Posts Tagged ‘value’What is Value?This post first appeared in the SPECIAL EDITION: Cirios Trends: A Decade in Flux << PREVIOUS Whew. After all that intense discussion of economics, home prices and interest rates, we would like to finish up this special edition of Cirios Trends with a bit of levity. Photo by Roy Delgado. Please do not hesitate to [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: How Good is Zillow?By ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. Americans finally get it: Home prices are falling. This may seem like a preposterous statement, what with the entire global financial system in disarray after the collapse of the US housing market, but we Americans are stubbornly optimistic people, content to ignore calamity as long as we [...] Keepin’ It Real Estate: A Tale of Two MarketsBy ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. Increasingly, US real estate is becoming a tale of 2 markets. In low-income neighborhoods, overbuilt suburbs, and other areas besieged by foreclosures, home sales are through the roof. Data released this week by MDA Dataquick, a real estate information service, show December 2008 sales in Southern California’s [...] Limitations of a Home AppraisalBy RYAN TAYLOR What exactly does an appraisal mean? Perception doesn’t always equal reality. The perception is that an appraisal represents the most accurate value of a property. The reality is that it’s a value provided by a licensed professional, given the purpose and functional use of a property on a given day. The key [...] House of the Day: Stuck on StocktonThis morning’s property’s is located in Stockton, CA — what more needs to be said? Guess the value by adding a comment at the bottom of this post. (Click for a large image) Home Details: – 1740 West Lane, Stockton, CA 95205 – 3 bedrooms – 1.5 bathrooms – 1,224 square feet – 0.23 acres [...] |