Jim the Realtor

Top 20 Small Cities

Not everyone craves the bright lights and crowded spaces of big cities. In fact, almost one-third of Americans (31%) say they would prefer to live in the suburbs, compared to 16% for urban areas and 24% for rural communities. Small-city life can be best for those who...

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Rising Rates

The Fed did their half-point drop on September 18th, and since then the 10-year yield been rising. Mortgage rates may or may not come down - in spite of what the Fed does. Buyers who are waiting until next year because they think rates will be lower could be...

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Friendly Deer Population

It will be a very long time before people like this can afford a home here (if ever), so they might as well move elsewhere. But he also touches on the perceived 'travesty' of property tax rules, which makes me think that the youngsters will dismantle Prop 13 once all...

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Make Me Sell

Last week I received a call from the Compass Chief of Staff to President of Growth & Communications. His job was to notify all of the Compass agents who published something about our new program that took the same name as the now-defunct program at Zillow. Does...

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Over List, September

Over List, September

There are so many signs that buyers don't have to pay over the list price Why do they keep doing it? Tired of waiting. Don't want to miss another one. Agent only knows to offer more. Listing agent gives them the impression that there are multiple offers. The softness...

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