Karen and Wayne Halladay's (khalladay) Blog

We finally got our fifth wheel in good enough shape to take it on the road. Wayne had a few moments of nerves with that 25 feet and 6 tons behind us, but we made it to Sacramento with no untoward incidents. We had made reservations at the resort for a "pull through" site (not too handy at precisi...

Recently I visited the Woodbridge community in Manteca, CA. The sales staff is pretty young for the most part, but very accomodating and enthusiastic. They have quite a few activities and clubs although they are still building and don't have a huge population. The huge new clubhouse is going up r...

As the proud listing agents for 5 Walnut Creek condo/patio home units, we have been studying the condo market. Listing inventory was at a high June thru October, 2006. Pending sales have been running about 20 units a month.  Current active listings are at 58, which is as low as it has been since ...

 The National Association of Realtors has surveyed closed home sales and determined that the average sale by an owner without a Realtor was 15.4% lower than homes represented by a Realtor.  Why might you want to consider working with us as Realtors:1. Like it or not, California is a litigious sta...

While the simplistic answer usually thrown out by unsophisticate agents is "price", sometimes that isn't it at all. Karen and Wayne Halladay have a set of analyses to help you answer that question. We do a thorough (47 Point Home Analysis of your specific home. It acknowledges areas where you hav...