219 Pending Homes in Concord Today

Posted by Jill in October 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Market Statistics, Home Purchase

The Contra Costa MLS shows a total of 219 single family homes pending today in Concord.
The chart here shows there are currently 361 single family homes for sale in Concord today. That gives us roughly 2 months worth of inventory.

Navigating Today’s Housing Market

Posted by Jill in October 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Market Statistics, Appreciation, Home Purchase

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 […]

Contra Costa Real Estate — Big Event

Posted by Jill in October 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Market Statistics, Tax

Yesterday’s big event for the California Association of Realtors (CAR) was held at the Lesher Civic Center in Walnut Creek. Gov Hutchinson, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Department spoke about the new changes in the tax law relating to real estate. One of the changes is in the capital gains tax law pertains to people who […]