more often, I like to take a look at the BAREIS MLS (Bay Area Real Estate Information Services Multiple Listing Service). I like to compare current listings and sales to the previous year to see if what feels like is happening conforms to what is really happening.

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It's Fall again

I know I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again - Fall is my favorite season. I love the color and the light and the cooler temperatures, especially at night.

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Deeds of Reconveyance

As a title, that sounds very boring, right? However, in truth, these are symbols of the end of mortgage payments and something to be celebrated. On the other hand, if you don’t have one and you have finished paying off your mortgage, this lack can come back and bite you at the most importune time.

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First time buyers and this market

I spent most of yesterday with a young couple looking to purchase their first home. It was a fun day, rewarding, a little exhausting and it made me realize how much I enjoy working with folks purchasing for the first time.

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Our anniversary ride

This past Sunday was our 6th anniversary. Our usual means of celebrating - a nice room on the coast, plus dinner - weren’t anything we wanted to avail ourselves of given the current circumstances. We thought and thought and just hadn’t come up with anything when a friend mentioned the rail bikes on the Skunk Train tracks. This sounded perfect to us both.

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Real Estate picks up!

I’m busy again. As the lock down has relaxed buyers have started to come out in force. The new reality of working remotely has also encouraged folks to make the move…

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