Author Archives: JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

About JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Professional real estate appraiser Amateur photographer

Is It Really That Calm Around the Bay?

Posted on January 23, 2019 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Was at a large meeting today with appraisers from all over. Consensus about 2019? There is none. Lots of speculation about the direction of the real estate market in the coming months. We will have to wait and see. Saturday … Continue reading →

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Another New Year

Posted on January 7, 2019 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Welcome to 2019! Statistical data always takes a while to go from real world to data gathers to data analysts like me. Some November 2018 data is available for housing prices and employment plus full year residential mortgage rates. It … Continue reading →

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Toppish?

Posted on August 1, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’ve added a few new graphs showing home listing/sale and price trends for San Mateo County. Let’s be clear that affordability is an issue here. It’s not a debate. To purchase the average sale price home ($1,777,341 in June 2018), … Continue reading →

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Hardly a Tsunami

Posted on July 26, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area we get tsunamis all the time… fog tsunamis… With all the news about the economy doing so well you’d expect a wave of new employment, but not so fast. June 2018 employment stats … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: All-Time Favorites

Posted on May 31, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Well… good-bye to photo challenges! Not my favorite photo, have too many favorites, but a nice pic and a parting thought about time passing by.

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Photo Challenge: Place in the World

Posted on May 9, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

An interesting question is keeping me from work this morning. Erica V. asked “…explore what it means to find your place in the world. Where’s your safe space?” I thought about it for a moment and quickly settled on two … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Unlikely

Posted on May 2, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

If you met me at a party you’d figure me to be a color inside the lines kinda guy. Sometimes I go outside the lines to an unlikely place when it comes to taking photos. Here are three recent examples … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Favorite Place

Posted on March 21, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

A favorite place or, for me, a favorite and frequent place. I go for the view. I go for the scenery. I go for the sunset. I go for the restaurants and bars I frequent! Not necessarily in that order… … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Tour Guide

Posted on February 7, 2018 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

What do I love about where I live? Good question. I’d drawn to it frequently. I feel better when I’m there even if the weather’s not good. It reminds me of my mis-spent youth at the Jersey Shore. The beaches … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Favorites

Posted on December 20, 2017 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’m looking forward to 2018. I get to go to a wedding… Congrats to my daughter and her fiancé! Some of my 2017 favorite photos are here. More from the WP crowd are here. And my best to you for … Continue reading →

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