East Bay Real Estate, Doug Anderson, Tucker Associates Real Estate Services, 925.570.0611

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: There was not much on the economic calendar for the week. The Housing Starts report was positive, although just slightly weaker than expected, with the Single Family Home segment leading the way. Existing Home Sales, on the other hand, handily beat estima...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: The big market moving news this week was the announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee that it will purchase 40 Billion Dollars a month of Agency Paper (Fannie & Freddie Mortgage Bonds) with no expiration date set. This is the much anticipated Q...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: Another week is coming to a close and fall is officially set to begin on Saturday the 22nd of September. One word you will be hearing about over the next several weeks are “G-Fees”. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced last Friday that it has “dir...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: Housing led the way in last week’s economic news. The Case-Shiller Home Price Index reaffirmed the sentiment of housing sector improvement (which those of us in the Bay Area have known about for a while). Price increases were reported for the fifth month ...

Mortgage and Market Update for August 24th Economic News: As we approach the end of August and a new school year begins the Bay Area real estate market activity remains robust. On a national level Existing Home Sales had a nice showing in July after stumbling a bit in June. New Home Sales rose 3....

Mortgage and Market Update for August 10th Economic News: The “Dog Days of Summer” are here and as described by Wikipedia...”are the hottest, most sultry days of summer...” and that is exactly what we are in for this weekend in the Bay Area. As far as economic news goes this was a quiet week. Not...

Mortgage and Market Update for July 27th Economic News: Overseas economic concerns weighed on our equity markets early in the week. News from the European Central Bank that it will become more aggressive has bolstered confidence and the US Stock Market is in rally mode. New and Pending Home Sales...

Mortgage and Market Update for July 13th Economic News: Not much news out this week and what there was had a generally sideways bias. Weekly Jobless Claims were reported at 350K down from 374K last week. Consumer Sentiment numbers were mixed with the near-term results stronger while the longer te...

Two Weeks Until the 24th Annual Wood Ranch Garage Sale The time has come to get ready to shop the dozens of homes that are putting out their wares for one of Danville’s best community garage sales. Saturday the 21st of July is the date and the sale will be going on from 8AM until 1PM. Handouts wi...

2012 is now half over so this gives me an opportunity to compare the Dublin Real Estate Market this year versus last with a fair amount of data to look at. The market has been very active so far this year and housing inventory has been tight which could certainly be reflected in the results.( I r...