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Light and Lighthouses

Posted on May 11, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Weekends are too short… don’t you think? Just a brief trip actually… down to the Coastside. That stretch of California coast from Pacifica down to the Santa Cruz county border centered around Half Moon Bay. The light was so so … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature

Posted on May 8, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Here I am, four miles to the Pacific Ocean and three miles to the San Francisco Bay. It’s Northern California. It’s sunny, it’s foggy, it’s windy, it’s cool in the summer and wet in the winter (usually). It’s bay flats … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Intricate

Posted on May 1, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Once while playing golf, a friend who faced a shot challenged by foliage said, “Trees are 90% air.” Of course, his next shot clanked off a sturdy oak and landed behind where he had just swung. Oaks full of leaves … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Early Bird

Posted on April 22, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Sunrise? Are you kidding me? Sunrise and night owl do not compute. I have about 1000 sunset shots for every sunrise shot in my portfolio. So, there was this one day in 2013 that I woke up early and saw … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Blur

Posted on April 3, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Life has seemed a blur lately. I shouldn’t skip my annual eye doc appointment! See the weekly photo challenge here.

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A Two-Fer

Posted on April 2, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Find the updated single-family home price trends and employment trends here. It’s a busy time in the good old San Francisco Bay Area. The economies of communities surrounding the bay are in overdrive while things are a little less peachy … Continue reading →

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Job Growth POPS!

Posted on March 16, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

A month ago the Bay Area labor market appeared to have flatlined. Now! To the Moon, Alice! (Alert: Honeymooners reference) See the latest summary here. Top Statistics Statewide – January 2015 Unemployment Rate: 6.9% | -0.2 Labor Force: 18,936,200 |   … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time?

Posted on March 6, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

This week Michelle W. gave us a photo challenge to… “wow us with punchy pops of orange.” I know you’ve seen this structure. It’s steel and concrete. It spans a windy straight that’s about 300 feet deep under the surface … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Reward

Posted on February 27, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

This week Krista gave us a photo challenge to provide a graphic representation of Reward. This story starts one summer in the mid-1960s. I was a kid living in a small town in South Jersey. I was about to cross … Continue reading →

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Will Housing Prices Wither?

Posted on February 25, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

The real estate markets have become fickle beasts. Capital markets bubble and burst taking it out on the little guy. January is a fickle month, too. We saw very few home sales in January in the San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading →

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