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		<title>Happy Father’s Day To All The Fathers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers &#160; Father’s Day After the success of Anna Jarvis with her advocating for Mother’s Day, Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father’s Day in 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd was born in Arkansas but later moved to Spokane, Washington where the first Father’s Day celebration took place on June 19, 1910.... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/happy-fathers-day-to-all-the-fathers/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/happy-fathers-day-to-all-the-fathers/">Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3190" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-i-love-dad.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3190" title="Happy Father's Day To All The Fathers" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-i-love-dad-150x150.jpg" alt="blogH i love dad 150x150 Happy Fathers Day To All The Fathers" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers because we love them!</p></div>
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<p>Father’s Day</p>
<p>After the success of <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mothersday/a/anna_jarvis.htm">Anna Jarvis</a> with her advocating for Mother’s Day, Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father’s Day in 1910. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Smart_Dodd">Sonora Smart Dodd</a> was born in Arkansas but later moved to Spokane, Washington where the first Father’s Day celebration took place on June 19, 1910.</p>
<div id="attachment_3191" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-dad-heart.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3191 " title="Happy Father's Day To All The Fathers" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-dad-heart-e1339212593282.jpg" alt="blogH dad heart e1339212593282 Happy Fathers Day To All The Fathers" width="200" height="175" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers because we love them so much.</p></div>
<p>Ms. Sonora Dodd wanted to honor her father, a Civil War veteran, and single father of six children. His name was <a href="http://historicaldigression.com/tag/william-jackson-smart/">William Jackson Smart.</a> Sonora Smart Dodd after hearing in church the story about Anna Jarvis and her work for Mothers of America became inspired. After the sermon Ms. Dodd went to her minster and told him of her intentions and requested his help. The minister couldn&#8217;t put a sermon together by June 5<sup>th</sup>, which was Sonora Dodd’s father birthday and instead suggested the third Sunday of the month of June.</p>
<p>For the next two decades Father’s Day lost its steam and was in limbo until Sonora Dodd return to Spokane from Chicago and started promoting the celebration again. This time she sought help from the Father’s Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men’s Wear Retailers and they conducted ad campaigns to promote Father’s Day despite the fact the newspapers made fun of them. They ran negative articles and cartoons in their papers making fun of a commercial Father’s Day.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.momanddadday.com/">Father’s Day Council</a> did not give up.  They ran campaigns using the newspaper ads and jokes to promote their holiday. The Father&#8217;s Day Council efforts didn&#8217;t work for Congress when brought before them in the teens, the 20’s and the 50’s!  Then in 1966 <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonbjohnson">President Lyndon B. Johnson</a> issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers. In 1972 Richard Nixon signed into law a permanent national holiday</p>
<p>In 2012 <a title="Papa's Pearls" href="http://www.dianeflynnkeith.com" target="_blank">Diane Flynn Keith</a> wrote a wonderful book about her father. It&#8217;s called Papa&#8217;s Pearls and more information can be found at her <a title="Papa's Pearls" href="http://www.papaspearls.com" target="_blank">website here.</a> You may want to read it or give a copy to your Father. It&#8217;s a great read.</p>
<p>Interestingly, in 1980 the Father’s Council wrote that “Father’s Day has become a ‘Second Christmas’ for all the men gift-oriented industries.” Now you know more about your Father. Now everyone go wish a Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers who are out there.</p>
<div id="attachment_3192" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 265px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-happy-fathers-day-e1339212359681.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3192" title="Happy Father's Day To All The Fathers" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogH-happy-fathers-day-e1339212359681.jpg" alt="blogH happy fathers day e1339212359681 Happy Fathers Day To All The Fathers" width="255" height="188" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Happy Father&#8217;s Day To All The Fathers in America</p></div>
