March 2022

Read ’em and Weep

March 28, 2022If you’re one of those buyers who’s been hoping against hope that prices would soften and the market would get easier to navigate in 2022, closed sales for the first two months have sent a definitive message for the time being: Don’t hold your breath. It’s not going to happen anytime soon.” January sales in Santa Cruz County picked-up where the market left off at the end of 2021, with a median price of $1,250,000 for Single Family Residences (SFR). The number of active listings...

Part Four: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For?

March 21, 2022Welcome to Part Four of: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For? To catch up go to: bit.ly/ThisHomeSoldFor Continuing the conversation…we’re watching real estate prices go through the roof with a mixture of shock and awe these days. The top has fallen out of the market and opened up a seemingly limitless expanse of blue sky beyond the beyond of what most homeowners could ever have imagined. For those on the sidelines, real estate has become a spectator sport - part fantasy football/part tv game...

Terry Brezsny Ballantyne

- Terry Brezsny Ballantyne

Myths About Aging

March 16, 2022So in 2022 I am coming clean about where I gather these insights. I help people move from one home to another. I help them shed memories of all colors, purge unnecessary burdens, mental or physical, overcome fears about making big decisions, let go of perceived negative outcomes; basically re orient them into a new home, a new chapter, a fresh start. This is work that is deeply personal as you step in and mess with people’s nest! But this has been an amazing opportunity...

Part Three: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For?

March 14, 2022Welcome to Part Three of: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For? To catch up go to: https://www.brezsnyassociates.com/blog/guess-the-sale-price-part-ii/ We’re talking about the nation’s fastest growing indoor sport: Armchair Real Estate - part fantasy football/part tv game show competition. There’s a huge home audience playing along with the market right now, testing its skill by guessing what homes recently sold for. There’s even a more advanced version that requires players to guess what homes WILL sell for when the dust settles in the multiple-offer moshpit. ...

Dax Nollenberger

- Dax Nollenberger

Dax’s Data: How Areas in Santa Cruz City Compare

March 9, 2022Last month we dove into how each township in Santa Cruz County compares. This month I wanted to zoom in and get hyper-focused on one area in particular, the city of Santa Cruz. Our deep dive into the county showed us just how strong of a market Santa Cruz is, ranking in the top half of every major real estate category since 2010. What neighborhoods are driving the strong numbers and what neighborhoods benefit from their excelling neighbors? If you didn’t get an opportunity to...

Part Two: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For?

March 7, 2022Welcome to Part Two of: Can You Guess What This Home Sold For? To catch up go to: https://www.brezsnyassociates.com/blog/guess-the-sale-price Real estate memes are everywhere drumming up engagement for the nation’s fastest growing indoor sport: Armchair Real Estate. Part fantasy football/part tv game show competition, there’s a huge home audience playing along with the market right now, testing its skill by guessing what homes have sold for. It’s great fun to watch from the sidelines and keep stats on the market’s crazy trajectory. Unless of...