Improve Safety in Your El Cerrito Or Kensington Home

Are your First Aid and/or CPR skills a little rusty?  If you own or rent a home in El Cerrito or Kensington, you are in luck!  Specialized training is available to you through the Fire Department.  The El Cerrito-Kensington... Continue Reading »

Glen's East Bay Housing Numbers (Through October 2010)

The October edition of Glen’s numbers is in, and it looks like the East Bay housing market is stabilizing a bit. October marked the first month since the beginning of the year that we did not see an increase in inventory.... Continue Reading »

Glen's East Bay Housing Numbers Through September 2010

The September East Bay Housing Numbers are in and  inventory continues to rise in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties as sales remain sluggish. • We have seen a 114% increase since the beginning of the year on the amount of... Continue Reading »

A Closer Look Into the Fundamental Shift in the East Bay Housing Market

photo credit Angelo DeSantis While compiling the monthly numbers for August, I decided to take a closer look at sales during the ups and downs we’ve experienced over the past few years. The news we’re hearing today seems to... Continue Reading »

Glen's East Bay Housing Numbers Through August 2010

The August edition of Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers is here & at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’re seeing a continuation of the recent trends. Inventory still rising and the number of pending transactions... Continue Reading »

Glen's East Bay Housing Numbers Through July 2010

This market has seen some dramatic swings over the past 3 years. To put this in perspective, I’ve attached some slides borrowed from a presentation by Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice-President & Chief Economist for C.A.R. (California... Continue Reading »

Glen’s July East Bay Housing Numbers

Here are the Glen’s Numbers for the San Francisco Bay Area as of June 30, 2010. Normal seasonal influence has inventories continuing to rise, up 7.3% over the last month, and up a whopping 76% year to date. Also typical, we’re... Continue Reading »

[video] East Bay Trustee Sale Auction Results for June 14th->18th

If You're Keeping Up With the Latest Foreclosure News, You'll Want to Check These Posts Out

Here’s a double dose of foreclosure related info from the folks at ForeclosureRadar which I thought you’d find useful. First off, COO Mark C. Skilling fills us in on “What’s new in Sacramento? (SB 1178 / SB 1275... Continue Reading »

[video] East Bay Trustee Sales Decline in Holiday Shortened Week.

Last week’s holiday shortened auction schedule resulted in an overall decrease in the East Bay Trustee Sale numbers across the board. As a result I focused mainly on the percentages in this week’s video. After a... Continue Reading »