Pat Kapowich for the San Jose Mercury News
Q: We just made an offer on a house that was accepted without a counteroffer. The house was nicely remodeled and appeared to meet all our expectations. However, we were stunned upon receiving the seller’s home inspection report as it reads like it was done on a different [...]

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Kapowich on Real Estate #143

418 Willow Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
phone: 650-321-6796

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The Feb 2010 Completed Sales Report for Palo Alto Single-Family Homes saw a closing of 22 sales receiving 97.32% of list price. These closings represented a median price of $1,527,500 and an average price of $1,634,549. There were 42 new listings reported reported for February. Total Sales: $35,960,078
The Feb 2009 Completed Sales Report for Palo [...]

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Kapowich on Real Estate Program # 146 from Ryan Kapowich on Vimeo.

Mark Garrison
MG Constructors & Engineers, Inc.
408.842.5599

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Pat Kapowich for the San Jose Mercury News
Q: Over a 10-day period we received three offers on the property we are selling. However, each time the buyers and their agent mysteriously disappeared after our counteroffer. This seems unprofessional. What part of “negotiating” don’t these people understand?

A: Oh, many parts that comprise a whole lot of [...]

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The January 2010 Completed Sales Report for Sunnyvale Single-Family Homes saw a closing of 26 sales receiving 101.65% of list price. These closings represented a median price of $575,500 and an average price of $686,141. There were 55 new listings reported reported for January. Total Sales: $17,839,671
The January 2009 Completed Sales Report for Sunnyvale Single-Family [...]

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Pat’s De Anza College class:
Managing Risk: 21 Things You Wish Your Real Estate Broker Had Told You
3/27/10  @ 9AM-12PM

Guest Speaker: Real Estate Sam Chuck

Description: The number one mistake made when negotiating a residential real estate transaction is when participants lack understanding of the responsibilities of all of the parties and their representatives. Learn how to [...]

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The Feb/2010 Santa Clara County (SCC), Real Estate Sales Report for Single-Family Homes saw a closing of 634 sales receiving 99.37% of list price. These closings represented a median price of $550,000 and an average price of $709,449. There were 1,477 new listings reported to the MLS during Feb/2010. Total Sales: $449,790,795
The Dec/2008 Santa Clara [...]

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Pat Kapowich for the San Jose Mercury News
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 [...]

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Kathrine S. Pak
408.292.1765
Miller Morton Caillat & Nevis
25 Metro Drive, Seventh Floor
San Jose, California 95110

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