HOMES FOR SALE IN SANTA CRUZ UNDER $500,000
A few years ago if a buyer wanted to buy a home in Santa Cruz under $500,000, I would have had a hard time finding them a decent home. Times have changed. There are many really nice homes for sale in Santa Cruz under $500,000. In fact, there are about 180 homes for sale under $500,000 right now in Santa Cruz. You can go here to see a current list of HOMES FOR SALE IN SANTA CRUZ UNDER $500,000
HOMES FOR SALE IN SANTA CRUZ UNDER $500,000
If you are a first time home buyer in Santa Cruz, not only are prices lower and there are more homes for sale under $500,000, interest rates are at record lows too which will make a big difference in your monthly payment. You can even find homes for sale under $300,000 in Santa Cruz county. These homes under $300k will mostly be in San Lorenzo Valley and Watsonville areas but there are some in Aptos and Santa Cruz too.
When your are looking at homes for sale in Santa Cruz under $500,000, chances are that you will be touring some foreclosures and short sales. These distressed sales can sell for a big discount, but be very diligent in your inspections when buying a short sale or foreclosure. Read my article for tips about Buying a bank owned home in Santa Cruz, there are things to watch out for.
I am an experienced Santa Cruz Realtor and have helped many buyers purchase short sales and foreclosures. Contact me for more information about what is for sale in Santa Cruz under $500,000 or go here to see a current list of SANTA CRUZ HOMES UNDER $500,000
COLDWELL BANKER - SANTA CRUZ - REAL ESTATE AGENT - (831) 419-9345
I am happy to announce that I have recently joined forces with Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz. Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz is one of the most respected companies in the area with a plethora of experience combined with innovative marketing techniques - Coldwell Banker a real powerhouse in the Santa Cruz County Real Estate Market.
COLDWELL BANKER - SANTA CRUZ - REAL ESTATE AGENT (831) 419-9345
Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz is located at 824 B Mission St, Santa Cruz , CA - (831) 419-9345 - on the Westside near UCSC and West Cliff Dr. Coldwell Banker has 2 other office locations in Santa Cruz County for added convenience for our clients. There is a Coldwell Banker - Aptos office on Soquel Dr and a Coldwell Banker - Capitola office on 41st Avenue.
For home sellers, Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz will market and expose your home to the greatest amount of people possible thought our Coldwell Banker International network, online website networking partners (we feature your home on over 350 leading real estate websites!) and local advertising in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Homes Magazine and Coastal Homes Magazine. As a Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz real estate agent, I use the power of the Coldwell Banker network combined with local Santa Cruz advertising and knowledge to create a powerful and dynamic marketing strategy for your property.
Curious about the value of your Santa Cruz home? Fill out this Santa Cruz Property Valuation form, and a Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz real estate agent will contact you with an estimate of your home's value.
For luxury home sellers, Coldwell Banker Previews - Santa Cruz offers a special marketing program for high-end homes and estates in Santa Cruz county. Your luxury home will be marketed locally and internationally, generating the most possible exposure for your property. The Coldwell Banker Previews magazine will showcase the best features of your home thousands of luxury home buyers.
For Home Buyers - Coldwell Banker Santa Cruz - will make the home buying process a pleasant and stress-free experience. If you are a first time buyer or you haven't bought a home in many years, a Coldwell Banker Realtor will take the time to really explain the process to you and take the mystery out of buying a home. Real Estate is constantly changing and in a market with short sales and foreclosures you need to know about new trends in Santa Cruz real estate. Your Santa Cruz Coldwell Banker real estate agent will make sure you know about new homes for sale as soon as they are listed and provide your with email updates so that you know about these homes as soon as we do.
Fill out this Santa Cruz Home Search form and a Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz real estate agent will get to work right away to find you a home and email you homes for sale, including foreclosures and short sales if you are interested in those properties.
