March 2010

There are 2 blog entries for March 2010.

Foreclosures in Oakland aren't Always Easy to Get

Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 3:36pm. 1066 Views, 0 Comments.

A colleague of mine was recently interviewed by the New York Times about how difficult it is for many first time home buyers to buy a foreclosure in Oakland and the surrounding East Bay Area. The link is below..

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New Real Estate MLS feature Offers More Exposure for Oakland/East Bay Sellers

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 4:02pm. 574 Views, 0 Comments.

All listings that are displayed on my website (or any other website for that matter) all come from the Multiple Listing Service or "MLS". The Oakland/East Bay area MLS is where all real estate listings in  Alameda County are displayed for us real estate agents to search when we are searching for homes for our clients. It's accessable only to licensed real estate agents, and it contains information that is omitted from the public listungs that you see online.

For sellers, the MLS is the single greatest source of exposure, because it is where the real estate agent who have buyer clients are looking. There are several MLS's within California, and currently us Realtors have to become of a member of each MLS that we plan to market listings in. However soon…

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