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Don't over-think the real estate market.    5/11/13

Giving these big price increases the context they need.    5/3/13

How not only to survive, but prevail, in this market, part 2.    4/27/13

Big gains in the past two years.    4/20/13

How not only to survive, but prevail, in this market, part 1.    4/13/13

Name-brand markets, first-timer markets, big-time markets.    4/6/13

Will rising interest rates hurt or help real estate?    3/30/13

The fastest markets in the West.    3/23/13

Movin' on up!    3/16/13

Xtreme market FAQs.    3/9/13

The far side of real estate.    3/2/13

Going...going...gone!    2/23/13

Making sense of this market.    2/16/13

Has SpotProperty got a deal for you!    2/9/13

"Take a number" open houses.    2/2/13

Why not overbid?    1/26/12

The "latte vision" in an age of Xtreme disclosures.    1/19/13

Using an agent to find a rental.    1/12/13

What happens in 2013?    1/5/2013

A look at local real estate in 2012.    12/29/12

Brewing the "latte vision" of real estate.    12/22/12

How much does each API point cost? part 5    12/15/12

"As easy as purchasing a latte".    12/8/12

How much does each API point cost? part 4    11/30/12

A Thanksgiving Day dinner conversation.    11/22/12

How much does each API point cost? part 3    11/17/12

What makes an ideal real estate agent?    11/8/2012

How much does each API point cost? part 2    10/31/2012

Discounts and shifts at the most affordable end of the market, part 4.    10/27/12

How much does each API point cost?    10/20/12

Discounts and shifts at the most affordable end of the market, part 3.    10/13/12

Is cynicism just another word for naiveté?    10/6/12

Discounts and shifts at the most affordable end of the market, part 2.    9/29/12

"It's getting frothy again."    9/22/12

Discounts and shifts at the most affordable end of the market.    9/15/12

"Silicon Valley luxury market":  palaces or starter homes?    9/8/12

A look at local real estate by price range, part 4.    9/1/12

The Palo Alto bubble market.    8/25/12

The Rodney Dangerfield market gets some respect.    8/18/12

Five steps to healthy, happy negotiating.    8/11/12

A look at local real estate by price range, part 3.    8/4/12

API:  Affluent Parents Index?    7/28/12

A look at local real estate by price range, part 2.    7/21/12

Fyten's take on Newton's third law of motion.    7/14/12

A look at local real estate by price range.    7/7/12

Extreme Couponing or Extreme Naiveté?    6/30/12

A look at local real estate midyear.    6/23/12

Setting the record straight.    6/16/12

Madera CA:  boomtown USA.    6/9/12

Two more snapshots of the condo market.    6/2/12

Handsome is as handsome does.    5/26/12

Two snapshots of the condo market.    5/19/12

Multiple offers:  a blast from the past.    5/12/12

Dear Abby answers your real estate questions.    5/5/12

Two more snapshots of the market's recovery.    4/28/12

Scarred and scared by the Great Recession.    4/21/12

Three more snapshots of the market's recovery.    4/14/12

"This time it's different."    4/7/12

Three snapshots of the market's recovery.    3/31/12

Buyers!  Welcome to the Gold Rush of 2012!    3/24/12

Ya gotta have a plan.    3/17/12

Which are more volatile:  condos or entry-level single-family?    3/10/12

"People aren't buying."    3/3/12

We bailed them out for this?    2/24/12

Trulia to San Jose metro:  you're not attractive anymore.    2/18/12

The jungle drums chant "Facebook!  Facebook!".    2/11/12

Thinkers and doers.    2/4/12

"Zillow:  Home values in November back to 2003 levels."    1/28/10

Now that I have one, how do I play it?    1/21/12

Are short sales really a good deal?    1/14/12

Trulia or false?    1/7/12

A quick look back at 2011, and a few hasty predictions for 2012.    12/31/11

If you ain't feelin', you ain't buyin'.    12/24/11

A beginning and an end.    12/17/11

Old-fashioned charm?  You bet.  Scary reports?  You bet.    12/10/11

"Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking..."    12/3/11

This time I'm really thankful.    11/24/11

Greed and fear are vastly over-rated.    11/19/11

Selling panic in the marketplace.    11/12/11

Does anyone ever get a "fab first home"?    11/5/11

Renters feel the pressure.  Shades of 1995!    10/29/11

A client or just another hot lead?    10/22/11

Another reason we won't dry up and blow away anytime soon.    10/15/11

Which local cities and neighborhoods trail in annual price appreciation?    10/8/11