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		<title>Is Fatherhood Dead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Is Fatherhood Dead? What breaks my heart today is how fathers are perceived by many people as being inconsequential. The press rarely speaks about fathers except in a negative light. Fathers aren&#8217;t presented as a necessary element to the family unit even though governmental studies have shown how important a father is to a family.... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/is-fatherhood-dead/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/is-fatherhood-dead/">Is Fatherhood Dead?</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>What breaks my heart today is how fathers are perceived by many people as being inconsequential. The press rarely speaks about fathers except in a negative light. Fathers aren&#8217;t presented as a necessary element to the family unit even though <a href="https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/fatherhood/">governmental studies</a> have shown how important a father is to a family. Even parenting groups have many articles on the <a href="http://www.parents.com/parenting/dads/issues-trends/importance-of-fathers-involvement/">important role of fathers</a> in a family.</p>
<p>If you see an ad about families on television, it usually depicts a woman with her children and the father is nowhere to be found. I understand that traditionally the mother is the stay-fast person who spends the most time with the kids. However, I am led to believe by these ads that fathers are rarely present and don’t have concerns about the welfare of their children. It’s a crying shame. Is it really only “women’s work”?</p>
<p>I understand that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Avenue">Madison Avenue</a> targets mothers because they have the buying power for products geared for children and families. But as obvious or subtle as these images without dads may be, I think they give us a skewed view of the father’s role and importance in the family.</p>
<p>When was the last time you saw a prime-time television ad with a father represented as competent in his interaction with his family?  Dads in commercials are typically portrayed as drinking beer, burning food on the barbecue, incapable of sorting laundry, making a mess in the kitchen when mom’s away, freaking out when the teenager asks for the car keys, or turning a small fix-it project into a home disaster. And on TV sitcoms, Dad is almost always played as a doofus whom the rest of the family makes fun of right in front of him! Did you EVER do that to your Dad?</p>
<div id="attachment_5361" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fathers-day-special-to-be-a-dad.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-5361" alt="fathers day special to be a dad 150x150 Is Fatherhood Dead?" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fathers-day-special-to-be-a-dad-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" title="Is Fatherhood Dead?" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dad&#8217;s are important to the family unit. Is Fatherhood Dead?</p></div>
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<p>I was once asked to comment on a book cover that was supposed to depict family education. It had a colorful illustration that readily conveyed the image of a family learning together except for one thing: There was no father on the cover &#8211; only a mother and two children. My comment was, “Where is the father?” The publisher changed the cover to include a dad, however, the idea that it was acceptable to release a family education book without including a father is a sad commentary on the common perception of the family unit.</p>
<p>The positive depiction of a family with a competent, caring father is missing from our culture today. Is that okay with you?  Maybe boycotting products and programs that depict fathers as irrelevant idiots would be the best gift for Father’s Day. And conversely, support <a href="http://blog.fatherhood.org/bid/181532/5-fathers-day-commercials-that-may-make-you-shed-man-tears?source=Blog_Email_%5b5%20Father%27s%20Day%20Comme%5d">companies that get it right</a>. If we insist on the portrayal of a <a href="http://www.papaspearls.com/">responsible, nurturing father</a> who has his family’s best interests at heart, then all families (and by extension, humanity) will be better served. Is Fatherhood Dead to you?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Happy Father’s Day!</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 14, 2013 So far the month of June, in regards to Redwood City real estate, continues to do like it has throughout 2013. Homes have sold faster than new home replacing them. Last week we saw 18 new homes and 52 homes removed from the market. Months of... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/market-trends-redwood-city-real-estate-june-14-2013/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/market-trends-redwood-city-real-estate-june-14-2013/">Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 14, 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>So far the month of June, in regards to Redwood City real estate, continues to do like it has throughout 2013. Homes have <b><i>sold faster</i></b> than new home replacing them. Last week we saw 18 new homes and 52 homes removed from the market. <b><i>Months of inventories</i></b> continue in a steady down trend along with the number of days it takes a home to sell. <b><i>The price per square foot</i></b> is still above the $600 mark. The <b><i>average sale price</i></b> of a home stays above the one million dollar mark.</p>
