It’s the Home and the Area
The “right” home and neighborhood is absolutely critical to long
term quality of life. The right home is best sought in a Buyer’s
Market. Not only is the selection of homes greater, the number of
competing buyers has been artificially reduced. Highly qualified buyers
sit out a buyer’s market due to internal fears […]
Entries Tagged as 'Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When?'
Deja Vu~Buying/Selling Simultaneously in a Buyer’s Market vs a Seller’s Market (what a world of difference!)
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Deja Vu ~ Pat Recalls · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Under 6% ~ Daily Real Estate News | October 10, 2008
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Daily Real Estate News | October 10, 2008
30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Under 6%
Freddie Mac reports a drop in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.94 percent during the week ended Oct. 9, marking the first decrease in three weeks.
The 15-year fixed rate slipped to 5.63 percent from 5.78 percent the previous week.
Meanwhile, the […]
Tags: Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
“What Buyers Need to Know: Common Costly Mistakes by Buyers and Their Agents and How to Avoid Them + Today’s Strong Financing Options” ~ Saturday, 11/8/08 @ 11am-12:30pm ~ Pat’s Second Saturday Forum Series
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Pat’s 12th Annual Complimentary Buyer Forum:
What Buyers Need to Know: Common Costly Mistakes by Buyers and Their Agents and How to Avoid Them + Today’s Strong Financing Options
Saturday, November 8th from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Q&A / Refreshments to follow
Past Attendee Comments:
“Lots of Great Information” Lyman H
“Very Competent Speakers” & “The Presentation was Excellent” Richard […]
Tags: Contingencies · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Common Mistakes to Avoid · Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Bank Controlled: Short Sales & Foreclosures · Deposits ~ Earnest Money · Deja Vu ~ Pat Recalls · Real Estate Offices ~ Broker/Owner · Real Estate Myths · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Internet Lead Generation Companies · Elder Financial Abuse · Real Estate Licensing Laws · Disclosures
Deja Vu ~ Many Qualified Buyers Sit Out the “Sweet Spot” of a Buyer’s Market, Then Enter The Market in Droves, When the Scales Tip
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
The Seller’s Market
Veteran real estate agents have seen/felt many, many markets “change,” also referred to as “cycles.” Some of these changes took place seemingly overnight. A Seller’s Market in Silicon Valley finds Buyers lining up in front of mediocre over-priced properties. In addition, these Buyers will compete to pay over-list price, buy “as-is” and […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
More Sage Advice from Contractor Mark Garrison of MG Constructors & Engineers Inc. ~ Kapowich on Real Estate program # 147 ~ Part 2 of 2
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Kapowich on Real Estate # 147
You can reach Mark Garrison at (408) 842-5599
For more information visit www.MGConstructors.net
Tags: Common Mistakes to Avoid · Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Contingencies · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · Kapowich on Real Estate (Consumer-Protection Series) · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Sage Advice from Contractor Mark Garrison of MG Constructors & Engineers Inc. ~ Kapowich on Real Estate program # 146~ Part 1 of 2
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Kapowich on Real Estate # 146
You can reach Mark Garrison at (408) 842-5599
For more information visit www.MGConstructors.net
Tags: Contingencies · Common Mistakes to Avoid · Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Kapowich on Real Estate (Consumer-Protection Series) · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware? · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · How Not to Sell a Home · Disclosures
When the Seller Wants to Cancel a Sale ~ Real Estate Attorney Nancy Chillag, it is “Very, very difficult when you’re a Seller and you Signed a Contract.”
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
It’s not uncommon for a seller to want to back out of a contract. Menlo Park real estate attorney Nancy Chillag agreed on the causes and cures when I interviewed her on this topic.”Sometimes the seller will put their house on the market; just testing the water” Chillag went on to say “It could sell […]
Tags: Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Common Mistakes to Avoid · Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Deposits ~ Earnest Money · For Seniors and Real Estate · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware? · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · Real Estate Myths
Another Q&A from San Jose Mercury News: Who knows How Many Home Sales are Resting on the Shoulders of this Young Couple on the Bottom Rung of the Ladder? (Why the dominos of concurrent home sales fall apart)
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Common Mistakes to Avoid · Another Q&A in S.J.Merc News ~ Pat Contributes · Contingencies · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Another Q&A from the San Jose Mercury News Market Wise column: Is It Smart to let buyer’s inspector check foundation of an “As-Is” property?
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News Column “Market Wise” 7/18/08
Q: We are selling our house and the buyer’s home inspector is recommending further inspection of the sub-area by an appropriate professional. We don’t feel this is warranted, as our pre-sale inspection noted basically the same observations and comments. Should we grant an extension to […]
Tags: Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Real Estate 101 · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Disclose, Disclose, Disclose Not Happening with Unsupervised Licensees ~ Real Estate Attorney Roger Wintle Comments on the Trend ~ Program #118
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Since the late 80’s, I’ve notice in trend of incomplete disclosures and poorly trained licensees. No doubt there is a connection.
Real Estate Attorney Roger Wintel, of the Hertiage Law Group, has often spoken about the problematic lack of disclosures and unsupervised and/or poorly trained licensees.
Click here for the consumer-protection cable series, Kapowich on Real […]
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