A look at the rental market, up close and personal.    10/01/11

Which local cities and areas lead in annual price appreciation?    9/24/11

Remembering 2001, our annus horribilis.    9/17/11

Exercises in real estate futility, part 2.    9/10/11

August was interesting.  How interesting was it?    9/3/11

Exercises in real estate futility.    8/27/11

The hot-air balloon takes off.    8/20/11

Rents up, rates down, a ray of hope:  just what the affordable resale market needs?    8/13/11

A remarkably lively corpse.    8/6/11

North Pole makes list of most affordable housing markets.    7/30/11

"4 tips for real estate software developers" hits the mark.    7/23/11

Perceptions of neighborhoods change slowly, if at all.    7/16/11

It's official:  "Silicon Valley housing market is heating up fast."    7/9/11

Zestimate or WAG?    7/2/11

You, watching me, watching you.    6/25/11

You think that's fast?  Watch this!  part 2    6/18/11

Good seller, bad seller.    6/11/11

You think that's fast?  Watch this!    6/4/11

Oh, for the "low-risk" life of a renter!    5/28/11

When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to have market knowledge.    5/21/11

Yet another reason why agents are occasionally useful.    5/14/11

This just in:  home buyers like nice homes!    5/7/11

The real estate agent:  negotiator or circus performer?    4/30/11

An elegant way to miss out on the home you love.    4/23/11

The real estate agent:  advisor or order-taker?    4/16/11

Getting to the truth about short sales and bank-owned homes, part 3.    4/9/11

Wild party or hospital visiting hours?    4/2/11

Getting to the truth about short sales and bank-owned homes, part 2.    3/26/11

"Up next:  the end of the world is near."    3/19/11

Getting to the truth about short sales and bank-owned homes.    3/12/11

Thanks!  I needed that!    3/5/11

The real estate computer horsepower wars.    2/26/11

Is their market your market?    2/19/11

Profile of a serial lowballer.    2/12/11

"Priced right, presented well" or "sell! sell! sell!"?    2/5/11

Common seller mistakes numbers 6 through 10.    1/29/11

So you'd like to be a real estate investor.    1/22/11

Common seller mistakes numbers 1 through 5.    1/15/11

The long good-bye.    1/8/11

Fearless forecast for 2011.    1/1/11

2010:  here's your hat, what's your hurry?    12/24/10

The stock market gives more good advice to home buyers and sellers.    12/18/10

Okay, so I lied:  in the rent-versus-buy debate, rent is the winner(?).    12/11/10

Would you buy a used car from this economist?    12/4/10

A lucky guy gives thanks.    11/25/10

Why the right lender and loan agent are important.    11/20/10

Love 'em or hate 'em, we still need 'em.    11/13/10

Another reason agents come in handy.    11/6/10

It's come to this:  a lender hijacks its own short sale.    10/30/10

Real estate is really  local.    10/23/10

Life when the old rules don't apply anymore.    10/16/10

Who will protect you from the protectors?    10/09/10

The leave-no-stone-unturned school of homebuying.    10/2/10

An accurate picture of somebody's market, but whose?    9/25/10

Appraisal Weirdness, the hot new reality TV show!    9/18/10

End of the world, or just another lousy August?    9/11/10

"Everything You Know Is Wrong"    9/4/10

Why sellers should get their home inspections up-front.    8/28/10

Is "10 Steps to Win Over Sellers" a winner?    8/21/10

Real buyers, real trade-offs.    8/14/10

HOA dues:  rip-off, fact of life or screaming deal?    8/7/10

First timers, got those I'm-looking-for-the-perfect-house-and-I've-got-those-inspection-report blues?    7/31/10

Latest high-tech promise:  "Buy a home in 1 hour."    7/24/10

Buying secrets revealed!    7/17/10

Sometimes you really don't want to know.    7/10/10

Reflections on my own Independence Day.    7/3/10

Buyers, thinking of going AWOL this summer?  Think again!    6/26/10

Evil empire or herd of cats?