<p>Redwood City <b><i>homes newly listed</i></b> for sale; stay the same as last week number of 18. Housing’s <b><i>months of inventory</i></b> for home buyers continues to trend down. There has been a steady increase of inventories since the middle of March 2013, however that trends is steady-going down, which means there are fewer homes to choose from for home buyers in Redwood City.</p>
<p>The <b><i>average selling price</i></b> <b><i>(ASP)</i></b> for homes sold has stayed steady hovering around the $1.050M since the end of March. Last week we saw the <b>ASP</b> slightly go down to a level of $1,027,909.</p>
<p>The total number of <b><i>new listings</i></b>, including <b><i>transaction falling through (TFT),</i></b> and <b><i>back on the market (BOM)</i></b> homes dipped to 18.  While the number of homes with <b><i>pending sales,</i></b> or ones who had removed all their contingencies and were ready to close escrow jumped by 30% to 31 homes. <b><i>Closed escrows homes</i></b> number was 21, which was the same as last week. What is interesting is there were NO short sales and only 1 REO’s brought to the market. Redwood City has only seen 2 REO and zero short sales in the past 30 days. This will not last because there is a huge source of homes being held by the banks and they are not releasing them to the market, which will give them a higher profit margin.</p>
<p align="center"><b><i>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 14, 2013</i></b></p>
<p>The <b><i>sale price to list price ratio</i></b> <b><i>(SP:LP),</i></b> was up from last week’s to 105.1%. May 2013 ended at 107.5%, April ended at 106.3%, March ended at 101.3%, and February’s ended at 101.3%. January ended at 99.8%, 2012’s highest ratio was 106.2%,</p>
<p>The <b><i>average number of days for a home to sell</i></b> in Redwood City was 15 up by 3 days from last week’s 12. The lowest 7 days in 2013 was 11 days during April 26-May 3. The beginning of 2013 started out with taking 56 days for a home to sell. Homes are still selling quickly. Advice: If you see a home you like today, buy it! If you don’t tomorrow may be too late.</p>
<p>The future trend for the <b><i>average price per square foot</i></b> looks like it has broken through the $600 ceiling and doesn’t show sign of going under it. The price for last week was $615 down $25.00. 2013 sq. ft. prices were: May; $611, April; $558, March; $599, February; $571, January; $565.00. 2012 ended at $455.00.</p>
<p><b>Home buyers</b> are looking for <b>value </b>when buying, including a home in <b>good condition</b>. <b>Sellers</b> however want the <b>highest price</b>, in the <b>shortest time</b>, with the <b>least hurdles</b>. Home buyers and sellers have satisfied their needs because they are agreeing on price and terms, and homes are selling.</p>
<p align="center"><b><i>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 14, 2013</i></b></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 16, 2013 Find attached a link for you to see in one place Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 16, 2013. Information for Sunday open houses on the MLS include time of open house, bedroom, bath, and number of days on the market, (DOM) square footage and... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/sunday-open-houses-san-mateo-county-june-16-2013/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/sunday-open-houses-san-mateo-county-june-16-2013/">Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 16, 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>Find attached a link for you to see in one place Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 16, 2013. Information for Sunday open houses on the MLS include time of open house, bedroom, bath, and number of days on the market, (DOM) square footage and much more.</p>
<p>If you use the enclosed MLS information your search for your new home will be easier. Enclosed you will find this week’s Sunday open houses easier, quicker, and safer. More importantly, if you come back to http://sfbayhomes.com next week for your home<b> </b>search you will find the same information, saving you time and money that you otherwise would lose going out to buy your Sunday paper or going online searching for all the different real estate websites individually.</p>
<p>Now you have one place to find all the information you’ll need to organize and attend the open houses that suit your particular criteria. Don’t waste your time to some place that doesn’t meet your needs. Please click the link below to open the complete list of Sunday open houses in San Mateo County.</p>
