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 [...]
With 2020 half over, and the pandemic a fixed part of the landscape, what should we know about real estate now?
Our local real estate market in 2020 began as we would expect in any normal year. The typical trend begins with a slow, post-holiday start in January with [...]
As a leading residential Real Estate brokerage, The Grubb Co. has provided virtual solutions to meet the needs of our clients for years. From 3D Tours to Virtual Open Houses, we have adapted and expanded our services to meet the needs of our changing market. With state-of-the-art technology, we can showcase properties to buyers and sellers wherever they are. You can continue to count on our talented team of agents as they navigate you safely through the digital buying and selling process.
As a community, we have endured some very trying times. As we write this, we are enduring the convergences of a Health pandemic as well as a Moral pandemic. We face unprecedented challenges as a community as well as a nation. While the moral challenges facing us are personal for most, they are what we live with every day as Realtors. Fair Housing laws exist in this country for a reason; that all peoples, regardless of faith, color, ethnicity, marital status, and sexual orientation are afforded equal treatment and consideration for shelter and home. If only all of our world honored that call.
Our mission today is to answer your questions regarding the facts of Real Estate during the Health Pandemic that is upon us. March 17, 2020, was a momentous day that none of us have ever faced before. Our first Shelter in Place (SIP) order went into effect in Alameda County in coordination with orders from six other Bay Area counties. This was truly uncharted waters as we were the first in the nation.
Operating on behalf of our clients required constant vigilance of the daily changes in the interpretations of the SIP order, as well as establishing a firm standard of care for our Agents where none had existed previously. At the beginning, we as a company adopted a philosophy we referred to as the Three L's. Protecting people's LIVES, Preserving people's LIVELIHOODS, and Observing the unambiguous parts of the LAW. This is our Northstar to guide us in all that we decided to do on behalf of our clients.
Fast forward to today. After several iterations of the SIP order, it is clear that Real Estate, as well as Photography, Movers and Staging, are considered Essential Services to provide people with shelter. But make no mistake, we cannot do business as we did prior to March 17, 2020. Sunday Open Houses are considered an illegal gathering as are our Monday and Thursday Broker's Open Houses to promote new listings. We have strict safety protocols in place for In-Person showings of properties as well as safety in our offices as they reopen. Fortunately, we and all of our Real Estate Community have made a major pivot to further embrace not-so-new technologies to serve our clients' needs.
This is our commitment to you, our clients: we will continue to adjust, continue to evolve, and continue to always do the right thing. We will adhere to our new Standard of Care and continue to be guided by the concept of the Three L's; serving our community to the best of our abilities.
Stay safe. We are here for you.
DJ and John
