Experts Weigh On A Hot California Real Estate Market
Ellen Paris , Contributor, Real Estate In April, when Covid hit California’s real estate market hard, I reached out to San Francisco-based Compass California President Mark McLaughlin and CoreLogic’s Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp, Ph.D. for their...
So you’re working remotely and want to move? Here are the questions you should ask.
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Wed. September 23, 2020 If you’ve been working from home for the past six months, you may be ready for a change of scenery and may be entertaining the idea of moving. After all, if you don’t have to be tethered to your...
Moving out of California, even temporarily? Here’s what you need to know about taxes –
by Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 5, 2020 Business groups have been pushing Congress for a decade to simplify how states tax nonresidents. They hope the work-from-anywhere boom will spur lawmakers into action. Californians who worked part of this year...
People are fleeing the Bay Area. But they might not be gone for long – SFChronicle.com
The Bay Area’s high cost of living has become untenable for many frustrated with the shelter-in-place. Some are making permanent moves elsewhere, but others see making their way back post-pandemic. by Anna Kramer, San Francisco Chronicle Sept 7, 2020 Shortly after...
Small landlords dip into savings as their tenants struggle to pay rent
AUG 24 2020 by Diana Olick CNBC @DIANAOLICKCNBC More renters are unable to make their monthly payments, and that is having an outsized impact on the nation’s “mom and pop” landlords. Nearly a third of renters who live in single-family or small multifamily...
Here’s what you need to know about claiming Social Security retirement benefits
MON, AUG 24 2020 by Lorie Konish @LORIEKONISH CNBC Deciding when to claim Social Security retirement benefits is probably one of the most important financial decisions you will make in your lifetime. Yet many people are at risk of failing to pick the right strategy...
How To Tell A Real COVID-19 Contact Tracer’s Call From A Scammer’s
August 20, 2020 by JULIE APPLEBY State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers are trying to pry credit card or bank account information from unsuspecting victims. The grifters...
SF’s housing market is weakening as some suburbs see ‘crazy heated insanity’
by Kathleen Pender, Aug. 17, 2020 The coronavirus continued reshaping the Bay Area housing market last month, as demand for homes was weakest in San Francisco — especially for downtown high-rise condos — and strongest in the North Bay as buyers sought more space and...
Should you refinance your mortgage right now?
by Maurie Backman, The Motley Fool Now may be a good time to refinance — but only if you plan to stay in your home long enough to reap the savings involved. If you’ve been following the news, you may have heard that mortgage rates hit a record low...
Manhattan apartment deals plunge 57 percent, suburban real estate surges
By Robert Frank, CNBC Apartment contracts in Manhattan fell by more than half in July, while deals in many New York suburbs more than doubled, showing a continued flight from the city over the summer. The number of signed contracts for co-ops and condos in Manhattan —...