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<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>Link to all the Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 16, 2013</b></span></p>
<p align="center"><b><a href="http://matrix.mlslistings.com/DE.asp?k=272163X2FTW&amp;p=DE-14011613-260">http://matrix.mlslistings.com/DE.asp?k=272163X2FTW&amp;p=DE-14011613-260</a></b></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>(THIS LINK EXPIRES JUNE 17, 2013)</b></span></p>
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<p>When you click on the blue MLS # it will open the complete information on that home along with pictures so you can decide if a home meets your special criteria or not. On the bottom left side of the page is a link labeled Map. By clicking on the word Map you will have launch a map showing where all the homes on the list are in relationship to each other. This will save you a lot of time and effort of trying to read a map or inputting a GPS search in your car.</p>
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		<title>Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City used daily by citizens of Redwood City. Their use is of the courtyard area for art, music, film, and dance. It is the place to hear weekly concerts during the summer months. With the Climate Best By Government... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/historical-san-mateo-county-court-house-in-redwood-city/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/historical-san-mateo-county-court-house-in-redwood-city/">Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City used daily by citizens of Redwood City. Their use is of the courtyard area for art, music, film, and dance. It is the place to hear weekly concerts during the summer months. With the Climate Best By Government Test the weather is favorable to longer summers than other parts of America. In the winter ice skating provided on surfaces that do not need ice. Amazing.</p>
<p>The historical San Mateo Court House in Redwood City has had three different Court Houses on the site at 2200 Broadway in Redwood City.  One of the pioneers of Redwood City, S.M. Mezes, and the Arguello family in 1858 donated to San Mateo County the property for the Court House.</p>
<p>Razed in 1903, the original Court House vied for approval and plans for the new County Court</p>
<div id="attachment_2721" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1906.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2721 " title="Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" alt="Court House 1906 150x150 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1906-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">After Earthquake of 1906 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City</p></div>
<p>House.  The commission for the work was given to Dodge and Dolliver, two local architects.  After construction of the new County Court House lasting  three-years the County was ready to occupy the building.</p>
<p>In April of 1906 the County of San Mateo was preparing to move to the new facilities. Being able to occupy the building was a three dream for all the county workers.  On April 18, 1906 the earthquake hit California and destroyed the new County Court House.  All that remained was the frame-work for the Rotunda.  You may remember this earthquake as being more commonly known as the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.</p>
<p>The building was almost totally ruined. Some framing, dome, and salvageable materials was all that remained.</p>
<div id="attachment_2724" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-Rotunda.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2724 " title="Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" alt="Court House Rotunda 150x150 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-Rotunda-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rotunda in Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City</p></div>
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<p>The County commissioned a new architect by the name of Glenn Allen to rebuild the County Court House.  Mr. Allen kept some of the earlier designs that Dodge and Dolliver used, but added some of his own design too.  The result was a building of Renaissance-Baroque design that centered in an inviting park plaza.</p>
<p>The materials used on the exterior were: Green Colusa Sandstone, sheet copper cornices as well as sheet copper on parts of the Rotunda.</p>
<p>The charm and beauty of the County Court House lies within its interior. Walking inside is pure joy of the uniqueness of the interior.  There are mosaic floors, bronze lamps with eagles, cast iron balustrades, wonderful aged oak benches, green marbled terra-cotta pillars with gold eagle volutes capitals, and <a title="Stain Skylights" href="http://www.historysmc.org/" target="_blank">exceptional stained glass skylights</a>in the Rotunda. You will find many of these same</p>
