What Real Estate Pros Think about the Current Housing Market
Unless you’re in the business, navigating the housing market can be downright confusing. These days, there are a lot of contradictory messages — near historic low interest...
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California’s Tough Take on Emotional Support Animals for Renters
California has differentiated between “service animals” and “emotional support animals,” and renters need to be clued in to the difference. Here’s how AB 468 is cutting down...
When San Francisco’s Painted Ladies Were… Gray?
San Francisco is famous for a few things — sourdough, rolling fog, the Golden Gate Bridge, and those incredible painted ladies. But these striking Victoria row houses...
Can You Guess How Much Home Prices Have Risen Over Last 30 Years in the Bay Area?
Before you do, remember to factor for both the 90s dot-com boom and the general tech boom of the last decade. And whatever your estimate, it’s probably...
Zillow’s Home-Flipping Flop — What Happened and What It Means for the Market
The internet is all abuzz with the news of how Zillow got in way over its head in the home-flipping business. The company announced recently announced that it was permanently exiting home flipping and laying off a full quarter of its workforce. Here’s what happened and what it means for the housing market across the country. A Little Background Zillow has multiple...
25 Real Estate Evaluation Fundamentals that Stand the Test of Time
When it comes to real estate, some things cycle in and out of fashion. In fact, when we’re talking cabinet color, floor plan style, carpet versus hardwood, and those sorts of considerations, changing tastes are to be expected. But look a little closer, and you’ll see that some things actually do stand the rest of time (and it ain’t carpet). Here are...
The Real Estate Trade-Up Dilemma
Trading up from a smaller, less expensive home to a bigger, pricier home can be tough in a seller’s market. While selling for a 10% premium on your $500,000 is great—$50,000!—paying that same premium on the new $1 million property can be tough to swallow. Many simply can’t afford it, but what’s worse is that many only think they can’t afford it...
The Real Problem with the Zestimate
Once upon a time, real estate agents sent mailers to homeowners with a headline that had some version of, “What’s your home worth?” It’s a pretty powerful question, because the answer is typically the information that a homeowner wants to know above all else—and only an agent could provide it. To further entice the homeowner, these mailers typically offered a free, no-strings-attached...
The Problem with Real Estate Predictions
When it comes to real estate, there are no shortage of predictions. But in spite of a desperate desire to know what’s coming, and various methods employed...
The Intangible Value of a Real Estate Professional
No matter how astute you may be, the home-buying process is often a complicated tangle of nerves and emotions filled with expectations, compromise, negotiations, highs, and lows. After all, this is likely the largest investment in someone’s life, both emotionally and financially. Even investors have trouble separating emotion from business when it comes to real estate. That’s why you need an experienced...