John and Renee Kunz's (blogkunz) Blog

I Looked at the monthly numbers when I was doing my monthly newsletter and its my opinion that we have finally hit the bottom of the market. For San Benito County its been the first time since June of 2008 that we have had under 50 closings. The new listings are up a bit, Total single family dwel...

February is upon us. Valentines day is approaching. The real estate market in San Benito County is cooling some. There has been a small rise in the interest rates from just under 5% to just a little over 5%.   The total number of single family homes on the market as dropped from a high of 577 in ...

Well the month of July just ended and it was an interesting one for San Benito County. We had a whopping 60 Single family homes closed in July which is up from 42 and 36 for the previous two months. San Benito Counties number of new listings (single family homes added to the market) for July was ...

I have been fielding a lot of questions about buying foreclosures and buying auction properties and have heard that there are a lot of Super-Duper deals that "some" people, never the party I am talking too, have gotten.  Auctions are a great environment but only for the prepared.  If you don't do...

 I have been to auctions in the past where is was difficult to get an average deal. All of the market values is checked in the auction catalog were inflated by $100,000 to $200,000.  With the buyers premium of 5% added to the closing price and the environment of the auction, it is my impression t...

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