<div id="attachment_2722" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1930.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2722 " title="Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" alt="Court House 1930 150x150 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1930-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Court House 1930 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City</p></div>
<p>features in &#8220;Court Room A&#8221;.  &#8221;Court Room A&#8221; ,beyond other things, was the court room scene used in the filming of <em><strong>&#8220;</strong><strong>Mrs. Doubtfire&#8221;</strong></em>. We sort-of have a movie star in our mist here in Redwood City.</p>
<p>During the depression <a title="New Deal WPA" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration" target="_blank">President Franklin D Roosevelt in his New Deal start a WPA Federal Program</a>, which put people back to work.  Some of the work the WPA did was to add two modern annexes to the Court House.  When WPA added the two new modern annexes the main portico didn&#8217;t  fit flush to the existing building were removed.  The western and eastern facades remained untouched from their original appearance.  Also the Rotunda was left in tact.</p>
<div id="attachment_2723" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1960.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2723 " title="Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" alt="Court House 1960 150x121 Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Court-House-1960-150x121.jpg" width="150" height="121" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Historical San Mateo County Court House in Redwood City in 1960</p></div>
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<p>In 2005, the demolition by the County started on the structures of the 1939 WPA annexations.  In 2006 they started construction the entrance façade to its original appearance happened. The &#8220;Old&#8221; San Mateo County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.</p>
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		<title>Redwood City Homes Made Safe Against Thieves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Redwood City Homes Made Safe Against Thieves When you go on vacation it&#8217;s easy to just go and forget it. This is not a smart way to go on vacation even if it only for a long weekend. Here are 10 helpful tips on what to do to make sure the safety of your Redwood... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/redwood-city-homes-made-safe-against-thieves/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/redwood-city-homes-made-safe-against-thieves/">Redwood City Homes Made Safe Against Thieves</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>When you go on vacation it&#8217;s easy to just go and forget it. This is not a smart way to go on vacation even if it only for a long weekend. Here are 10 helpful tips on what to do to make sure the safety of your Redwood City home while you are away. Be smart – think ahead.</p>
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<li>Place decal and yard sign advertising an alarm company even if you don’t have a system installed in your home. Thieves would prefer not to deal with an alarm system and will move on to another home. Avoid sign, which promote guns like fear the owner not the dog as guns are a prime target and easy to sell. Thieves love guns so don’t imply any guns inside your home.</li>
<li>Re-enforce your garage doors. Placing an angle iron at the top of the doors prevents would be thieves from using brute force to lift your automatic garage door open.</li>
<li>BE SURE TO LOCK DOORS AND WINDOWS! This seems simple and obvious but one of the most overlooked thing a homeowner can do to protect their home.</li>
<li>Make you home seem to have a dog on the premise. Be sneaky if you don’t have a dog like putting out empty food dishes and full water bowls for your “fake” dog.</li>
<li>If you have a door that leads to the garage from the house, (attached garage), make sure those doors are like the rest of the doors, locked. A dead bolt lock on this door is prudent too.</li>
<li>If you have sliding glass patio doors or sliding windows cut an old broom stick or a piece of wood that will fit in the track of the doors or windows so they can’t be forced open. As an added measure you can buy thumb screw locks that you can install on the top track so that the door or window can be tipped enough to get an arm or hand in to the house to remove your other protective measures.</li>
<li>On all exterior doors it is a great idea to install dead bolt locks. The ones with a 3 inch bolt works best and using 3 inch screws give an added protection. Use these 3 inch screws on the strike plate too.</li>
<li>Stop your mail and newspaper if on an extended vacation. If you have a family member or neighbor to collect the mail and newspapers for you would work too. Don’t forget there are those weekly throw away papers you usually can’t stop.</li>
<li>When you keep up your landscaping keep your hedges at a height that won’t cover an entry to your home like a window. If the you covered up a window with a hedge no one can see if you have a broken window or if someone is breaking into your home.</li>
