Anne Fashauer Anderson Valley & Mendocino

Last week in my blog and newsletter I wrote about rural neighborliness.  I must have touched a nerve - I have received more feedback on that topic than on any of my previous posts/newsletters and all of it has been positive.  It feels really good to know that people are reading and thinking about these subjects.  My favorite ...

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; ...

Some weeks I inwardly groan when I realize that it's time to write another blog post.  What am I going to write about this week?  Sometimes I get lucky and someone will ask me a question and that will spur an article.  Sometimes there's an event that is happening or has happened.  This week is another where I wasn't ...

As I write this the sun is out and most of the clouds seem to be dissipating and we are promised a beautiful weekend.  I certainly hope so; as much as we needed the rain, I'm really ready to feel some sunshine and warmer temperatures.  Not to mention how nice it would be to walk my dogs without having to put on rain gear and mud ...

I was asked recently if there was any further talk of extending the Federal tax credits to home buyers.  The previous tax credits were set to expire last November, 2009, but were extended until this past April 30, 2010; at that time a second credit, for current homeowners, was added.  It's now May 11 and those tax credits have ...

This weekend is jam-packed with stuff to do!  There's the Cops N Robbers ball in Anderson Valley, blues in Point Arena and too many choices on the Mendocino coast to name.  One is going to be hard-put to decide what to do - unless you're me and you are headed to Puerto Vallarta.  Last fall I had the opportunity to purchase a ...

I'm sometimes asked questions about a property by a prospective buyer to which the answer is not immediately known.  Some of these questions can be quickly tracked down and answered but sometimes the type of question is best answered during an escrow.  Getting a favorable answer to the question becomes a contingency of the ...

The two home buyer tax credits are expiring at the end of April.  To take advantage of them, besides meeting their general requirements, you need to be under contract to buy a home before the last day of April.  This should also be a wake-up call to anyone thinking of listing their home for sale - if you want to attract buyers who ...

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 ...

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, ...