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If you walk into The Gap and find a shirt you like with a price tag of $39.95 – you expect to pay no more than the ticketed price and hopefully… Read more ⇢

“Can I keep it?” This benign little question is raised at some point during nearly every transaction. Usually, a discussion of “personal property” versus “fixtures” ensues, but many items fall into… Read more ⇢

Here we go again. A client who is interested in selling her property recently told me about a conversation she had with her neighbor. Her neighbor warned that she had better sell… Read more ⇢

I’m back. And just in case you don’t believe it is really me (or as spellcheck likes to say, “really I”), I will try to throw in a few typos as… Read more ⇢

Or, as we like to say these days, comps-schmomps. That's what happens when demand exceeds supply. This morning in Scripps Ranch? A whopping 33 detached homes are on the market; if… Read more ⇢

Happy New Year to our three readers!  The bad news is that my oldest daughter had to ring in the new year in the Senate Press Gallery… Read more ⇢

Well, it would appear that we avoided that whole “end of civilization” thingy. Phew. As one friend put it, if the Mayans were so smart, there would… Read more ⇢

“What’s going on inside that house?” passers-by wonder. “Is it Black Friday again? Do they have cheap TV’s or free iPads? Is someone throwing a party, and… Read more ⇢

  From the OMG files, Bank of America (BAC) recently sent a new advisory to agents who handle short sales. And, as if short sales weren’t already enough fun (and by… Read more ⇢

I could almost hear the mournful, whistling theme song – the one that plays in every Western movie right before the gunfight… Read more ⇢

Question: What’s your excuse this time for not blogging for nearly a month, blogging being a medium whose success depends almost entirely on delivering consistent daily, if not weekly, fresh and… Read more ⇢

Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices for June came out yesterday. But you didn’t have to wait until yesterday. Zillow saved you the trouble and predicted last… Read more ⇢

  Photo credit: By chokola The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released their home sales statistics for July. This… Read more ⇢

  According to the Wall Street Journal, the “housing bust is over.” Phew! That’s a relief. This article ran last week so, technically, the housing bust was… Read more ⇢