Anne Fashauer Anderson Valley & Mendocino

The past few weeks have been busy!  I had several clients come into town to look at property and it looks like two of them have found the places they want to buy.  Have they made offers yet?  No.  And I think this is indicative of our current buyer's market.  The buyer's now know that the clock is on their side; ...

Even though the weather doesn't look like it, summer is coming and the events locally are happening rain or shine.  This weekend is the Film Festival in Mendocino.  From Friday through Sunday there are several films to see, including two that won Academy Awards.  There are also two good bands in Caspar, one with Salsa music on ...

A few days ago we had unseasonally warm weather - it was 80 degrees on my front deck.  I was able to open all the windows in the house and air it out; it was lovely.  Today and the past few days we've much more normal March weather.  Cooler mornings - it was 44 this morning at 7am at my house - days up to about 60 degrees and a ...

You know how you can live in a place and still not take advantage of all that there is to offer?  For years I lived in San Francisco, but other than the first trip to Alcatraz when I was a freshman at USF I never went there again.  Well, this past weekend I took a walk for the first time on the Haul Road in Fort Bragg.  What a ...

To get a license to practice real estate in the state of California you have to take three classes and pass a test.  To become a REALTOR one has to do that and sign a Code of Ethics.  One thing I want to point out is that in our local area we are very fortunate - almost every one practicing real estate is also a REALTOR - something like ...

We often get this little break in the weather in February that reminds us that Spring is coming.  It's been beautiful - in the 70's at my house and 59 this morning early.  I hope it was beautiful wherever you are also. Things continue to be on a better course in the real estate world.  Looking at the recent activity, ...

I was reminded today of the importance of a buyer speaking with a mortgage lender prior to beginning the home search process.  I received a call from a local renter wanting to take advantage of the current buyer's market.  I suggest the person speak with our local Century 21 Mortgage broker, Steve Guenza; all of our agents have ...

Last week was so packed with stuff I did not get a chance to write and I apologize for that.  I spent two full days showing property which was really fun and exciting.  I also had things like the Elk Town Meeting and the monthly Realtor's association luncheon.  It was just one of those weeks. I promised to write a little about ...

We had a wet and windy couple of days - wonderful to get all of that rain.  My mom keeps track of what we get at my place and she said we had two inches over the rainy period!  There was also some thunder and lightning, which always is exciting.  We are expecting a few dry days and then apparently a series of storms are headed our ...

I just sent out my monthly newsletter (if you don't already receive this, please drop me an email at anne@annefashauer.com) and in that I covered the foreclosure process, mostly as it relates to buying a bank owned property.  One subject that came up there that I want to talk a bit about here is the appraisal process. What we've been ...