Category Archives: Rants

Short Sales in the Luxury Home Market

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Some of the more difficult listing appointments our group encounters these days are ones that involve short sale conditions. In this situation, the seller owes more on the property than what it is worth in the current … Continue reading →

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Newspapers and Real Estate Bubble Rant

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy San Diego Vacancy Rates the Highest Since ˜95 headlines the San Diego Union Tribune. Those are words that should should send shivers down the spine of San Diego real estate investors, homeowners, home sellers, and potential home … Continue reading →

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Can Exercise Nix Alzheimers?

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy I sometimes stray from luxury homes and products under the guise of writing about œquality of life. And one of the elements key to quality of life is the ability to recognize it when you have it. … Continue reading →

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Easy Feng Shui Tips

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Three years ago I graduated from Feng Shui training as a certified practitioner. My own home and those of understanding friends and real estate clients became laboratories for element and furnishing rearrangements. Entire bookshelves in my home … Continue reading →

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Home Sellers Competing with Model Homes

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy I just returned from a meeting of top real estate agents in North County San Diego. There was much discussion about what is selling and what is not. Aside from market issues (luxury home market is strong … Continue reading →

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MLS Listing Chains

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy There has been much discussion lately regarding the nefarious practice of agents cancelling real estate listings and relisting them at the same price the same day to create more attractive market times. That practice is forbidden by … Continue reading →

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Are Buyers Liars?

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy I attended a San Diego real estate luncheon today and was handed a booklet with identical questions posed to agents along with their printed answers. The questions were solid and most of the answers made sense. But … Continue reading →

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Vasectomies Linked to Dementia?

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

by Roberta Murphy Forgive me. Weekend mornings allow time to look over news and tidbits of interest. And sometimes these findings have absolutely nothing to do with real estate and luxury homes, but may have much to do with quality … Continue reading →

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How Move.com Could Murder HouseValues.com….

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

The following article, written by Roberta Murphy, originally appeared on The Real Estate Tomato, and has been republished here for our readers enjoyment. If Move.com Wants to Murder HouseValues.com Here’s How I Think It Should Happen. Plotted by: Roberta Murphy … Continue reading →

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Redfin Security Issues

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Roberta Murphy

I just overheard a news report that Redfin is coming to San Diego, and I am tapping my pen in wonder. I imagined one of our San Diego real estate listings and I imagined receiving a call from a stranger … Continue reading →

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