Beware of the Agent that Promises Your Price

Realtor leaving house with Priced Reduced sign

I have seen it time and time again.  Sellers do their due diligence and interview 3 agents.  Good for them.  Then they shoot themselves in the foot and just hire the one that says what they want to hear. Today, I was speaking to one of the agents in my company and she shared with me [...]

Predictions for Market Recovery in the OC

Home prices

There has been some sun peaking through the storm clouds of the Orange County real estate market which is bringing rise to the question, ‘When will we see the real estate market recover?’ There is still tremendous volatility in the banking industry and financial markets but there are some bright spots.  We have already begun [...]

Don’t Vote

This is a great video and a good laugh. I guess after years of begging people to vote, we’ve opted for reverse psychology. If you don’t like what they are saying, good news – you can vote! Make sure you’re registered. If you need to know where to go. Check this out:

Sellers Shouldn’t ‘Sell’

The conversation continues…. Today I came across a post on Teresa Boardman’s St. Paul Minnesota blog that ties right into a conversation I’ve had here a couple of times.  Again, it’s a reminder that what a home seller may find important, may not be seen with the same set of eyes by potential buyers. I [...]

Sellers Shouldn't 'Sell'

The conversation continues…. Today I came across a post on Teresa Boardman’s St. Paul Minnesota blog that ties right into a conversation I’ve had here a couple of times.  Again, it’s a reminder that what a home seller may find important, may not be seen with the same set of eyes by potential buyers. I [...]

Best and Worst Performing Orange County Zip Codes

Home pricing

The Orange County Register’s Jonathon Lansner put together his Zippy’s, an analysis of the 83 Orange County zip codes. The chart gives a year over year breakdown of sales volume, price changes, and number of foreclosures in each of the 83 zip codes. The chart is definitely worth taking a few minutes to look at [...]

Do You Need a Feng Shui Makeover?

Balance with Feng Shui

You may be unwittingly driving your buyers away.  How?  Poor Feng Shui. There can be some small things that you may not even notice that are important to buyers that judge a home by it’s energy flow or Feng Shui.  This is particularly critical if you are in a market that has a high Asian [...]