Last month, I addressed the Elephant in the Room; low inventory driving prices higher with competitive offers. Well, all the factors that I addressed last month that could have been negatively affecting inventory have certainly swung widely in the opposite direction. We have now seen a 62% Year [...]
As promised, I would like to explore some of the factors that seem to have had a negative impact on the current lack of inventory in our market. While some of these factors have further exacerbated the inventory shortage, we must clearly address one important factor here; we have been experiencing a [...]
So this month, let's go to altitude and take a look at the world from 30,000 feet rather than just focusing entirely on our local Market. So let's soar above the fray and look at overall Alameda County to show how widespread the market trends really [...]
This is going to be a little weird. I am going to try to explain what we are seeing this year so far, and put it into perspective, and to give you some comfort that the world of Real Estate is returning to "normal", seasonal pattern after the shockwaves of 2020. So follow along and [...]
The Holidays are now behind us. The wine bottles are all in the recycling and we contemplate how long we can leave up our Holiday decorations. Our market now enters the usual "Dry January" lull. This year, the lull will be short-lived as many homes are preparing to come to market [...]
I don't know about you, but I am always shocked by the rapid acceleration of time during the holiday season. Here we are in December and the year is nearly over. It always seems that once Halloween hits, it is just a matter of minutes before you wake up on January 1 with a [...]
Woo Hoo. The Election is over and I can finally turn off CNN for election results. So let's talk about our Real Estate Market today and one Statewide Proposition that will impact our market next [...]
I'm sure we can all agree with Doc's advice to Marty McFly. We all need to keep our sense of humor. But wouldn't it be great to have that DeLorean right now?
Okay, so much for kidding around... on to Real Estate. The trends in our COVID-19 influenced Real Estate Market [...]
Unit Volume and Dollar Volume of sales are still down double digits over the last year across all markets.
In our last posting, we described the roller coaster ride of Real Estate during the outbreak of the pandemic. I thought it would be instructive for you to have a perspective of our traditional East Bay Real Estate [...]
