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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 1M ago

Craazy Market-How to Get Your Offer Accepted

This market is craaaazy… Generally we have 1.2 months inventory on hand.  This is based on MLS Statistical Report for the five areas we service from Bay Point to Discovery Bay; there are 428 active listings and an average of 353 sales per month.  Wow, that is incredible.  This means multiple offers
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 2M ago

Pay Down Your Mortgage and Save

I was at a seminar the other day and of course everyone is always asking about real estate.  Casually, a non Realtor said something about not being able to refinance her mortgage.  She was going to be there a long time, over the five year normal term and was looking for ways to save money.  It was n
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 4M ago

That time of Year, Predictions in Real Estate

Almost everyone is asking me “What do I hear from the banks?”  Well, nothing, we have been hearing very little.  Along with the robo signing debacle and government trying to help homeowners, we have unemployment which is literally the elephant in the room.  Banks are not releasing inventory or not c
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 8M ago

2010-2011 Real Estate Legal Update

Please see below: CAR Legal Updates directly fromt he California Association of Realtors website, CAR.org. A lot of new stuff, links  are not active so if desired, go to http://www.car.org/legal/2011-new-laws/ 2011 New Federal and State Statutes Including Statutes Passed During 2010   This chart sum
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 9M ago

Bay Area Green Tours is sponsoring

Bay Area Green Tours is sponsoring a farm tour of three of our favorites:  http://www.bayareagreentours.org/brentwood.html                             LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FARMS: Frog Hollow Farm:  Farmer Al has been keeping Frog Hollow Farm organic for over 20 years! These practices plus farmer Al’
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 9M ago

Family Farm Tour in Brentwood

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FARMS:  Bay Area Green Tours: go to: http://www.bayareagreentours.org/brentwood.html#top Frog Hollow Farm:  Farmer Al has been keeping Frog Hollow Farm organic for over 20 years! These practices plus farmer Al’s ideals of “quality not quantity” are a recipe for delicious tree-ri
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 10M ago

Foreclosures May Be Stalling

According to the June edition of Foreclosure Radar:  California saw slowed foreclosure activity across the board. Notice of Default filings fell for the third consecutive month after a slight 1.5 percent drop in June. Notice of Trustee Sale filings were down in June as well, with an 11.7 percent dec
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 10M ago

Delta Harvest Run

Hey, Brentwood is on the map with it’s first of what could be a wonderful annual event that will continue to enhance our beautiful city and its’ amenities.   The Delta Harvest Run is a 10K quickie starting at or near the Streets of Brentwood and going full out for family fun as well as raising [...]
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 11M ago

Your Realtor-Your Advocate

The National Association of Realtors is Your Advocate for Home Ownership We need to take a step back and ask ourselves how best each of us can contribute to our industry and how the Real Estate Industry can help each of us.  As usual, we are in a crisis of one form or another, [...]
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Cecily Tippery's Real Estate Blog · 1Y ago

Carbon Monoxide Detectors

There is a new law, effective July 1, 2011.    The Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2010 (Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 13260 et seq.) was signed into law this year.  It requires carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in every “dwelling unit intended for human occupancy.”   The Californ
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