I was always comfortable in that arena. Her father was a prominent landscape architect whose projects included the landscaping for the Houston Astrodome and Rice University. She grew up in a modern home that was once featured in Architectural Digest. Her father used to take her along to his various jobs.
A single-family home in Daly City that sold for $0.7 million tops the list of the best real estate deals in San Mateo in the past week. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in San Mateo in the past week was $2 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $675.
Stone Temple Pilots, which had combined sales of more than 10 million for its 1992 debut album, "Core," and 1994 album "Purple," passed the 1-million sales mark in August for its most recent album, "No. 4." The group, which kicked off the MTV Return of the Rock Tour in October, recently signed with Q Prime, the management firm that handles Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Puerto Vallarta holds many special memories for me. Though the town is still as inviting and beautiful today as when I first visited it, my children all have families of their own, and with all the traveling I do, I have had very little time in recent years to return.
SAN JOSE - A huge San Jose site once deemed to be a prime candidate for a high-profile tech campus has been bought by a veteran real estate firm with extensive experience in the Bay Area real estate market. The 24-acre property in North San Jose was bought for $50.5 million by an affiliate of Four Corner Properties, according to documents filed Jan. 15 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office. BXP, a real estate titan with a coast-to-coast reach that was previously known as Boston Properties, was the seller in the all-cash deal, the county documents show.
Total Sales: There were 101 condo listings sold in Boston during December 2025. Sales Over List Price: As of late November 2025, 25.6% of Boston sales were closing over the list price. Market Context: The broader Boston market in December 2025 reflected a "selective buyer behavior," with a median sale-to-list ratio of 0.983 (98.3% of asking price), indicating that most units sold slightly below list.
He didn't establish trust. The seller was a retired teacher with a warm face and a nervous smile. Before she could offer him a seat, he opened his folder and began discussing median prices and days on market. She nodded, but her eyes drifted into that polite, distant look every agent has seen. In that moment, the listing was already gone not because of the information, not because of the strategy, but because the seller did not feel seen.
When you're getting ready to , depersonalizing your home is one of the simplest ways to draw in more buyers. At its core, depersonalizing means removing or minimizing the items that reflect your life - things like family photos, collections, bold décor, or anything highly specific to your taste. The goal: help buyers picture life in the home, not yours. It's a tried-and-true selling strategy because it reduces distractions, appeals to a wider range of buyers, and helps people form an emotional connection with the home
Is using the telephone better than door knocking? Maybe. Maybe not. Neither one works if you only do it once or twice. What about print advertising versus social media? Neither one is better unless you show up for it consistently. See, consistency beats intensity every time. You can make 100 calls in a single day and then nothing for two weeks or you can make 10 calls every day for two weeks. Guess which one produces better results? The slow and steady action always wins.
