California State Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 51 authorizes the Assessor to temporarily lower the assessed value of any real property when it is greater than the market value as of January 1, lien date.  To obtain evidence that the market value of your property as of January 1, 2009 is less than the assessed […]

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At the CAR expo in October 2008, 3 economists did a seminar on navigating today’s housing market. Jack Kyser is the Chief Economist on the staff of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). One of his comments was “the media putting a negative spin on the numbers”. He said that […]

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Low interest rates are one good reason to purchase a home today along with the fact that we are experiencing a strong buyer’s market in the east bay real estate market. I asked Brian Schaefer, senior loan consultant with Residential Pacific Mortgage in Walnut Creek about the future of interest rates. He […]

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I have a client that asked me to do an analysis of single family home in Clayton today. There have been 37 closed sales since March 1, 2008 with an average sales price of $678,393 and an average square footage of 2,289.
There have been 37 closed sales for single family homes in Clayton. […]

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I recently started using the Money Merge Account System which will effectively pay down my mortgage in a fraction of the time. This is an amazing interest reducing stand-alone software program which helps manage your income and expenses to pay down your home mortgage. This is not a new concept, but it is relatively new […]

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I attended a fantastic real estate training class on 11/17/07 at Tommy T’s in Pleasanton, CA. The class was taught by Rick Geha co-owner of the Pleasanton Keller Williams market center and one of the prominent teachers at Keller Williams University. I loved Rick’s comment about the current real estate market: “We know when the […]

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