When I talk to real estate agents, they say that an offer 10 to 15 percent lower than the asking price is no longer “insulting.” My story on Saturday may also make some buyers braver about negotiating. When I was selling my house, which was on the market about two-and-a-half months before it went into [...]
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If you are trying to buy a house you should read my story. If you’re tired of an agent pushing you at his own listings, you may have thought, “Is there a better way?” or even, “Is there a better agent? Personally, I like great customer service so I will shop around until I get [...]
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I think the biggest complaint I hear from those critical of reporters is that most of us have no idea what we’re talking about – because we have never bought or sold a home. It’s not an ignorant comment because journalists usually are underpaid and living in studio apartments littered with whiskey bottles and pizza boxes. I [...]
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As you saw in my story on Tuesday, many people in the East Bay and the state are in trouble. Either it’s being in the first stage of foreclosure, a notice of default sent by a lender, or it’s the auction on the courthouse steps in Martinez. Today, we had a story from Bloomberg News, [...]
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If you saw my story today you either a) were overjoyed that your house value has stopped sinking like a stone, b) were annoyed that values aren’t rising more or c) were bothered by yet another contradictory report on the housing industry. Unfortunately March statistics are based only on home sales that closed in that [...]
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If you all saw my story today, you would know that Congress may enact some legislation to prevent another subprime implosion. Or maybe the plan will be to give the afflicted homeowners a few hundred thousand dollars. It sounds a lot like what Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, is saying: Amid new signs that the housing [...]
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