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311 Mar Monte Ave, La Selva Beach, CA
CLICK HERE TO GET DIRECTIONS $1,579,000 3BED - 3BATH - 0.37 ACRES LOT-SOLAR, BONUS ROOM AND HUGE LOT! BEST SURF SPOT PHOTOS | MAPS & LOCAL | SCHOOLS | PRINT Nestled in this small, charming community, is a large home ready to move in c...
Real Estate Market Update August 2022
Market update for August 2022 Santa Cruz edition Do you think the real estate market is cratering? Interest rates going up and the buyers are going to be able to get a screaming deal and sellers missed out and it's terrible! Now as a buyer y...
Just Listed | 123 Bursar Lane Santa Cruz
123 Bursar Ln, Santa Cruz, CA CLICK HERE TO GET DIRECTIONS Upper West Side! Westlake Cottages ~ a 14 year new development! Like New! This 3 Bedrooms/2.5 Bathroom home has spacious open floor plan with large kitchen and living area all...
May Real Estate Market Update
Is the market changing. Is there a shift in the air or is it just the tremors we've been having lately here in Santa Cruz? They market is definitely changing, but maybe just changing in our mind because I haven't really seen anything. I've been...
Should I Sell My House or Rent It Out?
Should you sell now or rent your home out? Keeping your home allows you continue to build equity as you pay down the mortgage with rental income. Plus, the market value of the home continues to increase over time. If the house is in good con...
Buying a house – Santa Cruz Edition
How to buy a house! ~ I wrote this in 2015 and in some ways it is very quaint. It makes me long for simpler times. Buying a home is a scary prospect and I typically find that buyers who are not scared are either not really going to buy a hou...
UCSC Off Campus Housing-Renting or Buying Tips
Congratulations! Did you get accepted into UC Santa Cruz? Yay! Wait, where am I going to live? After the first year of on-campus housing, where do you go? Full disclosure: I'm a realtor. I don't do property management; I'm not a property man...
Who Pays For Staging?
Who pays for home staging? A good question, realtor, seller maybe both, but it is worth it. Sometimes realtors pay for it, but may increase their commission, sometimes sellers are just fine paying for it and splitting the cost is always a good...