Just a reminder, that we've moved our blog to our own web page at MorganHomes. If you've been following this blog you can use this link to jump over to our new blog page and sign up for a new RSS feed to receive our blog in your favorite reader (i.e. Outlook, itunes, etc.). Alternatively, you can click this link to sign up here... We'll be shutting this down on June 19th, 2013 so please be sure and bookmark the new page by then. As always, thatnks for following us! http://morganhomes.com/blog/ All the best, Drew Continue reading

Dear followers, In 2007 we began our journey to bring you relevant information about Belmont local politics, activities and of course the real estate market. We amassed over 300 posts, some where we suceeded much better than others in entertaining and/or educating our readers. We hope that you will continue to follow us at our new location as we venture into a more mobile friendly platform. This year we changed our MorganHomes.com web page to the more relevant Word Press format which allows us to blog right on your home site without the need for a third party site. The changeover took almost a year but we believe it was a worthwhile move. Thanks for following our posts, and please sign up to follow our new blog site, still located at Beautiful MountainBlog.org. Click here to switch over from this site to our new one and receive an automated feed when we launch a new post. All the best, Drew Continue reading

The months of inventory in Belmont might not have much meaning unless you understand that the housing inventory as whole in the US stands at 18 months—not 18 days. Continue reading

During the 1990s, mortgage interest rates ranged from around 7 percent to roughly 9 percent for many years. It was only in 2000 that rates began to fall to earth. Continue reading

Nearly half of all California households can now afford the median-priced home in the state – but that’s no help if they can’t get mortgages. Continue reading

Did you know that if you’re buying a home and using FHA financing your down payment could be as little as 3.5?. Continue reading

If you are considering selling your home the above statistics might lead you to believe that it’s back to the old days when any agent could put a sign out front and sell your home. And while that may be true—that your home might sell—the percentage you actually receive of your asking price varies relative to the degree of variance in agent’s marketing plans and advice. Continue reading

Want to get away? With its bucolic setting, 6 Folger Court allows you to feel like you’re living in a small rural town and yet it’s sure to make you feel miles away from the reality and convenience of the close proximity to San Francisco and Silicon Valley. This idyllic area of Belmont enjoys a special microclimate of warmer summer air and hence has been coined to be Belmont’s very own “Banana Belt”. Continue reading

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Since it’s an election year, this seems a politically palatable way to deliver bad news—only those moving would be affected by the cost (estimated to average $7,500 per household). But is it the best answer to the problem? Probably not. Continue reading

Selling a home in Belmont did get easier—so long as you worked with a seller. With more eager buyers for each available home the average time it took to sell a home dropped from 46 days down to 37. Continue reading

LOOKING FOR THE IDEAL HOME IN BELMONT? Continue reading

We’re starting the post off with SALES instead of MEDIAN PRICE. Why? Because this year has all been about the increase in sales and low inventory. Continue reading

Belmont home sales were down year-over-year in November of 2012 ending a nine month run of increased sales over last year. Continue reading

Are we bouncing along the bottom or is the housing recovery in full swing? Continue reading

October of 2012 saw more than a 100% increase in home sales year-over-year with 23 home sales in Belmont as compared to only 11 last October. Continue reading

Seller’s here’s your lesson. Where less of an asking price is actually more, buyers are feverishly snapping up well priced homes. Continue reading

We predicted that this market would “bounce along the bottom” for awhile before seeing any substantive increase. Continue reading

Contingencies should not be viewed as something you want, they should be regarding as something you need. Continue reading

Find the meaning of kefi (joy) in this three-day true Greek extravaganza. The Belmont Greek Festivalwill feature delicious Greek meals and desserts, nonstop music and dancing, exciting exhibition folk dancing, choral folk singing, a captivating mythology play, a fun children’s amusement area, and children’s entertainer Andy Z. Continue reading

Need a Notary? We'll help you so you'll know what questions to ask before you arrive for a Notarization. Continue reading

The Bay Area MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) fared even better as is often the case. For the last four consecutive reporting periods the index as been up. The index lags real time by three months so May's number have just been released and they show more than a 10% increase since February 2012. Continue reading

If you have been waiting for Belmont home values to turn around, they have. It’s clearly a seller’s market right now and opportunity knocks if you’ve been waiting to get top dollar and downsize, supersize or relocate. Continue reading

Read our hyper local housing analysis because, like, the weather, real estate is very local and what goes on in one part of the country can have no bearing on another. Continue reading

Before you fire up that barbeque grill this summer, you'd better read up on the new rules that prohibit the use of open flame cooking in certain circumstances. Continue reading