Well, my friend Mary Pope Handy has some tips for you!She's a Los Gatos Realtor, hosts the Haunted Real Estate web site.She writes: Once a friend of mine and I walked into a home that just "felt creepy". There was a coldness to the house, we couldn't put our fingers on it Continue Reading
When selling or buying a home in Berkeley, it's important to know whether or not the home is subject to Berkeley's Creek Ordinance. And it turns out that Berkeley City Hall is built over Strawberry Creek! Good thing all the retrofitting has already been done... because Continue Reading
As Marge would have said in Fargo .... "You Betcha"!We've tracked the correlation for years, and can now predict the probable selling price for a home based on how many disclosure packages are out, and how many buyers decide to make an offer.And today's sale of 1837 San Continue Reading
Carol came back from the vets and told me that Poudini was a Torby!I thought about it a moment and realized what she was saying.Poudini is a tortoise-shell tabby... aka "torby"So now you know about it too! Continue Reading
And that's what happened to me at Sunday's open house of our new Berkeley Thousand Oaks Neighborhood home at 1837 San Lorenzo.I was opening up the house, and getting flyers to give to a visitor, when I turned around to greet them.My left foot was on the steps... and the Continue Reading
Amongst the words of wisdom attributed to Groucho Marx is the quote "I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member."We've noticed the same effect in real estate.A home might stay on the market for weeks, and then receive two or three offers at the Continue Reading
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