COVID-19 is a pretty serious curve ball to just about everyone. For prospective homeowners in particular, it complicates every step of the home buying process. That includes the finance side of things. If you’re getting a loan or refinancing during the...
Thanks to a global pandemic, the first quarter of 2020 has been bananas. Still, a recent report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) puts housing prices nationally up 1.7 percent and a full 5.7 percent over the first quarter of...
The real estate market across the US woke up, and it appears we are trying to make for lost time. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, purchase...
It’s been a long, largely negative news cycle over the last two months, and we’ve covered what you should do if you can’t make rent or mortgage payments, whether you can sell during shelter-in-place orders, how a pandemic changes real estate, raw data, and even guided meditation. Now, I’m sharing some good news for a change. An Upward Trend Over the last...
All of my clients, buyers and sellers alike, have been looking for guidance about how the real estate market is reacting to the current economic tsunami we find ourselves in during the shelter-in-lace mandate and, more importantly, where the market might...
As we collectively adjust to what can and can’t be done with shelter-in-place orders in effect, you may have questions. While I can’t answer them all, I can offer my perspective on real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here...
If you have to sell your San Francisco, Bay Area home, you probably have questions. Number one — can you sell your home during the state’s shelter-in-place order, which has been extended through the end of May? While each county has...
As the country continues its adjustment to our new normal — virtual meetings, social distancing, and the six-foot rule — we’re all looking for new ways to do our part. This little-known service from United States Postal is completely free and dovetails nicely into our new normal. It’s Called Informed Delivery Intended to manage mail when people travel or for those fortunate...
In a time when stress is at an all-time high, there’s something to be said for spending fifteen minutes just breathing. Last week, I shared a list of actions to be taken if you can’t make your rent or mortgage payments and today, I’m offering another resource. Research shows meditation can serve as a quick-fix stress buster to reverse the body’s stress...
If you or someone you care about is in the position of not being able to work from home and are facing furloughs or job loss, you’re not alone. Millions of U.S. households are expected to face financial hardships as a...
