Found 17 blog entries tagged as Selling.

Things are happening out in the world, and there is a lot of general reporting on the real estate market, but here I will talk about what I know which is the Santa Cruz County market. Currently, we are seeing very low inventory levels. Only 170 listings county wide and prices range from $10,000 million to $399,000 as you can imagine that equates to very few listings that fit the location and budget of the average buyer.

I had a conversation with a seller recently and I said, “you know what? We talked about your home going on in May, and I still stand by that right now.” It is still pouring rain. It's still snowing in some parts of our county, and it is slowing the market down or basically stopping it even more than Covid did. Sellers are holding back…

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Why You Need a Trust!  I interviewed a trust attorney to explain why estate planning is so important. Watch the video and read this guest blog issue.

When it comes to putting off or refusing to create an estate plan, your mind can concoct all sorts of rationalizations: “I won’t care because I’ll be dead,” “I’m too young,” “That won’t happen to me,” or “My family will know what to do.”

But these thoughts all come from a lack of real education about estate planning and the consequences to your family. Once you understand exactly what planning is designed to prevent and support, you’ll realize there really is no acceptable excuse for not having a plan, provided you are able to plan and truly care about your family’s experience after you die or if you…

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This Real Estate Market for the new year, I am going to tell you a little bit about where we've been, where we're going and a little bit about where we are. Happy New Year! For Santa Cruz County in 2022, we had about 1480 sales. The average sale price was $1.47 million, appreciation was 10.2% for 2022. For people who were worried about buying and paying too much because prices were going down last year, you have absolutely no worries. And I think overall you really shouldn't worry. I think your property is going to appreciate just fine. 43 year average appreciation is 8%. Taking record of this, started in 1979, do you know the average sales price in Santa Cruz County was $74,998!  Video below and podcast is bottom right hand corner.

Can you even…

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Where else can you come home to views of the sea, stroll to the beach, enjoy dinner downtown or stay in and enjoy the comfort of a luxurious home? This Single level townhome is sumptuous and large and sits atop iconic Beach Hill! Here you can nestle up to the custom fireplace in the living room or take in the views and ocean breeze from the dining room or kitchen. Each window looks out onto the Monterey Bay, Cowell's Beach, the Santa Cruz Wharf and the hills. The Kitchen has a timeless art deco design with breakfast nook, or office space and pantry area. Two En-suite bedrooms and one extra space that could be an office, guest area or project space. The primary bedroom has a full walk-in closet with custom shower and bath. Full laundry inside and lots of…

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Market update for August 2022 Santa Cruz edition

Do you think the real estate market is cratering? Interest rates going up and the buyers are going to be able to get a screaming deal and sellers missed out and it's terrible! Now as a buyer you can just do whatever you want. Like the wild west, you could just go make low offers and sellers have to take your offer, right? Well, I am here to set this notion straight. Currently I have a few listings and I have buyers. It is good to have both buyer and seller because you really get the perspective of what's truly going on in the market, not just from being a listing agent but being an agent representing buyers too.

I have four examples of where a buyer wrote an offer on my listing and thought that the…

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A true Santa Cruz home! This home is in a class by itself. Here you can enjoy the aesthetic of Santa Cruz outside and the artful interior inside. Large picture windows draw the outside in, nature being the ultimate back drop to your home life. Large single level home has four bedrooms, with two large custom baths, all with gorgeous view windows. More about living in Santa Cruz here too 

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New kitchen with creamy blue cabinets and appliance, custom tiles and light fixtures. Large living room, with entertainment nook, dining room in kitchen space for casual and formal dining. Newer roof, gutters, windows, doors, appliances, and hot…

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123 Bursar Ln, Santa Cruz, CA

               
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Upper West Side! Westlake Cottages ~ a 14 year new development! Like New!  This 3 Bedrooms/2.5 Bathroom home has spacious open floor plan with large kitchen and living area all in hardwood for easy care and maintenance. The kitchen has gorgeous real wood cabinets with storage galore, granite countertops and an island for entertaining or easy dining. Powder room and washer and dryer are on main floor. Upstairs primary suite has a walk in closet, large bathroom with shower, soaking tub and generous sized shower. Guest bath with tub and shower and two guest bedrooms. There is alcove at the top of the stairs, great for a home office or study spot. Large two car garage with…

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14 Eastridge Drive, Santa Cruz

$1,399,000

 3bed - 4bath - 27,442.8 acres lot   

Here is your chance to live in the beautiful gated community of Pasatiempo!          

What if you came home from work and could hit a few balls or Saturday morning you could play around of golf in one of the premier golf clubs in America? Where do you want to spend your time? In Pasatiempo, pass the time.. here. moving to Santa Cruz

Become a member of the Pasatiempo Golf Club or grab a pool card for days for fun and sun at the pool! Or just stay home and lounge on the sunny deck and enjoy the lush green foliage. Spacious home that has Carmel Cottage vibe has a primary suite, two bedrooms, a separate bed and bath great for home office or family visits.…

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The market's changing. I think it is important that when you're interviewing an agent you find an agent that really does know the market. When you are talking to an agent and you found them online and you found them like me online and you found their qualifications and you think, I'll interview them. They must know the market they are advertising themselves so they must know the market. I thought about it and I thought, you know, how do you really know if an agent understands the current market? I've heard agents say, well, “I've been doing this for 30 years.”  I can promise you that every market is completely different. They all have so many facets to them. I've been doing it 18 years. We've had some ups and downs all caused by a myriad of different…

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For the last two years, January just took off like a rocket, continued pretty crazy upstream, till about May. Usually when school lets out and vacations and other summer activities begin. Let's not count 2020. But, 2021 looked about like that. People started getting back into having family get togethers, and parties, and things started to be normal. So, we did see a dip last summer as more distractions of the season came about. Yet last January 1st the market took off like a shot. But are we really in a sellers market? What are sellers going to do this year. First I will summarize sellers and let you in on a secret about seller's markets and buyer's markets.

First Let us profile sellers.

This year, January 1st was crickets. It's okay. Really, as…

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