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<p>10. Finally, use motion sensing lights to guard your home during darkness. Nothing scares a robber more than when they want darkness and on comes the lights. It would be a good idea to have light show off your “fake” doggie dishes too.</p>
<p>I hope these top 10 ways to protect your home while you are away will help you prepare your home against home invasion so you can have a peaceful and enjoyable vacation.</p>
<p>Have a great vacation and know you can always contact Cliff Keith and Team through the contact information below when you have a need for an experienced, friendly, knowledgeable, and honest Real Estate Broker.</p>
<p>We are here for you as a resource center about real estate and methods to find your new home or home buyer. Thank you.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>YOU JUST LOST $51,066! If you have tried to purchase a home it will cost you more today over last week&#8217;s costs. Interest rates on home loans rose one-half of a percent this week. What does that mean to you if you are an average home buyer? It means if you are a first time... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/you-just-lost-51066/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/you-just-lost-51066/">You just lost $51,066!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">YOU JUST LOST $51,066! </span></h2>
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<p>If you have tried to purchase a home it will cost you more today over last week&#8217;s costs. Interest rates on home loans rose one-half of a percent this week. What does that mean to you if you are an average home buyer?</p>
<p>It means if you are a first time buyer you just <span style="color: #ff0000;">lost $51,066</span> over the life of your <strong>$500,000</strong> loan that was a 3<strong>0 year fixed-rated loan</strong> at <strong>4%</strong>, vs. that same loan you could have locked in last week at <strong>3,5%</strong>!</p>
<p>Do you think loan rates are going back down? Indicators point to that scenario is not in the future. There are a number of factor at play here and they do not point to the softening of interest rates any time soon.</p>
<p>Now is the time for you to make your move and buy your home. Don&#8217;t get priced out of the market with procrastination. Do it now&#8230;call/text/email me.</p>
<div id="attachment_5344" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coins-going-up-in-size.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-5344" alt="coins going up in size 150x150 You just lost $51,066!" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coins-going-up-in-size-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" title="You just lost $51,066!" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">You just lost $51,066!</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>Purchase Price: $625,000</p>
<p>Down: $125,000</p>
<p>Loan: $500,000</p>
<p>@3.5%: $2245.20</p>
<p>@4.0%: $2387.05</p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Difference in payments:</span></strong></em> $141.85/mo. &#8211; $1,702.20/yr &#8211; $51,066 over 30 years.</p>
<p><strong>$141.85 will buy</strong> your 1.5128 Latte at Starbucks every week for the rest of the year! <strong>$1,702.20 will get you</strong> great box seats at AT&amp;T Park to watch the World Champion San Francisco Giants including hot-dogs, garlic fries, beers, soda, candy, cracker jacks for 5.674 games for a family of 4!</p>
<p>This rate increase was a real fence shaker. And will cause home buyers to decide to buy or return to the side lines and lose time and money. Don&#8217;t do it. Call/Text/Email your agent and buy a home NOW. You will be glad you did come next April.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 7, 2013 This past week in Redwood City real estate we saw the market trends once again did like it has most of 2013. We had more homes “taken” off the market than were “brought” on the market for sale. Months of inventories continue in a steady down trend... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/market-trends-redwood-city-real-estate-june-7-2013/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/market-trends-redwood-city-real-estate-june-7-2013/">Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 7, 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>This past week in Redwood City real estate we saw the market trends once again did like it has most of 2013. We had more homes “taken” off the market than were “brought” on the market for sale. Months of inventories continue in a steady down trend along with the number of days it takes a home to sell. The price per square foot has broken the $600 mark and appears to like it there. The average sale price of a home continues to hold above the one million dollar mark.</p>
<p>Redwood City <b><i>homes newly listed</i></b> for sale; stay the same as last week number of 19. Housing’s <b><i>months of inventory</i></b> for home buyers was down to 2.6. There has been a steady increase of inventories since the middle of March 2013, however that trend is steady-going down, which means there are fewer homes to choose from for home buyers in Redwood City.</p>
