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For some parts of California, we might be getting there. Some of our clients are finding themselves in bidding wars (or too late to the bidding wars) on Sacramento homes. I’ve heard reports of 10+ offers on some properties. This isn’t necessarily good news for people who are considering selling their homes though – the homes in question are foreclosures...
The always respectable ValleyWag proudly disclosed Google founder Larry Page’s address, so what are we to do, but to see which of his Palo Alto neighbors are selling their homes? You can’t buy next door (at least right now), but you can buy less than a block away. $6.4 million might seem expensive for a home to most people, but...
Tim Ellis is the founder of SeattleBubble.com, Seattle’s premier bubble blog. It’s the place to go for serious market discussions. A typical post will pick up 50+ comments, which is virtually unheard of on blogs that don’t allow anonymous posters. I’ve interacted with “the_tim” over the last couple of years on Rain City Guide and at Seattle Bubble and met...
This is sort of old news, but we just discovered Mr. Is, the Maryland-DC area MLS comic book superhero who helps people who “start the process themselves using these popular websites that deliver bad information to good people.” The problem: stale listings. “Most of those listings are already sold, expired or withdrawn, as in off the market,” Willson says. “That’s...
With our latest release, we are allowing consumers to collaborate with friends and family on their home search; every Estately account now comes with the ability to share saved properties, notes on properties, and saved searches with friends and family members and to solicit feedback from them! Here are some ways to use My Estately sharing: 1. You and your...
I’m no prognosticator, but I do like reading others’ predictions. Seattle Bubble has a nice chart comparing the amount of upwards price movement during the boom against the amount of downward price movement in the recent, ehem, “soft” market. The takeaway: This snapshot does appear to support the assertion that there is a good correlation between boom and busts cycles...