Nicole Machado

Have We Hit the Bottom
January 24, 2009 · · 5 Comments

I was reading the January/February 2009 edition of the California Association of Realtors Magazine and came across this article I thought I would share. The article has good facts with a positive economic forecast for 2009 and the graph is a great visual representation of the history of the market.

To read the full article click on the thumbnail image of the article below, then click once more on the article to make the content larger.

Shokoofeh Nowbakht

Open House TOOOOO Crowded ???
January 20, 2009 · · 9 Comments

Last week I had a really busy open house. I don’t know if this is particularly good. I don’t know if I were able to answer everyone’s questions and concerns. I tried to respond a little loud so that everyone in the room would hear me. I didn’t always had a chance to greet everyone as soon as they walked in the door, or hand them a flyer soon enough. I don’t think the buyers like a too busy open house either. I have heard complaints from my clients that he couldn’t move in the hallway, couldn’t see the kitchen well enough, or didn’t get a chance to check out the garage as well as he wanted. Read more

Nicole Machado

SSF Real Estate… things are looking up
December 11, 2008 · · 5 Comments

As 2008 wraps up and we all grasp onto our crystal balls to determine the fate of 2009… I wanted to end the year on a positive note with some statistics from the San Mateo County Multiple Listing Service that may help to give us all a positive outlook on the Real Estate market for 2009. South San Francisco was one of the Peninsula’s hardest hit cities with short sales and foreclosures, but by the looks of it, SSF seems to be bouncing back just fine. Read more

Lee Ginsburg

Getting a Loan is Not Impossible
December 3, 2008 · · 10 Comments

www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/30/RE8014CT0J.DTL .      

I had some good friends over for Thanksgiving.  Pretty early in the evening the question came up; “Lee how is the Real Estate Market?”  “People can’t get loans? Huh”, he stated. This occurs often.  Everyday it is mentioned the “Credit Crunch” we have to loosen up credit.  I hope everyone reads “You Can Qualify For a Mortgage, It’s Just Tougher” by Marni Leff Kottle of the S.F. Chronicle,  Read more