Santa Cruz Beach Properties

Protecting your Tax Base with Proposition 60 Are you over 55 and thinking about selling your home and moving into something smaller, but worried about the tax implications when you relocate? If so, you aren't alone. As the baby boomers find themselves approaching retirement age and becoming empty...

Increase Value   To attract buyers, sellers must up the ante to convince them that their property offers what many want most - top value for dollar expended. Here are eight fast fixes:   1. Buff up curb appeal. You've heard it before, but it's critical to get buyers to want to look on the inside...

10 Questions to Ask the Condo BoardBefore you buy, contact the condo board with the following questions. In the process, you'll learn how responsive - and organized - its members are. You'll also be alerted to potential problems with the property.1. What percentage of units is owner-occupied? Wha...

Santa Cruz Condos - Market Overview August 2010   The best that can be said about last year is its over! Condo sales were up 12.8% from 2008.The median price dropped 16% from 2008. The good news in all this is that prices bottomed out in the first quarter and started strengthening the last nine m...

Home Sales Up 22% Last Year The best that can be said about last year is its over! Home sales were up 22% from 2008, which was an abysmal year for sales. The 1,750 re-sale homes sold last year were still a far cry far cry from the 2,300 plus homes sold annually in 2003, 2004 and 2005.The median ...

10 Tips for Moving With Pets   Moving to a new home can be stressful on your pets, but there are many things you can do to make the process as painless as possible. Experts at The Pet Realty Network (www.petrealtynetwork.com) in Naples, Fla., offer these helpful tips for easing the transition and...

Santa Cruz County, California Using the County GIS ToolGIS or Geographic Information Systems are tools that allow various types of information about places or properties to be displayed graphically on a map. A short list of the different information or "layers" that are commonly shown include zon...

Mortgage Rate Outlook   The chart to the left shows the National monthly average for 30-year fixed rate mortgages as compiled by HSH.com.    Jul. 2, 2010 -- If you're concerned about the direction of the economy and the prospects for a robust recovery, not only are you not alone. The already-slow...

Lose of Fed Tax Credit Slows Market Down   The Fed Tax Credit ended with a whimper in Santa Cruz County. Home sales were off 18% year-over-year. Sales activity seems to be concentrated in the low-end of the market, especially condos, where investors with all cash offers rule. Investors are buying...

Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, wetland, or rivers. Anything that enters a storm sewer system is discharged untreated into the water bodies we use for swimming, fishing, and providing drinking ...