Friday’s Market Update for Redwood City real estate May 18, 2012

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Redwood City Friday Market Update for May 18, 2012 For the past 7 days Redwood City has seen a robust spring real estate market. The sweet spot for homes purchased are under $1,000,000 with those homes priced $600,000 - $800,000 being the ones in most favor. The average sale price for May sits at $773K. This is lower than the $828K average sale … [Read more...]

The Customer Has Changed in Redwood City Real Estate.

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Where are my customers? A few years back there was a book named “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson. In the book there was two types of behaviors and two types of attitude within each behavior. The characters were portrayed as mice. One group consisted of two mice, Sniff and Scurry. They love the good times and enjoyed them when they … [Read more...]

Facing Foreclosure or Loss Of Job?

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Informative video on how homeowners who are losing their homes due to foreclosure or job loss and new hope and help from their banks. California is offering free money for mortgages while making a push to get homeowners into a 2 billion dollar foreclosure prevention program, and as a result, you could see a principle reduction on your … [Read more...]

Mother’s Day…How It Came About

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Mother’s Day In the United States, Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well the positive contributions that they make to society. Woman’s peace groups were the first to start Mother’s Day.  The groups were Mothers … [Read more...]

May 11, 2012 Redwood City real estate Friday Market Update

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Redwood City Friday Market Update for May 11, 2012 For the past 7 days Redwood City has seen a robust spring real estate market. The sweet spot for homes purchased are under $1,000,000 with those homes priced $600,000 - $800,000 being the ones in most favor. The average sale price sits at $740K. This is an upward trend for May but still lower … [Read more...]

IRS Says…You’ll Owe More Taxes If You Sell By The Short Sale Process!!!

Do You Need To Short Sale Your Home?

This is some important news for home sellers thinking about doing a short sale and why you'll want to do it before the end of the year. Have a great weekend! By clicking the link below you will be able to watch a video on what is in store for homeowners come 2013: http://rmilending.com/short-sale-tax-relief If you would like more … [Read more...]

Redwood City History – The Lathrop House

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January 6, 1858, the wife of Benjamin G. Lathrop, Mary C. Lathrop, brought the all the vacant lots on the block, which the present Fox Theatre building now stands.  Mary Lathrop purchased these vacant lots from the Arguello and Mezes families, the area's earliest landowners. The Lathrup’s' residence was ready for occupancy in 1863.  … [Read more...]

What is a Victory Garden?

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Victory Gardens were encouraged by governments of the United States, UK, Canada, and Germany between 1914 and 1945. The reasoning was the troops needed the food farmers grew so citizens in the homeland needed to provide for themselves. This was not only a morale booster for the citizens gardeners, but took the pressure off the public food supply … [Read more...]