Pacific Appraisers sponsors the Northern California Chief Appraisers Meeting

Ryan Whitelaw, MAI and Tim Edwards from Pacific Appraisers will be speaking at the Northern California Chief Appraisers meeting on May 6th in San Francisco. For more information on the Society of Chief Appraisers click here. To receive the flier for the upcoming Northern California Chief Appraisers meeting please respond to this post or send […]

Santa Cruz Market Trends Report – April 2015

The median home price in Santa Cruz County was $775,000 in March of 2015. This us up a whopping 15.7% from a year earlier. The number of sales in March were 123 which is 7% higher than a year earlier. There are currently 255 active listings which is down 35.6% from a year earlier (where […]

Inaccurate Zillow ‘Zestimates’ a source of conflict over home prices

By Ken Harney Excerpts: Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff…says Zestimates are “a good starting point” but that nationwide Zestimates have a “median error rate” of about 8%. Shoppers, sellers and buyers routinely quote Zestimates to realty agents – and to one another – as gauges of market value. If a house for sale has a Zestimate […]

January Real Estate and Housing Update for Silicon Valley

Here is a great article with charts and graphs for housing trends in Silicon Valley: San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties. It goes into housing supply and median values for both single family residences and condos/townhomes. Click here to see article.

Market Update – Santa Cruz County – November 2014

Single Family Residential Report The median value for single-family homes in Santa Cruz County took a slight dip from last month, but is still above the November 2013 median value.  The following is a snap shot of recent market statistics covering the single family housing market in Santa Cruz County.  The analysis presents a broad-brush […]

Market Update – Santa Cruz County – October 2014

Single Family Residential Report Values for single-family homes in Santa Cruz County continue to rise, but the number of active and pendings reached a four-year high last month.  The following is a snap shot of recent market statistics covering the single family housing market in Santa Cruz County.  The analysis presents a broad-brush overview of market […]

Residential Market Update for Salinas

Here is Pacific Appraisers Real Estate Market Update for the Salinas residential market: 19 active listings under $250k 121 active listings between $250k- $500K 47 active listings between $500-$750K 20 active listings between $750k-$1,000,000 16 active listings over $1 million The Salinas market is very active in the $250,000 to $500,000 range. The number of […]