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Top 4 Reasons to Own a Home There's No Reason to Panic Over Today's Lending Standards How a Change in Mortgage Rates Affects Buying Power To Renovate or Not to Renovate How Smart is it to Buy a Home Today? Home Prices: What Happened in 2020 The Reason Mortgage Rates Are Expected to Rise Home Mortgage Rates By Decade Will Low Mortgage Rates Continue Do I Really Need 20% Down? Owning a Home is Still More Affordable than Renting One Things to Avoid After Applying for a Mortgage Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures? The Importance of Home Equity in Building Wealth More Generations are Living Under One Roof Why It's Important to Price Your Home Right Today Turning a House into a Happy Home Did You Outgrow Your Home in 2020? 2021 Housing Forecast Homeowner Equity Increases an Astonishing $1 Trillion 10 Over $10m 3 Reasons to be Optimistic 5 Steps to Follow When Applying for Forebearance Prop 19 - Keeping Your Property Tax Basis An Honest Look at the Unemployment Numbers Knowledge is Power on the Path to Homeownership Winter Will Bring Flurry of Activity Why the 2021 Forecast Doesn't Call for a Foreclosure Crisis Two Important Aspects of Home Equity Degeneres Sells Flip House Why Today's Options Will Save Homeowners from Foreclosure Should You Buy a Retirement Home Sooner Where Are Home Values Headed over the Next 12 Months Home Builder Confidence Hits All-Time High Is the Economic Recovery Beating All Projections Unemployment Rate Falls How Will the Presidential Election Impact Real Estate Median Prices Rise HPSI Drops How Is Remote Work Changing Homebuyer Needs Homeownership Rate Continues to Rise Two Reasons We Won't See Foreclosures Cottage Industry Booming - Parents Move to the Backyard Is The Health Crisis Driving Buyers Our of Urban Areas Should We Be Looking at Unemployment Numbers Differently? What Are the Experts Saying About Home Prices Is The Economic Recovery Already Underway? $68 Million Starter Home The Shocking News in the Unemployment Report 30 Year Loans at 50 Year Low Three Things to Understand About Unemployment Statistics Yes Virginia, There is Real Estate More Expensive than San Francisco Home Prices It's All About Supply & Demand Some Bay Area Rents Plunge Elon Musk - House for Sale Cheap! Recovery Late 2020 Why this Summer is the 2020 Real Estate Season Experts Predict Economic Recovery Housing Market Poised to Lead Recovery Financial Benefit of Owning a Home Will the Housing Market Turn Around This Year Will Home Values Appreciate in the Wake of CoronaVirus Unemployment Hope on the Horizon 16 in Bay Area make the cut as James Beard Award finalists New Real Estate Rule Encourages Fair Treatment Pocket Listings Reduced Buying a Home Right Now Covid 19 and Home Values Uncertainty Abounds in the Search for Economic Recovery Timetable Belvedere Queen Anne Will This Economic Crisis Have a V, U, or L-Shaped Recovery? The Pain of Unemployment: It will be deep, but not for long SF Pending Sales Down 40% Today's Homebuyers Want Lower Prices. Sellers Disagree Potrero Power Station Redevelopment Headed for Final Approval What You Can Do to Get Your House Ready to Sell Will Surging Unemployment Crush Home Sales Looking to the Future: What the Experts Are Saying What You Can Do to Keep Your Dream of Homeownership Moving Forward IT'S NOT LIKE LAST TIME... Don't Let Frightening Headlines Scare You Gates Notes on Corona Virus That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief How Homes are Selling During Pandemic Why the Stock Market Correction Probably Won't Impact Home Values Economic Slowdown, Experts Predict Recessions Are Not Housing Crises No Foreclosure Wave Healed Femur Three Reasons Why... Berkeley Classic Mid-Century Seriously. Stay In. This time is not like last time... Strength of Economy Surprising Where Have All the Houses Disappeared To? More Affordable Buyers in Line The New Spring Market! The 2020 Real Estate Projections That May Surprise You Selling a first-time homebuyer home? Pitch to the early 30s Will Increasing Mortgage Rates Impact Home Prices? Common Things to Look Out for Before Buying Your Dream Home Why You Should Consider Selling in the Winter Is Getting a Home Mortgage Still Too Difficult? SF does not have the highest rents in the Bay Area SF home prices drop, still unaffordable for all How healthy is the U.S. economy Here’s what 7 key indicators reveal. Weekly Market Update 20 Tips for Preparing Your House for Sale This Spring 3 Reasons Why We Are Not Heading Toward Another Housing Crash How To List Your Home for the Best Price UNEXPECTED DIP IN MORTGAGE RATES OPENS HOMEBUYING AFFORDABILITY WINDOW One More Time… You Do Not Need 20% Down to Buy a Home The Cost Across Time Is the Recent Dip in Interest Rates Here to Stay? TIDBITS WEEK OF 1/7/19 Top Renovations to Complete Before You Sell Your House 4 Quick Reasons NOT to Fear a Housing Crash No Bubble Here! How New Mortgage Standards Are Helping Don't Get Caught in the Rental Trap Buyers: Don’t Be Surprised by Closing Costs! The Cost of Renting vs. Buying a Home Why Has Housing Supply Increased as Sales Have Slowed Down? Robert Redford lists St. Helena home for $7.5 million Where are Home Values Headed over the Next Few Years? Housing Is Still (relatively) Affordable in the United States! 