<p>The <b><i>average selling price</i></b> <b><i>(ASP)</i></b> for homes sold has stayed steady hovering around the $1.050M since the end of March. Last week we saw the <b>ASP</b> slightly go down to a level of $1,060,953.</p>
<p>The total number of <b><i>new listings</i></b>, including <b><i>transaction falling through (TFT),</i></b> and <b><i>back on the market (BOM)</i></b> homes remained at 21.  While the number of homes with <b><i>pending sales,</i></b> or ones who had removed all their contingencies and were ready to close escrow was identical to last week’s 22 homes. <b><i>Closed escrows homes</i></b> number was 21, which was 2 more over last week. What is interesting is there were NO short sales and only 1 REO’s brought to the market. It seem that segment of the market has hit a wall. This is because home prices have gone higher, and home sellers can now sell their homes and pay off their loans without asking for help of their lenders.</p>
<p align="center"><b><i>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 7, 2013</i></b></p>
<p>The <b><i>sale price to list price ratio</i></b> <b><i>(SP:LP),</i></b> was down from last week’s to 102.6%. Last year the month of May saw a <b>SP:LP</b> at 100.5%. May 2013 ended at 107.5%, April ended at 106.3%, March ended at 101.3%, and February’s ended at 101.3%. January ended at 99.8%, 2012’s highest ratio was 106.2%, November’s ratio was 103.8%, October’s ratio was 101.5%, September’s ratio was 103.0%, Augusts’ ratio was 101.3%, July’s ratio that was 101.5; June’s was 101.6% and May’s 100.5%..</p>
<p>The <b><i>average number of days for a home to sell</i></b> in Redwood City was 12 down by 5 days from last week’s 17. The lowest 7 days so far this year was 11 days on May 3<sup>rd</sup>.. The beginning of 2013 started out with taking 56 days for a home to sell. Homes are still selling quickly. Advice: If you see a home you like today, buy it if you can because tomorrow may be too late.</p>
<p>The future trend for the <b><i>average price per square foot</i></b> looks like it has broken through the $600 ceiling and will only continue to climb. The price for last week was $640 up $29.00. 2013 sq. ft. prices were: May; $611, April; $558, March; $599, February; $571, January; $565.00. 2012 ended at $455.00; In November it was $501, In October it was $515.00. In September that number was $549.00, April that number was $461.00, May’s was $475.00, June’s was $481.00, and July was $509.00, August it was $551.00.</p>
<p>As always, <b>home buyers</b> look for <b>value </b>in their home purchase including a home in <b>good condition</b>. <b>Sellers</b> however want the <b>highest price</b>, in the <b>shortest time</b>, with the <b>least hurdles</b>. The age-old axiom of Location, Location, and Location still is running strong in today’s Redwood City real estate market trends. It still looks like home buyers and sellers are agreeing on price and terms, and homes are selling.</p>
<p align="center"><b><i>Market Trends Redwood City real estate June 7, 2013</i></b></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 9, 2013 Find attached a link for you to see in one place Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 9, 2013. Information for Sunday open houses on the MLS include time of open house, bedroom, bath, and number of days on the market, (DOM) square footage and... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/sunday-open-houses-san-mateo-county-june-9-2013/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/sunday-open-houses-san-mateo-county-june-9-2013/">Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 9, 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>Find attached a link for you to see in one place Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 9, 2013. Information for Sunday open houses on the MLS include time of open house, bedroom, bath, and number of days on the market, (DOM) square footage and much more.</p>
<p>If you use the enclosed MLS information your search for your new home will be easier. Enclosed you will find this week’s Sunday open houses easier, quicker, and safer. More importantly, if you come back to <a title="BLOG" href="http://sfbayhomes.com" target="_blank">http://sfbayhomes.com</a> next week for your home<b> </b>search you will find the same information, saving you time and money that you otherwise would lose going out to buy your Sunday paper or going online searching for all the different real estate websites individually.</p>
<p>Now you have one place to find all the information you’ll need to organize and attend the open houses that suit your particular criteria. Don’t waste your time to some place that doesn’t meet your needs. Please click the link below to open the complete list of Sunday open houses in San Mateo County.</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>Link to all the Sunday Open Houses (San Mateo County): June 9, 2013</b></span></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://matrix.mlslistings.com/DE.asp?k=272163X2FTW&amp;p=DE-13812233-763">http://matrix.mlslistings.com/DE.asp?k=272163X2FTW&amp;p=DE-13812233-763</a></p>