Out kicking tires?  There's an app for that.    6/19/10

The cure for overheated real estate markets:  snow, and lots of it.    6/12/10

Mortgage crisis victims wanted.  Short sellers and their agents encouraged to apply.    6/5/10

Sunnyvale, where sugar daddies abound and home prices rebound.    5/29/10

Today's buyers:  what are they thinking?    5/22/10

The hatching of an academic economist.    5/15/10

It's official:  in the rent-versus-buy debate, "buy" is the winner.    5/8/10

Key economic data for the local housing market.    5/1/10

Why you can't take the experts and their statistics to the bank.    4/24/10

How bad was it?    4/17/10

Wall Street shows the way, part 2:  "investor risk".    4/10/10

Wall Street shows the way, part 1:  risk tolerance.    4/3/10

Should an agent ever say, "Don't buy this house"?    3/27/10

Here's a cure for the industry's image problem:  a heavy dose of paternalism and sexism.    3/20/10

If hell had open houses.    3/13/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 7:  conclusion.    3/6/10

When will buying a home be easy?    2/27/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 6:  bid.    2/20/10

Mr. Science sez "own a car, lose your home".    2/13/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 5:  days on market.    2/6/10

When green starts turning brown.    1/30/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 4:  inventory.    1/23/10

Three great questions to ask an agent.    1/16/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 3:  sales.    1/9/10

2009 in review:  from deep freeze to partial thawing.    1/2/10

A brief history of local real estate, part 2:  absorption.    12/19/09

Is planning ahead a good idea when buying your first home?    12/12/09

A brief history of local real estate, part 1:  sales price.    12/5/09

What's better, a bird in the hand or two in the bush?    11/28/09

I take on big media.    11/21/09

New construction:  Nirvana or snare and delusion?    11/14/09

Homebuyers!  Even after you buy, the Internet keeps giving.    11/7/09

Why Web 1.0 is good enough for me.    10/31/09

Foreclosure factoid or tip of the iceberg?    10/24/09

Say it ain't so!    10/17/09

Etiquette tips for prospective renters.    10/10/09

More new options for the small real estate investor.    10/8/09

A few tips on open house etiquette.    10/2/09

For agents only!  Recommended etiquette for broker's tour.    9/26/09

A modest proposal.    9/19/09

A second opinion on pajama journalism™.    9/12/09

Why would anyone want to buy here?    9/5/09

When yours is the only offer.    8/29/09

Let the good times roll!    8/22/09

Appraisal crisis redux.    8/15/09

A head shot speaks out.    8/8/09

Ten action steps to a better real estate tomorrow.    8/1/09

More proof that all real estate is local.    7/25/09

What the appraisal crisis really means.    7/18/09

Better speedy than good?    7/4/09

Sniping at economists from both ends of the spectrum.    6/27/09

Can local home prices go any higher?    6/20/09

Changing the rules in the middle of the game.    6/13/09

A peek into the abyss.    6/6/09

Mr. Science gives us practical advice on real estate.    5/30/09

Kids, just say no to expert opinion.    5/23/09

Hey, how's the market in Fargo, N.D.?    5/16/09

Knock down a house, get national attention.    5/9/09

Home buyers and sellers:  "ignorant" or "empowered"?    5/2/09

New options for the small real estate investor.    4/28/09

The rent-versus-buy debate just got goofier.    4/25/09

Agents!  Get your list price right and really annoy people!    4/18/09

"This too shall pass."    4/11/09

Should you wait to buy until it's "safe"?    4/04/09

"They paid too much!" versus the "get-it curve".    3/28/09

Do multiple offers mean anything these days?    3/21/09

Real estate without tears.    3/14/09

A brand new tax break, historically-low interest rates, same old scary headlines:
is this a great time to buy or what?    3/7/09

May the cycle be unbroken.    2/28/09

Don't wait for a price reduction.  Make your own!    2/21/09

Are everyone's favorite neighborhoods suddenly vulnerable?    2/19/09

This just in!  Home prices falling!    2/14/09

Apocalypse trilogy, part 3:  Nemesis wears a loud plaid sport coat.    2/7/09

Taking a closer look at those "heavily discounted" foreclosure sales.    1/31/09

Apocalypse trilogy, part 2:  leading the industry out of the wilderness.    1/24/09

"We did everything right."    1/17/09

Attention first-time home buyers:  prices are now officially stupid cheap.    1/13/09

Apocalypse trilogy, part 1:  Did the bears and bubbleheads get it right?    1/10/09

