From Redfin to Century Homes what does the future of real estate mean to real estate brokers like myself. My first sale of 2010 was for a friend of mine. After spending 2009 thinking about buying a home, he calls me in January to find him a house. We took one week to find him a home to make an offer on. The nice thing about this offer was I had negotiated the price before we presented the contract. This is one of my favorite things to do. A few years ago I wrote a post about this, but being that I no longer have my old site is no longer live. I am tempted to repost it..maybe.

So as of today, I have begun to repost my work that I have done over the years. It has been a great deal of work but of some of my loyal readers have asked for it so here it is.

 Today’s most popular property is 4010 Villa Vera in Palo Alto. This 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms Silicon Valley townhouse features all the ingredients of a Miami South Beach hotel (pools, spas and high-net worth neighbors). Selling at $899,000, this property may be the answer to those late night urges to jump into the pool.

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I must admit that I am happily surprised at the activity over the Christmas Holiday. In years past I have found that most buyers stayed away from year end purchases. However, this Christmas l received five wonderful gifts disguised as, “Ask about a listing”, emails. I responded to each of the them with a child like energy between cups of hot apple cider and slices of roast beef. Never mind the last minute shopping and the traffic delays it seems that at least some people think that the “greatest gift” that one can receive this year is the “pride of ownership”.

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