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To all buyers out there.... Please listen to your realtors who make a living pricing, selling, researching values of real estate property. We do have your interests at heart. We're not in it just to sell you something. We want you to be happy because we are counting on you to tell your friends, your associates to look us up when it comes time ...

Doom and gloom news are always sensationalized. So from time to time, it helps to have a reality check. Kudos to First American Title Company who shares with us the Market Watch newsletter by a dynamo of a woman, Carole Rodoni. Carole is a sought-after speaker (and the much-revered ray of hope for the battered northern California market). We ...

I'm incensed! Twice today, I was nearly rebuffed by two agents whom I called when I tried to submit my offers. The first one was an REO. She said she already received an offer last night, and another one this morning --- as if two was enough. She tried to discourage me from submitting an offer since she thought the ones she had were ...

Folks who haven't yet discovered Alameda may want to come to one of the most fun events in the island -- the monthly Antiques Faire by the Bay http://www.antiquesbythebay.net/. It's billed as Northern California's largest antiques and collectibles show with over 800 dealers. According to theri website, everything sold at the show must ...

I submitted an offer on a short sale listing last week. I thought it was a strong offer --- full price, 10% down payment, 1% initial deposit, AS IS, standard contingency periods. When I followed up with the listing agent to find out what the seller would like to do --- accept, counter offer or reject --- it appears she bypassed the seller. She ...