East Bay Realty Pro Blog

During the Christmas to New Year’s holidays, those of us in the biz get a few weeks to “chill” (how much can depend on the weather) for a few weeks while our buyers and sellers take time off from real estate activities.
Those who follow my posts know my advice is to get right to it [...]

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Now, more than ever, each of us needs to have good credit scores to get car loans, credit cards and home mortgages. Determining your exact score is not easy because of the varying systems for making the calculation.
There are a number of free Web sites that offer credit scores, but they may not match what [...]

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A couple of days ago, I was taking exterior photos of an upcoming listing when two dog-walkers passed. I had a laugh – hope you do, too.

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The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) just came out with a chart that substantiates my advice to buyers and sellers in recent posts – the next four or five months are a window of opportunity for buyers to lock in low interest rates while benefitting from affordable prices. These favorable circumstances for buyers mean more [...]

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I just signed up for a new, online application which, in my opinion, is a must-have for many businesses, including real estate. An easy-to-use technology, DocuSign allows documents to be signed and returned online and the signatures are considered legal just as though you had signed them in person. I am now one of “only” [...]

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