There isn’t a week that goes by where the question about the present market’s sustainability isn’t raised by one or people who I encounter in our business. Most recently, I had a lengthy discussion with a prospective client who told… Read More ›
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Business Trends and Lafayette Real Estate Values
I’ve written quite a bit about the evolution of San Francisco’s business complexion, and the surge in technology-based businesses that call The City their home. Clearly, this is a subject that holds great interest for me as one with a… Read More ›
The Bay Area Economy Adds Fuel to the Lafayette Real Estate Market
Perhaps we live in a bubble within Lafayette, but if you had to pick a bubble, ours is definitely the place to be. The San Francisco metropolitan area led the nation in job growth in January with 41,300 new jobs,… Read More ›
The Lafayette Real Estate Market and Beyond… March 2013
After a short dash of winter weather, we are back to sunny skies and perhaps a surge in inventory as we head into the second week of March. With temps moving up this coming week, I’m hoping to see inventories… Read More ›
Wafting Scents in Lafayette CA Real Estate
It’s Sunday… the government is operating on a new diet of less money, and there isn’t a lot of profound real estate news today. In fact, I’m just gearing up for an Open House on an incredible new listing, and… Read More ›
Spending A Million Dollars Plus in Cash on Lafayette CA Real Estate!
Cash purchases represented a record 32 percent of California’s home sales last year, up from 30 percent in 2011 and more than double the annual average of 15.6 percent since 1991. Investors rushing into California’s housing markets helped push the… Read More ›
Lafayette Real Estate 2013 — Where have all the homes gone?
Let’s set the stage, and in this case a picture is definitely worth a thousand of my words. The most discussed problem in today’s Lafayette or greater Lamorinda real estate market is the lack of inventory: The problem clearly represented… Read More ›
Another Reason People are Moving to Lamorinda
The Bay Area has one of the nation’s tightest housing markets, with vacancy rates of just 1.1 percent for single-family homes and 3.5 percent for rental units — offering a strong impetus for home builders to step up construction in… Read More ›
Lafayette, CA Real Estate… The Luxury Home Market for 2013
It’s too early to tell how the luxury home market will perform in 2013, but the early signs are encouraging. Logically, it’s the next leg up in Lafayette, CA real estate, as well as communities such as Orinda, Alamo and… Read More ›
Why We Should LOVE Lafayette, CA Real Estate!!!
I will be forever grateful for the day when we first moved to Lafayette, CA — now a staggering 25 years ago, following a corporate transfer to San Francisco with my first big job promotion following grad school. I didn’t… Read More ›