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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 So, I purchased and an iPhone about two months ago, and love this phone. I do not know how I lived without my camera, video camera, music player, email, IM and oh yea phone in one devise. But it is the apps that make the phone a must have, they have games, tools, news an...
12/08/2009
So, I purchased and an iPhone about two months ago, and love this phone. I do not know how I lived without my camera, video camera, music player, email, IM and oh yea phone in one devise. But it is the apps that make the phone a must have, they have games, tools, news and business apps. They hav...
12/08/2009
With the first week of December already over, just 17 shopping days left for those celebrating Christmas, I wanted to monitor the Alameda sales carefully as we close out the year. The market loses about seven day in the month between the 24th and the 31st for home sales. A few homes will sell and...
12/07/2009
After a strong three months of home sales Alameda saw a buying drop 48 percent in November. The positive is we saw a couple or additional sales over November of last year.For the month, Alameda had 34 properties change hands. The best news for home sellers was 16 of the 34 properties sold above t...
12/03/2009
Seeing that inventory has dropped in Alameda over the past several weeks I thought it was important to show how the region is performing over the past several months.The SF Bay Area has seen a drop every month for the past 12 months. In November of 2008 the region had 30,668 homes for sale a year...
12/02/2009
I was able to watch the Planning Board meeting yesterday, and for someone that is interested in Real Estate and home construction the discussion over the Density Bonus Ordinance was fascinating stuff. Action on the item was continued to the next meeting but here are the highlights.   John Biggs ...
03/11/2009
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I came across a press release from the National Association of Realtors® that I thought was a good reminder as the tax deadline rapidly approaches. Congress and the state of California have made a lot of changes through the stimulus package and the state budget that impact home owners. It is cruc...
03/10/2009
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Read my take on the most recent Case-Shiller Report which revealed that San Francisco saw home values lose more than 30 percent in December. I take a look at how the Alameda Median Sale price has performed in the last two years. The Island saw a 10% decrease from December 2006 to the same month i...
02/25/2009
Flickr Photo Courtesy of DCJohn   Visit: 94501 Real Estate @ http://94501realestate.blogspot.com/ I have purposefully held off on writing about the Federal Government’s new “Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan” until I had a chance to read all the information and understand how it would i...
02/24/2009
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Yesterday was an amazing day in terms of people viewing and following the inauguration events and festivities. I know that my Internet access was very slow yesterday do to the volume of people clicking and streaming to follow the day’s events. Here at 94501 Real Estate it is time to get back to ...
01/21/2009
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