In 2024 it became necessary for a real estate agent to get a written agreement with a potential buyer before they could tour a home with them. Claims had been made that sellers were forced to pay a...
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Median Days On Market
The roughly two-year-long pronounced difference in house price growth between Santa Clara County and cities near San Francisco invites us to examine...
Can Protected Trees Be Removed
Cities enact their own tree protection ordinances, which are specific to that city. A long-time Palo Alto resident recently posted about his...
Buyer’s Market vs. Seller’s Market In Belmont
You often hear the phrase "seller's market". Most people would say that this means the sellers are exerting their desire for higher prices over the...
Settlement Contingency Protects You But Makes Your Purchase Offer More Acceptable
Many homeowners are held back from purchasing a new home because they want or need to sell their current home. Many potential buyers have heard...
No Contingency Purchase Offer
Most Silicon Valley home buyers are well aware that a no contingency purchase offer is more appealing to a home seller than a contingent purchase...
“The Old Paradigm Of Low Interest Rates … Is Not Going To Return”
Ken Rosen, the chairman of the Fisher Center For Real Estate, at Berkeley's Hass School of Business, talked recently about future real estate...