by Peter Richmond | Apr 7, 2017
Just as in any other type of industry, real estate firms are ranked by a number of standards, one of them the total volume of sales per year. Following this standard, in figures just announced for 2016, Pacific Union has moved up a notch to the eighth largest in the...
by Peter Richmond | Mar 31, 2017
Full Employment usually bodes well for both Buyers and Sellers. The reasons are simple! Buyers who are employed are more likely to be able to buy a home, and Sellers will have a larger pool of potentially interested buyers competing for the home being sold. Read...
by Peter Richmond | Mar 24, 2017
You may have suspected as much, but the following will give you an idea just how much your equity in your home has increased in recent years as values have steadily risen. Although California price appreciation slowed in 2016, homeowners still gained about twice as...
by Peter Richmond | Mar 17, 2017
Well, we’ve been talking about the likelihood of the Fed raising interest rates now for some time. This past week, Chairwoman Yellen did so, simultaneously noting the Fed likely will follow with at least two additional increases later this year. She stressed...
by Peter Richmond | Mar 10, 2017
So you have the house you want, but….there’s just one thing you’d like to add and that would make it perfect. What to do? Buy a new house or remodel? Usually, for reasons of cost & convenience, the answer is remodel. BUT: it isn’t...
