Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by Since I posted a recent blog and video, “Would You Believe a State Homebuyer Tax Credit of up to $10,000?”, last week I have been asked if it possible to combine the Federal and State Tax Credit to a combined credit of $18,000. I’m happy [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by Who would have thought, a new Homebuyer Tax Credit for California homebuyers has been signed by the governor. Last Monday the California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 183 which will provide $200 million in homebuyer tax credits for California homebuyers. The bill is part of [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by Remember back in 2006? Those were the days of multiple offers and rising home prices. Well, we are now into the third year of the “burst bubble” recovery. I confess, we bought our current home in 2006. And of course, [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by As I reported in a recent post, up until now, short sales have had a high rate of failure, leading to frustration by buyers, distressed sellers, real estate agents and escrow officers. HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative) is a new federal program which becomes effective [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Remember back in mid 2007, just before the housing bubble burst? At that time most buyers and borrowers opted of ARM loans with a fixed rate period, typically 3, 5 or 7 years. Conforming fixed rates were in the high [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by While it’s quite clear that there has been steady market improvement during the past year, there is still a missing piece of the puzzle for homes priced above $1,000,000. Now let me be clear, there are some large lenders that [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by The number of sales of new and existing single-family houses and condominiums increased13.6 percent increase in December from a year ago said a report released MDA DataQuick. Last month’s median sales price for the nine-county Bay Area represented a 15.2 [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Three news reports caught my eye in the past week that shed light on the state of the real estate market. The California Association or Realtors ® reported that homes sales increased 1.7 percent in December in California compared with [...]
Videos by Russ Boyd are uploaded to Youtube, MetaCafe, Veoh, Vimeo and Yahoo Video by Every year, Remodeling Magazine publishes the Remodeling Cost vs Value Report. You can now view the 2009-2010 Bay Area Remodeling Cost vs Value Report available under Quick Links on our website, www.aboutbayareahomes.com. You can also access the report by clicking on [...]
Still Skeptical About the Real Estate Market Recovery?
By Russ Boyd on April 10th, 2010
Videos by Russ Boyd are syndicated across the internet by It seems of late, that most of the news regarding home sales has been more positive than negative. If you’ve been following my reports you that it’s my opinion that the market bottomed about 15 months ago in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yet, with [...]