The turkey recipe my family won’t let me stop making
[Read time: 4 minutes] I’ve been making this turkey for 20 years I (Steve) discovered this recipe in Sunset magazine in 2005, and my family WILL NOT let me stop…
How to get local real estate market updates
[Read time: less than 3 minutes] Keeping up on your local market Whether you’re a future seller or buyer, it’s great to keep tabs on the local housing market, and…
Spring real estate market update & first-time buyer expo
How’s the Spring Real Estate Market? The main theme for this year is that more sellers have come to market, but the number of buyers is similar to last year….
50% of buyers cry when buying a home!
Crying Over Real Estate? A few months ago, I (Steve) was in a webinar about artificial intelligence in the real estate industry, and one of the presenters mentioned a survey…
What the heck are supplemental property taxes? +🏡Updates
We hope you’re doing well! In this issue of In the Neighborhood, we’ll do our usual update on the housing market, highlight the sometimes-confusing issue of supplemental property taxes, and…
Funky market, new builds, and gardening time! 🌻
We hope you’re doing well! In this issue of In the Neighborhood, we’ve got an update on the current market, an idea that can help buyers win, and a few…
Happy Holidays (and a simple recipe)
Hey, we know you’re probably busy this time of year, so we’ll keep this simple. We are grateful to have met you in our real estate work, and for those…
Finding Bargain Homes in This Market
You’ve been hearing it from a lot of sources, including us — the market has shifted, and is continuing to change. This is a big change from six months ago,…
The Changing Housing Market
When I (Steve) bought my first home in 1991, I asked my realtor about the risk that prices might fall, since they’d risen so much in the 80s. His response…
A cooling market? Plus remodeling payback scores
While it’s still a hot market, and prices are up over last year, it feels like it’s starting to mellow. A big part of that is surely the result of…
