Alain Pinel Is Back In Town… Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. the obvious choice for industry icon Alain Pinel, the renowned real estate entrepreneur whose name is on the façade of a leading national real estate company, has returned to Northern California and will serve as Senior Vice President and Managing Officer of Intero [...]
Recently, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law all of the five natural gas transmission pipeline safety bills passed this year by the Legislature. The new laws place California in the national forefront of pipeline safety awareness. In addition, the laws bring into sharper focus the lessons learned from the deadly gas transmission pipeline explosion [...]
Four words a seller never wants to hear. And a message that we, as realtors don’t enjoy delivering to our clients. However, it must be said, time and again, that this is a market of supply and demand. Influenced by economic factors, the job market, mortgage rates, and buyer attitude. Supply and demand. Supply and [...]
File this under the Alannis Morrissette “isn’t it ironic” category. Founder and former CEO of ForSalebyOwner.com, Colby Sambrotto listed his 2,000 square foot New York condominium on his own through online classified ads and FSBO sites, but after six months, he opted to hire New York broker Jesse Buckler who immediately advised a price change [...]
House-hunting can be exhilarating and simultaneously cumbersome. Let’s say you’re offered a job here in Silicon Valley, but are completely unfamiliar with the multitude of local neighborhoods, of which there are hundreds. You may feel in over your head. One way to lighten your load is to use the process of elimination and prioritize housing [...]
Starting this past Friday, July 1st, carbon monoxide detectors must be installed, consistent with new construction standards or according to the approved instructions for the detectors, in all existing single-family dwelling units. All other dwelling units (such as apartments) must have proper carbon monoxide detectors no later than January 1, 2013. For home sellers? This [...]
Got this great data from our CEO, Gino Blefari, in a recent email. In short, come September 30, look for the Fed to lower our loan limits (again!). There’s a new threat in town – a proposed move by the government that especially threatens the viability of some Bay Area housing markets, which tend to [...]
Did you know???….$737M of single family homes were sold in San Mateo County in Q1-2010, and in Q1 of this year, that number was $736.6M? Or that the average price of a home in San Carlos was almost $75,000 more this past quarter, versus the same period last year? Market stats, market stats, and [...]
Today’s post comes courtesy of our very own Rick Soukoulis, Chairman and CEO of Intero Mortgage, who always has great ‘big picture’ perspectives. I get asked quite often if the nightmare in Japan is going to bring about global economic problems that will halt our recovery and maybe even send us back into a downward [...]
As the first and longest running real estate podcast in the SF Bay Area, The Gory Details is back again for its first installment of 2011. Back again for her semi-annual update is the one, the only, Carole Rodoni. Carole is formerly president of Fox and Carskadon Realtors, COO of Cornish & Carey Real Estate, [...]
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