In a recent Forbes magazine article (www.forbes.com) the City of San Jose California was rated best city for home sellers. According to the article: …tough regulatory measures make it difficult to overbuild. New home construction dropped 63% last year, while jobs grew by 1.2%. Home vacancies, which were already low…
Remember that day in high school when you took a survey and it magically produced recommendations of “what you should be when you grow-up”? Interestingly enough, it never contained any of the job titles I’ve actually applied for, but that’s another topic for another day. If I could go back…
On March 20th Jaimie and I took off from San Francisco to Miami headed for Lima Peru. After spending the night in Lima we arrived in Cuzco for out vacation to the Sacred Valley of the Inca. We spent a few days in Cuzco before heading off to the highlight…
A new video was posted at the Mercury News website regarding a few volunteers trying to maintain our rose garden. Check it out here: http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2007/12/17/rose-garden/#more-2402
I ran the numbers for downtown San Jose (including the Rose Garden & Naglee Park neighborhoods) for February and found some interesting info. Let’s start with inventory numbers. Inventory is up 82% in Downtown San Jose. Quite a big jump really. Sales were down 56% over this time last year.…
Last Monday and Tuesday I spent two days in Seattle attending the Buffini & Company Turning Point Retreat. The head of the company Brian Buffini is an amazing speaker and I walked away from the event not only pumped up about real estate but inspired in many aspects of my…
Just when you thought some relief may be on the horizon for that new home you’re thinking about purchasing, due to the adjusted conforming loan limits of to close to $750,00, you read this. This was e-mailed to me from a friend: Stimulus plan may lead to higher mortgage rates…
Quite a few people have asked me recently about the Economic Stimulus Package bouncing around Capitol Hill. The most important aspect of the package being “how will it effect the housing market, and more importantly, my ability to buy a home”. The answer is a little gray right now, but it could be…
While on vacation in Mexico, my brother Brett brought up how he had downloaded the “100 Greatest Film” list from AFI. (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx) Which got us started on how we felt about the list and what movies had not made it. It was surprising to note that not one Mel Brooks movie…