20 Tips for Preparing Your House for Sale This Fall Is the Increase in Inventory a Bullish or Bearish Sign for Real Estate? Are We About to Enter a Buyers’ Market? 2 Factors to Watch in Today’s Real Estate Market Whether Buying or Selling Are Home Prices Softening or Are They Falling? The Cost of NOT Paying PMI THE EFFECT OF SAVING UP MORE DOWN PAYMENT Where Are Mortgage Interest Rates Headed In 2019? Is the Real Estate Market Finally Getting Back to Normal? Are Homebuyers Starting to Hit the ‘Pause’ Button? Prep Your Home for Sale Why are Existing Home Sales Down? Rent or Buy: Either Way You’re Paying A Mortgage! What Does the Recent Rash of Price Reductions Mean to the Real Estate Market? Millionaire to Millennials: Owning Your Home Can Help You Retire Sooner! Home Buying Myths Slayed 4 Reasons Why We Are Not Heading Toward Another Housing Bubble Existing-Home Sales Slip, but Inventory Stirs Housing Will Not Fall Victim to Next Economic Storm Homes More Affordable Today than 1985-2000 Buying This Summer? Be Prepared for Bidding Wars New Prop 13 Tweak Could Save Homeowners Thousands Tax Businesses to Ease Housing Crisis Top 4 Home Renovations for Max ROI [INFOGRAPHIC] Are Lending Standards Too Loose…or Too Tight? Will Home Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Rise? Selling Your House on Your Own Could Cost You Why Have Interest Rates Jumped to a 7-Year High? How Current Interest Rates Can Have a High Impact on Your Purchasing Power Oil Prices continue to move higher after Trump calls off Iran deal Banks are Great at Checking Accounts. They aren't so good at loans... What If I Wait Until Next Year to Buy a Home? 4 Reasons Why Today’s Housing Market is NOT 2006 All Over Again How Much Has Your Home Increased in Value Over the Last Year? Why Home Prices Are Increasing “Short of a war or stock market crash…” What Is Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)? Boomerang Buyers: Most Qualify for Financing in 2-3 Years The Cost of Renting vs. Buying Today Be Thankful You Don’t Have to Pay Your Parents’ Interest Rate! Freddie Mac: Rising Mortgage Rates DO NOT Lead to Falling Home Prices The Cost of Waiting: Interest Rates Edition The COST of Your Next Home Will Be LESS Than Your Parents’ Home Was STATEWIDE RENT CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA A New Housing Bubble Forming…Not Before 2024! Home Prices: The Difference 5 Years Makes Competition is Coming, Are You Thinking of Selling Your Home? News Tidbits Are Home Values Really Overinflated? Is Now a Good Time to Rent? Potential Growth Mortgage Rates on FIRE! Home Prices Up in Smoke? 2 Ways to Get the Most Money from The Sale of Your Home Should I Wait Until Next Year to Buy? Or Buy Now? Calm Down! The Real Estate Market is NOT Falling Apart Where Are Mortgage Interest Rates Headed in 2018? Whether You Rent or Buy, Either Way You’re Paying a Mortgage! Thinking of Buying at the Shipyard...wait a sec Two Minute Tidbit January 18 Bidding Wars Abound… How Long Will They Continue? 2 Major Myths Holding Back Home Buyers Where Did Americans Move in 2017? 61% of First-Time Buyers Put Down Less than 6% Get ahead....by getting ahead. The Impact of Tight Inventory on the Housing Market 712,000 Homes in the US Regained Equity in the Past 12 Months! The Benefits of Homeownership Go Beyond the Financial There’s More to a Bubble Than Rising Home Prices The Future of Interest Rates The Future of SF Housing Prices Housing Prices are NOT Heading for Another Crash Home Prices Up 6.54% Across the Country! Access is an Important Factor in Getting Your House SOLD! Bubble Alert! Is it Getting Too Easy to Get a Mortgage? 2 Charts That Show the Truth about Home Affordability 5 Reasons to Sell This Winter! 7 Reasons to List Your Home This Holiday Season Top 4 Home Renovations for Maximum ROI The Real Reason Home Prices are Increasing Homeowners: Your House Must Be Sold TWICEHomeowners: Your House Must Be Sold TWICE Curious About Local Real Estate?