Category: Market News & Trends

Why Boutique is Better in Era of Giant Real Estate Brokerages

Big Box Brokerages vs. Boutique Real Estate… Is BIGGER better when it comes to real estate brokerages? That’s the BIG industry debate…

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Who Should Vote for Prop. 5 Property Tax Law

Prop. 5: Boon for baby boomers and cure for the housing shortage?   Proposition 5, a measure developed by the California…

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Marketing East Bay Real Estate to Millennial Homebuyers

    The generation mocked for spending too much cash on avocado toast and $4 lattes is now the largest prospective…

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8 Real Estate Fun Facts That Might Blow Your Mind

It’s been such a busy real estate season, but we always have time for a little web surfing to relax….

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Multi-Million Dollar Wow Houses: Get ‘Em While They’re Hot!

Do you have a cool $39 million burning a hole in your pocket? Well, we’ve got the mansion for you!…

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Oakland Real Estate and Bay Area Home Buyers Bid on Properties Sight-Unseen. Would You?

    When it comes to Oakland real estate – or in Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, or basically anywhere else…

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Tax Reform and Real Estate: Who Are the Winners and Losers?

It’s a new year filled with new laws – from the useful, to the quirky, to the expensive. Pot is legal…

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3 Key Reasons Why the East Bay is Ripe for Real Estate Investing

The Bay Area’s buzzing residential real estate market has migrated east. (Sorry, San Francisco.) And that’s great news for anyone considering…

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Ka-ching! Oakland Home Sellers Cash In On Record Property Values

We know the East Bay real estate market is hot. But how hot? A new study that compares national home sales prices…

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Moraga is Broke – So What?

Town’s Troubles Don’t Affect Its Appeal to Homebuyers In an ironic twist, the wealthy suburb of Moraga declared a fiscal emergency –…

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Head for the Flats: East Bay Home Buyers Want To Walk

Remember when homes in the Berkeley and Oakland hills commanded premium prices and multiple offers because of their quiet suburban…

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Détente in East Bay Bidding Wars? Not Likely

  Real estate headlines recently declared that San Francisco Bay Area home sales have cooled and frenzied bidding wars  are…

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