We’re very fortunate to live in an area that historically has weathered real estate downturns well, but there have been some real changes in the broader real estate market (in the Bay Area, statewide and nationally) since the beginning of 2018. With [...]
There were 2 local measures on the November 2018 ballot that were approved by voters that will impact local real estate going forward. The first was Measure P, which passed with 72% of voters saying yes. Measure P increases the Berkeley city [...]
I am a big fan of a good purge, and the new year is a great time to get rid of unwanted stuff. At the same time, I hate to throw anything away that someone else might be able to use, and [...]
I mentioned in the last newsletter that there have been some rumblings of changes in the market, with higher inventory spreading out the buyer pool. This was true again over the summer in the hills. We had 68 active listings over the [...]
There has been a lot of talk lately about changes in the market triggered by higher levels of inventory. Higher inventory was a factor again over the summer in other areas of Berkeley (see the post with data for the Hills area [...]
Money magazine just released their latest ranking of colleges and universities, and the University of California got 5 of the top 11 spots! Wow! To come up with the rankings, Money combines measures of “Quality of Education” (based largely on graduation rates), [...]
This is not exactly a real estate question, but it is something I have been really wondering about myself! When I was growing up, I don’t remember ever encountering a wild turkey. Now it seems they’re everywhere, not just in the Bay [...]
I was excited to crunch the numbers for this spring season, with two questions in mind. First, there has been a lot of talk lately about the relatively high level of inventory on the market, so I wanted to see how the [...]
I was excited to crunch the numbers for this spring season, with two questions in mind. First, there has been a lot of talk lately about the relatively high level of inventory on the market, so I wanted to see how the [...]
https://www.homewyse.com/ I saw a mention of the website above in a Money magazine article about home improvement projects, so I checked it out and thought it was worth passing along. It's a price calculator for home renovation and maintenance projects. You select a project, [...]
