Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Q: We sold our home in 2005 and are now being sued by the buyers. We were referred to a real estate attorney. When we told him the name of the attorney representing the buyers, he responded nonchalantly, “Oh, I know him, […]

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Q: We are selling our townhouse and the buyer’s pest inspector found damage to the exterior of our home to the tune of $4,300. Evidently, our homeowners’ association does not cover repairs for drywood termites and/or dry rot. To make matters worse, our agent informed us that we have to pay for the pest abatement […]

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Q: We are selling our townhouse and the buyer’s pest inspector found damage to the exterior of our home to the tune of $4,300. Evidently, our homeowners’ association does not cover repairs for drywood termites and/or dry rot. To make matters worse, our agent informed us that we have to pay for the pest abatement […]

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Q: We want to move to a larger home, but the prices have dropped in
our neighborhood. I think we should make our move, my husband
thinks we should wait. Who is right?
A: If prices are soft in your neighborhoods, you’re not alone, As a rule,
savvy licensees know that cooler markets are the best time to buy […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: We are empty nesters in the process of buying a condo while concurrently selling our house. We are aware the sellers of our condo are also buying a house simultaneously. The growing family that is buying our house is also in the […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: We are empty nesters in the process of buying a condo while concurrently selling our house. We are aware the sellers of our condo are also buying a house simultaneously. The growing family that is buying our house is also in the […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: The well-maintained house we re buying was fully inspected and we were provided with those reports in the disclosure package. However, our buyer s agent insisted that we hire our own inspection companies and not accept the seller-friendly reports. Our pest report […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Q: We bought our home during a hot market and were told if
we wanted to be taken seriously, we’d have to pay over list
price and have an as-is, non-contingent sale. Now that we
have to sell in this cooler market, there must be techniques
to […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: We are empty nesters in the process of buying a condo while concurrently selling our house. We are aware the sellers of our condo are also buying a house simultaneously. The growing family that is buying our house is also in the […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: The well-maintained house we re buying was fully inspected and we were provided with those reports in the disclosure package. However, our buyer s agent insisted that we hire our own inspection companies and not accept the seller-friendly reports. Our pest report […]

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