My East Bay Agent - Latest Comments

Re: Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

andykaufman — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:43:11 -0000

thanks Rene!

Re: Bank of America and Wells Fargo Say Loan Mod Efforts Improving, but Frank Says It’s Not Good Enough

Calif0058 — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:49:46 -0000

Barney Frank bought and paid for by these institutions. If he was sincere he could make them move faster on modifying loans, but hard for him to tell banks to f..k themselves when they giving him and his friends large "campaign" contributions. Only in Washington D.C. is this not called a conflict of interest!

Re: Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

andykaufman — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:17:29 -0000

thanks mike :)

Re: Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

renefabre — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:08:49 -0000

Congratulations Andy... I'm with Mike... top 10!

Re: Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

gingerw — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:58:56 -0000

Top #1!

Re: Andy Named One of 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders

mikemueller — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:52:24 -0000

Congratulations and Kudos to you!
Forget about the Top 100 - I say Top 10!
: )

Re: Glen’s December East Bay Housing Numbers (through November 2010)

A. Lewis — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:53:46 -0000

Thanks, Glen! These are great.

Re: [video] Gorillaz – “Crystalised” (The xx Cover) (BBC Radio 1 – Live Lounge)

dylan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:45:20 -0000

most beautiful cover song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: A Closer Look Into the Fundamental Shift in the East Bay Housing Market

Andy Kaufman — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:55:05 -0000

Hey Aaron - Thanks for the comment & the idea of a city by city breakdown. Perhaps we'll try it out with a few cities & see what we find.

Re: A Closer Look Into the Fundamental Shift in the East Bay Housing Market

A. Lewis — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:38:31 -0000

This is a really nice analysis - thank you for the hard work! Oh, if you could only show me the Sales and Distressed property breakdowns by price range on a city-to-city basis! That would really tell the story of how each city did...

For years I have tried to convince others that the mix can have a huge affect on the median price - but all they hear is the CAR/NAR announcement of the change in median price, and they think that's what housing prices are doing. The sad part is that the discrepancy is at it's worst during times of turmoil, or turning points in the market - so the median is most deceptive when you need it to be most indicative.

Thanks for continuing to share your very useful data and insight!

Re: Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers Through August 2010

A. Lewis — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:08:33 -0000

Thanks for the numbers, Glen! Looking forward to the additional data on CC & Alameda.

Re: Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers Through July 2010

A. Lewis — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:19:06 -0000

Thanks for the great insights and for your time and work to provide the numbers, Glen!

As always, I consider you THE best source for hard data on the East Bay.

Re: Glen’s July East Bay Housing Numbers

A. Lewis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:40:24 -0000

Thanks, Andy!

Re: Glen’s July East Bay Housing Numbers

Andy Kaufman — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:20:38 -0000

Hi Aaron- Just wanted to let you know that the full file has been added to the post for you to download.

Re: Glen’s July East Bay Housing Numbers

A. Lewis — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:14:17 -0000

Great data as always - thanks, Glen! I love the time trend analysis. Can I please have the full file like you usually post? I am super-interested in the city breakdown, because some of the East Bay markets are so different from others.

Re: Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers (through May 2010)

A. Lewis — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:40:34 -0000

Just interested. Having supply and demand numbers like yours is SO much more meaningful then just the median prices the media touts.

Re: Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers (through May 2010)

Glen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:40:39 -0000

Thanks for the comment!!! Are you in Real Estate now?...an agent....or just interested in what's going on in the area?

Re: [video] East Bay Trustee Sale Auction Results Shows the REO Tide is Rising

Andy Kaufman — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:30:51 -0000

Thanks for the comment Aaron. The auction results videos are definitely a continuing feature.

As far as the back data goes, let me see what I can dig up. I might have to take you up on your offer.

Re: [video] East Bay Trustee Sale Auction Results Shows the REO Tide is Rising

A. Lewis — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:52:16 -0000

This is great, Andy! I hope this is a continuing feature - great hard data on the market!

Can you go back in time and look up the last few years data? You could make some really great charts to tell the story of what's happening if we could see these same weekly stats back through '06. Or even back the last 12 months. I do a lot of data analysis for a living - if you need someone to process a lot of data and make an Excel chart...I'd be happy to lend a hand.

Re: Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers (through May 2010)

A. Lewis — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:45:07 -0000

Thanks very much for continuing to post Glen's Numbers. You are the best source for hard data on the East Bay Housing Market. Great work! Keep it up!

Re: [video] East Bay Trustee Sale Auction Results

Andy Kaufman — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:37:03 -0000

That's something that I'd love to know as well, unfortunately the data from Foreclosure Radar only goes back to September of '06. That being said, I'm looking forward to digging deeper into the stats in future posts.

Re: [video] East Bay Trustee Sale Auction Results

A. Lewis — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:34:39 -0000

Very interesting. So how does this compare with a 'normal' market (say a year like 2002). I assume the total number is quite high, but how about the % cancelled, or the percent that go to 3rd parties. Is that a lot? Do they usually all go REO? Or all go to 3rd parties?

Re: PERCENT IN APRIL Foreclosure Activity Goes Down 9% in April

A. Lewis — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:46:57 -0000

Thanks for the update, and thanks for listening, Andy!

Re: PERCENT IN APRIL Foreclosure Activity Goes Down 9% in April

Andy Kaufman — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:01:04 -0000

I think we're on the same page Aaron. Thanks for the comment. I can see where you're coming form and hope that my update will clarify my failure to convey sarcasm. :)

Re: PERCENT IN APRIL Foreclosure Activity Goes Down 9% in April

A. Lewis — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:22:51 -0000

Your headline could be interpreted as distorting spin. Please don't do that. CalculatedRisk has a more objective way of discussing the same RealtyTrac article.

http://www.calculatedriskbl...

I would like to trust the Real Estate professionals, I really would, but with the typical analysis always boiling down to 'Now's a great time to buy!' or 'buy now before prices go up!', it makes it very hard not to think they would all screw me over for a commission.

I think your headline could be interpreted that same way, and it hurts your credibility. There is a lot of evidence to say that foreclosure inventory will impact the market and drive prices down for the rest of the year - including this RealtyTrac report. Other stuff you have done and written makes me think you're a good guy, so I really don't want to see you go down that road of putting positive spin on market data when it's not warranted.

Thanks for your blog, I find it very valuable.