First Time Home Buyers Archives

Feb

Interest Rate Watch!!

Posted In: Economy, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, General Real Estate News, Mortgage & Finance

Finally some good news for the housing market! Mortgage rates went down again, with the 30-year fixed-rate down nearly a full point from November, when it peaked at just over seven percent!! According to Freddie Mac research, this one percentage point reduction in rates can allow as many as three million more mortgage-ready consumers to qualify and afford a $400,000 [...]

Sep

Gratitude

Posted In: Berkeley, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, For the Home, Home Improvement, Lofts, Condos, & Townhouses

It’s a beautiful day in North Berkeley! Karl the fog is away and the leaves are starting to show their fall colors. Plus, it’s Thursday, which means it is Broker Tour day, the day that agents go out and preview all of the new houses that hit the market for the week. And sometimes we are lucky enough to get [...]

May

Virtual Open House Schedule for 821 Polk St in Albany

Posted In: Albany, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers

Click here to see the entire open house schedule! {Virtual Open House schedule}

Mar

Buy, Sell or Wait? What’s Changing and Isn’t? Coronavirus and the Real Estate Market

Posted In: Economy, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, General Real Estate News

Although we have weathered dramatic changes in the real estate market in the past, the unprecedented global health threat posed by coronavirus is unlike any other potential market disruption we’ve experienced before. In this time of uncertainty, our clients are asking a lot of questions. We want to try to address them the best we can, keeping in mind that [...]

Feb

Tis’ the Season For Love Letters

Posted In: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, General Real Estate News

It is February, and February means L O V E . Well, for some it does- at least for the first half of the month! Have you ever written a love letter to a special someone? Did that letter spell out what it was you loved about them, or how you felt? I remember being in the 3rd grade and [...]

Jan

Where is the East Bay Real Estate Market Headed in in 2020

Posted In: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, First Time Home Buyers, For Boomers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Investing, Local Market Statistics

It’s a new year, time to dust off our crystal ball and gaze into the future of the East Bay real estate market. Will the new year be a good time to sell a house? Can you finally afford to buy that starter home? Should you invest in a rental property? The good news: As we head into 2020, we [...]

Mar

Top Things to do around 86 Anair Way in Oakland

Posted In: Community, First Time Home Buyers, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Listings, Neighborhood Businesses

86 Anair Way, situated at the base of the Oakland foothills, is located in a secret little community that many people are not familiar with. As soon as you exit the freeway and head west on 98th it is very easy to pass up the community of Anair Way. But if you know it exists you are in for a [...]

Feb

Can you really buy a 2 bedroom condo in Oakland for under $550,000? Yes!

Posted In: First Time Home Buyers, Food and Dining, Lofts, Condos, & Townhouses, Oakland

Can you really buy a 2 bedroom condo in Oakland for under $550,000? Yes, you can, and it is in a simply-sweet gated community located at the top of a tree-lined hill. Tell me more! 86 Anair Way is a serene and tranquil 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath townhome located in a hidden community close to the Oakland Zoo and overlooking [...]

Oct

Is the Market About to go kerplunk?

Posted In: Economy, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Local Market Statistics

Buyers, Sellers + Realtors were all chatting about the market at our open house this past weekend. It seems that everyone is confused about the market and what was happening: Is it shifting? Is it dropping? Is it seasonal? YES!!! All of the above. The problem is that we won’t know which it is until it passes. The other problem [...]

Aug

What is like to live at 737 Cornell in Albany, CA?

Posted In: Albany, First Time Home Buyers, For Sellers, Listings

Story #1: A Day in the Life at 737 Cornell, Albany, CA Located one block from Solano Ave shops + restaurants it is easy to see why the location is sa-weet! Walk, bike, roll, scoot, crawl, run, meander…no matter how you get around you can do it all, without a car! It is 6am and you are headed out the [...]