This is an interesting view of the two extremes in housing pricing West Coast to East Coast. Maryland to California. It is a huge difference...$1,270,000 to $84,600...do you know why? The Silicon Valley area has seen some rather amazing price appreciation in the past 24 months, even compared with its neighboring cities of San Francisco, [...]

Between January and February 2017 the Bay Area Council sent out its annual poll…a web survey of Registered Voters in the 9 county San Francisco Bay Area and the results shouldn’t surprise anyone. More people want to leave the Bay Area than ever before. Citing skyrocketing housing costs and just about the worst traffic ever, [...]

Most of us know there is no place like home. This is never more true than when you graduate from college and you can’t find a job OR suddenly lose your job and finances become strapped. Who are you gonna call? Moreover, if you are a Millennial and want to buy your first home, the [...]

As part of our role as the Voice of Real Estate locally, The Nevada County Association of REALTORS® provides informative information about issues that affect local property sales prices and the overall health of our county’s housing economy. Voters in the State of California approved Proposition 90 in November, 1988. The primary goal of Prop [...]

Article in the Union written by Emily Lavin, reporter for the newspaper. It’s the basic economic principle of supply and demand that guides the Nevada County housing market, said Greg Bulanti, the president of the Nevada County Association of Realtors. Right now, “there’s way more demand than there is supply,” Bulanti said. “And what happens [...]

First-time home buyers have questions regarding their credit worthiness: “can I overcome little, no or bad credit conditions? How much personal info is required and why must I get pre-approved or pre-qualified for the purchase? How much of a down payment do I need?” The California Association of Realtors has a finance hotline for Realtors [...]