Friday, September 3, 2010 at 12:22AM This Walnut Creek home, A 3 Bedroom 2.5 bath piedmont model features a spectacular elevated view of the golf course! 1739 square feet and washer/dryer hook up! Relax on the outdoor/indoor patio and watch the golfers. Large living room and kitchen upgrades with granite counter tops. Lots of natural light, great Rossmoor location, spacious and clean.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 10:24PM Realtytimes.com did an article about pricing your home to sell. How to do it, the snowball effect and location. It was a weird read because it reminded me of the video I did a few months ago. If you are planning to sell your home in the near future please read that article and for old times sake here's my video again.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 4:03AM If you are familiar with my website, I've been shooting a lot of videos this summer.
Today, we were in the Northgate area, shooting part 2 of a video. We were going over the Northgate location, state park, lime ridge, schools and the newer and older constructed homes. Until today, the 2010 summer has been a weak one. Not once this summer did I crave a Jamba Juice! Not once! Today I was in the sun for no more than twenty minutes and here I am now, 8 hours later feeling crispy and tired.
For good news, I have 2 Northgate videos being released this week!
Until next time...
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 4:52PM Hard to believe but More than ONE MILLION UNITED STATES HOUSEHOLDS will lose their homes to FORECLOSURE this year! Lenders are cutting their way through a HUGE Backlog of borrowers that have fallen behind on their loans..
Nearly 528,000 homeowners lost their homes during the first 6 months of this year! This alarming rate of Bank Foreclosures is on track to Eclipse the more than 900,000 homes repossesed in 2009. To give you an idea of how critical this situation is; by comparison, Lenders have historically Foreclosed on an average of 100,000 homes a year..This surge represents the Dynamic of a Foreclosure Crisis never seen before..it remains to be a crippling drag on the Economic Recovery...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 4:28PM Sellers if you want one of these:
Then you need to be sure you are Accurately Price Your HOME! Other than Location and Condition, Pricing your home properly is the Most Important Factor! It's a shame when a Beautifully Staged Home in an Incredible Location just sits and Lingers on the Market because of Pricing..
In some cases, Sellers Need to Adjust/Reduce their Price to attract Buyers, which will attract Offers! That is what we are looking for when we put our homes on the MLS for Sale...OFFERS!!
Some homeowners struggle with determining whether or not they should reduce their list Price. The guidance of a WELL QUALIFIED, KNOWLEDGEABLE, HONEST, ETHICAL, EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE BROKER will provide good council regarding the current market conditions and help you with your decision on whether you should or should not reduce/adjust your current asking price..
You may want to consider reducing your asking price if the following applies to you:
> The local sales prices of recently SOLD comparable homes are lower than your asking price.
> Buyers/Agents Feedback is suggesting the home is overpriced.
> Your showing activity is very low or has dropped off dramatically from the first couple of weeks, even though it is being well marketed.
> The offers you are getting are consistently lower than your asking price..
For more information regarding Today's Current Real Estate Market or if you are interested in buying or selling a piece of Real Estate, please call or email me at:
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Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 6:53PM Great news; BP capped the oil leak!! They still need to confirm the 75 ton cap will hold and not leak..at least they are moving in the right direction. I know this is not directly related to Real Estate but I just couldn't help myself.
Lets talk Real Estate now..
We have not experienced a home price drop like this (current) nationally since the "Great Depression"..Barclays Capital number crunchers estimate that the number of homes in the hands of lenders, whether it's Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any other Large private bank, is now approaching, are you ready..500,000-FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND! Now get ready for this..More than 200,000, that's right 200,000+ are owned by the GOVERNMENT! That makes them the FASTEST GROWING Seller of FORECLOSED homes in the entire country...Hmmmm...
Until next time..
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Steve
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 8:19PM Home values slide again in 2010..
Review of all preliminary housing data indicates that a slight recovery in 2009 has STALLED. A second dip is in full swing in many cities/towns, if not the entire United States.
Goldman Sachs; 2009's recovery has defiantly stalled. US home values will fall an additional 3% this coming year. Heaviest hit; Vegas, Portland and Seattle..
I think the combination of High home vacancy rates or rising mortgage delinquencies in those cities, projected values there will drop 4% to 12% in the coming 12 months..Even if these estimates are wrong, this slippage id discouraging.
Good news; Some areas did pretty well. Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego are up 3% or more through the end of May 2010, Boston and Denver were are also up in value this year! It's an otherwise dreary backdrop..
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Steve
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 8:14PM Great news but now how are they going to increase our market activity that is rapidly slowing to a snail pace since the Federal Tax Credit has expired..
No great news regarding new jobs in the US of A..
Retail sales are slumping..
A second dip (i don't think we ever got out of the first dip) is clearly on the way..
Put your seat belts on..
Until next time..
For more information regarding Today's Current Real Estate Market or if you are interested in buying or selling a piece of Real Estate, please call or email me at:
Direct: 925-330-3878
Email: stevepoirier@pacbell.net
Steve