Will bright people really walk away from their homes?    1/03/09

Palo Alto, that hotbed of foreclosure activity.    12/27/08

A tale of two markets, part 2.    12/26/08

Stigmas and stereotypes.    12/20/08

Pumped-up trilogy, part 3:  Frock coats are making a comeback.    12/13/08

Giving context to those alarming foreclosure numbers.    12/6/08

Pumped-up trilogy, part 2:  Scumbag or scapegoat?    11/29/08

Those huge price gains of the past ten years:  do they still exist?    11/24/08

News of the weird and an interview that wanted to write itself.    11/22/08

Best pricing strategy these days:  smoke and mirrors or a good product?    11/15/08

Trading lots of cynicism for a few fine sentiments.    11/08/08

"It's simple.  It's just numbers."    11/1/08

This time:  worse, better, about the same, or all the above?    10/28/08

Carriers of contagion.    10/25/08

September, the new "cruelest month"?    10/18/08

Solution to the financial crisis:  spaghetti programming.    10/11/08

Sellers, get your list price right.    10/4/08

Four reasons I'm 100% certain we'll get through this.  I think.    10/01/08

More talk, but not more truth.    9/27/08

The low-ball offer:  slick maneuver or heavy blunt instrument?    9/20/08

And thanks for sharing!    9/13/08

What goes around usually keeps coming around.    9/6/08

What do first-time buyers really want?    8/30/08

The new real estate landscape:  it's a jungle out there.    8/23/08

Zestimates:  home valuations designed for Mr. Spock.    8/16/08

Great schools by the numbers.    8/9/08

Here, the mortgage crisis is bottom-heavy.    8/2/08

Making sense of market indicators, part 5:  absorption.    7/26/08

Times ask for profundities, get everything but.    7/19/08

Making sense of market indicators, part 4:  bid.    7/12/08

George F. Babbitt, real estate broker and bogeyman.    7/5/08

Making sense of market indicators, part 3:  sales price.    6/28

One less reason to hate real estate agents.    6/21/08

Has the market really bottomed?    6/10/08

Making sense of market indicators, part 2:  days on market.    6/14/08

How would you report this?    6/7/08

Making sense of market indicators, part 1:  sales.    5/31/08

Quick take on short sales and foreclosures.    5/24/08

Car salesperson?  Real estate agent?  What's the difference?    5/17/08

The spreadsheet guerillas strike again.    5/10/08

Yahoo! or Gotcha!?    5/3/08

There they go again.    4/26/08

How has the credit crunch affected local home prices?  4/19/08

Look in the mirror and say hello to your competition.  4/12/08

The new "jumbo lights":  silver bullet or big bust?    4/5/08

Some recent—and huge—changes in home lending.    3/29/08

Fired real estate reporter:  prima donna or martyr to the cause?    3/22/08

Where are home prices?  Depends on who you ask, and on what they look at.    3/15/08

