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Raymond Stoklosa

The Home Sales Maximizer

We’ve talked a lot about the necessity of showing your home in great condition. This is critical in a Buyers’ Market, but you can have too much of a good thing. It is important to keep in mind that you can be pouring money into improvements that won’t significantly affect the sales price you will [...]

Raymond Stoklosa

The Mortgage Adoption Center

I wanted to let everyone know about a new service offered by one of our contributors, Chris Williamson, over at the San Mateo Mortgage Blog announced today that the Mortgage Adoption Center or the MAC for short has finally launched. The Mortgage Adoption Center is for anybody that would like some help monitoring their mortgage [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Walking to Your New San Mateo Home

With gas prices at an all time high, we are seeing more and more of our clients looking for neighborhoods within walking distance of restaurants and shopping. For those of you looking to find a walkable neighborhood, begin your home search at WalkScore.com. Simply put in an address (or city and navigate the Google Map [...]

Rebecca Williamson

Google Earth: Helping You Buy Your New Home

Raymond has talked a lot about doing your homework when shopping for a home, but we all know that takes time — and time is not a luxury I usually have. So what do you do when you’re stuck at your desk? How do you still buy a house to come home to?… Get creative [...]

Rebecca Williamson

San Mateo Home Valuation Tool for Instant Home Value

As we have said many times before, all real estate is local. Relying on generic reports about the real estate market in the U.S., California, or even as localized as San Mateo County or your city, is not always an accurate representation of how the market is performing in your neighborhood. Market Snapshot pulls information [...]