Opportunities for Bay Area Homebuyers in Q4 2024
As we go deeper into the final quarter of 2024, the Bay Area real estate market is offering significant opportunities for homebuyersespecially those ready to…
Tag: 2024
How Bay Area Buyer’s Agents are Paid Now that the Rules Have Changed
many months - even years - of angst and expectation, the new era of real estate has dawned. I can't tell you how many Zoom…
Why 2025 is the Best Year to Sell a Home in Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley housing market dances to its own rhythm. It hums a tune of demand and desirability that echoes nationwide. But some times are…
Santa Clara County August 2024 Market Update
As we move through 2024, the real estate market in Santa Clara County continues to exhibit seasonal changes.Not surprisingly, the summer of 2024 saw a…
The Dog Days of Summer 2024
There's nothing like summer to break up a good routine, especially if you have school-age kids like I do. But summer is more than half…
Bay Area Heat Wave of October 2024 Keeps the Market Smoldering
I hope youre staying cool during this record-breaking heatwave! With temperatures hitting historic highs this past week, it feels like everything is heating up and…
Why the Fed Rate Cut Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Does
now you have no doubt heard the news: the Federal Reserve dropped their overnight lending rate by 0.5% (or fifty basis points, as the cool…
Santa Clara County Real Estate Update September 2024
The Santa Clara County real estate market has taken us on quite a ride in 2024. Conditions have been constantly evolving in response to various…
The End of an Era: Buyer Compensation Removed from the MLS
It's the end of an era!Since I got my real estate license in 2003 - and for at least 20 years before that - working…
Reasons Bay Area Real Estate Prices Continue to Rise
I've been a long-time, on-and-off-again reader of The Economist. I really enjoy the wide variety articles they publish, with stories from around the world -…