An odd little real estate story, even by newspaper standards.    3/8/08

Maybe it's me, but someone doesn't get it.    3/1/08

The role of the insider in an age with no mysteries.    2/23/08

Cold as a banker's heart.    2/16/08

ABC News waves wand, turns "low overhead" into "upscale".    1/1/08

Sleazeballs 1, Distinguished Academics 0.    12/31/07

Redfin, renegades and engineer-worship.    12/29/07

The heresies of an economist.    12/28/07

Data don't lie, but sometimes they mumble.    12/26/07

Pandora's box and dangerous thoughts.    12/23/07

Answering today's top three real estate questions.    12/20/07

Born to regulate.    12/18/07

Identifying the real "friction" in the system.    12/17/07

One socio-economic crisis, hold the moralizing.    12/15/07

A bubblehead lets his hair down.    12/14/07

Shut up and sign:  "Don't ask, don't tell" comes to real estate.    12/13/07

"The fine print giveth, and the fine print taketh away."    11/29/07

"Green" pools:  foreclosure factoid or new urban legend?    11/25/07

"Pumped-up prices" and "the devil made me do it".    11/3/07

What's next?  A DOJ bubble blog?    11/2/07

Anatomy of a market in distress.    11/1/07

The Blame Game™, 2007 Edition.    9/11/07

Prudent buyer seeks real estate market with potential.    9/8/07

Is home buying impulse buying?    9/3/07

More than a game, less than a war.    9/3/07

Real estate reporter mad as hell, not going to take it anymore.    8/2/07

Buyers!  Time that market!    7/30/07

Sellers!  Hold out for top dollar!    7/27/07

Do consumers get the real estate marketplace they ask for?    7/26/07

Real estate is localvery local.  Very  local.    7/26/07

An economist gets "naked", down and dirty.    7/25/07

Why not use the listing agent to make your offer?    7/11/07

A noted value investor looks at real estate.    7/3/07

Leveling the ol' playing field.    7/2/07

New Look!  New Focus!  Bigger Teeth!    7/2/07

Is home buying conspicuous consumption?    6/10/07

Diary of a midlife crisis.    6/9/07

Whole lotta tragedy goin' on.    5/9/07

"It looks like foreclosures are here to stay!"    4/22/07

Envy, nuanced markets and pajama journalism.    4/19/07

"Mad genius" predicts end is near.    4/19/07

Another big (and direct) hit from "60 Minutes".    1/14/07

A look back at 2006, and a look ahead.    1/7/07

Looking for truth in all the wrong places.    11/26/06

A voice crying in the wilderness.    11/25/06

Real estate auctions:  Next big thing or next pets.com?    11/24/06

So you wanna to be a part-time rock’n’roll star.    11/23/06

They're rolling back prices!    11/16/06

"Bubble-proof markets."    11/15/06

Hey!  It's a buyer's market!  Buy something!    11/14/06

Time to run "nattering nabobs of negativism" up the flagpole again?    11/04/06

Real estate, rock 'n' roll and the buyers who love them.    10/29/06

Buyer's market?  Yes and no.  Maybe no.    10/19/06

Selling in the post-Katrina market.    9/14/06

Taking a GlobeXplorer view of real estate.    8/28/06

This risk avoidance stuff can be risky.    8/26/06

Rentals redux.    8/26/06

Buyers, be sure you know which bus you're waiting for.    8/25/06

When do things get back to normal?    7/22/06

A healthy antidote to Someday-I'll-Make-A-Fortune Syndrome.    7/7/06

BoycottHousing.com:  old idea, new packaging.    7/11/06

Real estate the "online community" way.   6/26/07

The back story behind the strong numbers.    6/3/06

What's needed: a money-back guarantee, a disclaimer or a warning label?    5/29/06

A tale of two markets:  which is the future?    5/28/06

The rental market:  there's something big out there.    5/11/06

Bubble talk:  Cause or symptom of a declining market?    2/7/06

Sellers, is the first offer you get the best you'll ever get?    2/5/06

The additional challenges agents face when selling condos.    2/5/06

The benefits of home ownership:  Better life!  Fresher breath!    2/3/06

What's the payback for remodeling before you sell?    1/26/06

Buyer or seller, put the ball in play.    1/25/06

It's war out there:  the buyers' perspective.    1/25/06

Should I sell my home "as is", or fix it up?    1/25/06

Benchmarks with baggage.    1/25/06

The Rodney Dangerfield of real estate markets.    1/24/06

Sellers, stage your home for fun and profit.    1/24/06

How many economists does it take to "get" a real estate market?    1/24/06

If today is great, won't tomorrow be even better?    1/24/06

Is now a good time to sell, or should I wait?    1/24/06

Is now a good time to buy, or should I wait?    1/23/06

The new thinking behind setting your home's list price.    1/23/06

Having work done to your home?  Take a close look at who does it.    1/22/06

Three tips to help buyers hit the bull's eye:  Focus, focus, focus.    1/22/06

Sixty-seven would-be buyers, one beat-up house.    1/22/06

What buyers and sellers need to know about the loan pre-approval letter.    1/22/06

Searching for the soft underbelly of the market.    1/22/06

Am I too late to the party?    1/22/06

Real estate market or stock market, be very afraid of "this time, it's different".    1/22/06

Are some areas better investments than others?    1/21/06

Buyer beware?  These days it's "seller beware".    1/21/06

Too good to be true?  Could be a clue.    1/21/06

Are condos and townhouses a poor investment?    1/21/06

Learn the back story of real estate:

Welcome to my world.    7/25/07

Real estate illusion and reality.    7/25/07

Real estate boiled down to its fundamentals.    1/1/07

Know what you don't know about real estate.    7/2/07

The real estate business model, part 1:  friend or foe?    7/2/07

The real estate business model, part 2:  let’s see that train wreck again, in slow motion.    7/2/07

The real estate business model, part 3:  tragedy and farce in three acts.    7/8/07

The real estate business model, part 4:  it’s a funny business.    7/2/07

The real estate business model, part 5:  real estate reform.    7/2/07

Bubblehead trilogy:  the movement.    6/29/07

Bubblehead trilogy:  the manifesto.    6/28/07

Bubblehead trilogy:  the messenger.    6/29/07

Bubblehead trilogy:  the postscript.    6/29/07

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