<p align="center"><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">(THE ABOVE LINK EXPIRES JUNE 10, 2013)</span></strong></em></p>
<p> When you click on the blue MLS # it will open the complete information on that home along with pictures so you can decide if a home meets your special criteria or not. On the bottom left side of the page is a link labeled Map. By clicking on the word Map you will have launch a map showing where all the homes on the list are in relationship to each other. This will save you a lot of time and effort of trying to read a map or inputting a GPS search in your car.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Today is National Doughnut Day! June 7th is National Doughnut Day! The history of this holiday dates back to WWI. Salvation Army volunteers fried doughnuts in oil inside the metal helmets of infantrymen. As a result, the American soldiers were called dough-boys. And that&#8217;s why Today is National Doughnut Day! Everyone from policemen to Homer Simpson love doughnuts or donuts.... <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/today-is-national-doughnut-day/" rel="nofollow">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/today-is-national-doughnut-day/">Today is National Doughnut Day!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sfbayhomes.com">Redwood City Real Estate - San Carlos, Realtor</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>June 7th is </strong><strong>National Doughnut Day!</strong> The history of this holiday dates back to WWI. Salvation Army volunteers fried doughnuts in oil inside the metal helmets of infantrymen. As a result, the American soldiers were called dough-boys. And that&#8217;s why Today is National Doughnut Day!</p>
<p>Everyone from policemen to Homer Simpson love doughnuts or donuts. Even you and I love a doughnut or donut at one time or another. They are at their finest when they are fresh and warm out of the frier. I could sit at the end of the conveyor belt and eat all the doughnuts that come off the line at Krispy Kreme. How can something so bad for you taste so good?</p>
<p>At Dunkin&#8217; donuts I love those cake donuts which are thick and chewy with the texture of eating cake. ummm My boys love the donuts that had the most color when they made their choice. What did your children like? In any case it was a great feeling going for donuts with the children. It was a treat for us all.</p>
<div id="attachment_3107" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/doughnut-KrispyKreme.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3107 " title="Today is National Doughnut Day!" alt="doughnut KrispyKreme 150x150 Today is National Doughnut Day!" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/doughnut-KrispyKreme-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Today is National Doughnut Day! Free doughnuts at Krispy Kreme</p></div>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">In celebration of National Doughnut Day, </span><a title="http://www.facebook.com/KrispyKreme" href="http://www.facebook.com/KrispyKreme" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Krispy Kreme</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> will give away a <strong>free doughnut</strong> to every customer. check their website for all the details and locations of store participating in the promotion. You can use this link to get you there quickly <a title="Krispy Kreme" href="http://www.krispykreme.com/home" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span></p>
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<div id="attachment_3108" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/doughnut-dunkin-donuts.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3108 " title="Today is National Doughnut Day!" alt="doughnut dunkin donuts 150x150 Today is National Doughnut Day!" src="http://sfbayhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/doughnut-dunkin-donuts-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Today is National Doughnut Day! free donut with purchase of beverage. see their website for details</p></div>
<p><a title="https://www.dunkindonuts.com/DDBlog/2012/05/save_the_date_natio.html" href="https://www.dunkindonuts.com/DDBlog/2012/05/save_the_date_natio.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunkin Donut</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> stores offer a free donut to customers who buy a beverage. Once again it is best if you go to their websites for all the up to date details on their promotion. Say hello to Homer for me if you see him. Agghhh donuts&#8230; Here&#8217;s the link to Dunkin&#8217; Donuts so you can check their terms on this promotion.<a title="Dunkin' Donuts" href="http://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en.html" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE.</a></span></p>
<p>Check their websites to find a participating store near you.</p>
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