Coldwell Banker - Santa Cruz is committed to providing the highest level of service to home sellers and buyers with an emphasis on integrity. Call (831) 419-9345 to get started on selling or buying your next home.
RETIRING IN SANTA CRUZ - 55+ ACTIVE ADULT & SENIOR COMMUNITIES IN SANTA CRUZ
Why retire to Santa Cruz? There are a myriad of reasons to live in Santa Cruz at any age. We have fantastic weather, plenty of fun community events, tons of outdoor activities like golfing, hiking, sailing, fishing, standup paddle boarding, surfing, mountain biking, yoga . . . Living in Santa Cruz you can enjoy an active lifestyle in a geographically gorgeous place with a great community feel.
If you are retiring to Santa Cruz there are some 55+ Adult Communities here. One great senior 55+ condo complex is Piedmont Court on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Piedmont Court is a historic building built in 1912 which consists of single level, 1 bedroom condos for people over 55.
In Watsonville we have the "Adult Village" which is an area of single level homes for seniors over 55+. These senior homes are now selling for around $200,000.
There are several senior 55+ mobile home parks in Santa Cruz. Some of my favorites are ones where you own the land or it is owned as a co-op, you do not lease. These are Sorrento Oaks, close the the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, Tradewinds Park on Jade St in Capitola.
If you are over 55+ but do not necessarily want to live in a senior community and you are looking for affordable homes in Santa Cruz there are some options. There are Santa Cruz single level homes for sale in all price ranges and there are some great single level condos that are very affordable. You can now find nice condos in Santa Cruz priced under $300,000
If you are a senior (55+) and own a home in Santa Cruz and are looking to downsize, it may be possible to transfer your tax base, which can save you a lot of money. Read my article: Transferring your property tax base in Santa Cruz county
Contact me for more information about senior and active adult communities in Santa Cruz county, I am happy to help!
SEABRIGHT HOME VALUES - MARKET REPORT 2011
Seabright is a great neighborhood in Santa Cruz, CA filled with charming craftsman, victorian, and beach bungalow homes. People love to live in Seabright and be able to walk to Seabright Beach, Betty's burgers, the Seabright Brewery, Java Junction, La Posta . . . Seabright is a classic California beach neighborhood. Home values in Seabright have remained fairly strong compared to many other areas over the past few years.
Let's take a look at Seabright, CA home values in 2011:
There were about 38 homes sold in Seabright in 2011 with an average sale price of $753,000. The highest priced home home sold in Seabright in 2011 was a 4500 SF oceanview, craftsman style home that sold for $2,660,000, all cash.
The lowest priced home sale in Seabright in 2011 was small, 2 bedroom foreclosure that sold for $360,000 on Frederick St.
Last year about 45% of all home sales in Santa Cruz county were short sales or foreclosures. In Seabright this rate is much lower. There were 3 Seabright foreclosure sales and 2 short sales in Seabright in 2011, which means that the percent of distressed home sales in Seabright is only 10%. That is pretty great compared to the rest of the county and the state.
Seabright is a highly desireable area. There are full-time residents, commuters, and vacation home owners. It is a great place to live and vacation and there is a large buyer pool for this area.
Contact me for more information about home values in Seabright, market trends, homes for sale in Seabright and community information.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN HOMES FOR SALE WITH LAND - 1 ACRE +
If you are looking for Santa Cruz county homes for sale with land, over 1 acre +, the best places to look are Aptos, Soquel, Corralitos, Scotts Valley, Bonny Doon, San Lorenzo Valley areas. You can find some wonderful Santa Cruz mountain homes in these areas with room for gardening, horses and more.
The Santa Cruz mountains is a stunning place to live. Some of these homes with land have distant ocean views and gorgeous mountain views, you can feel like you are in a remote place in Northern California yet be minutes to town and even be able to commute 'over the hill' to San Jose, Silicon Valley areas.
I have had many people call me that work in the San Jose, Silicon Valley that want to buy a Santa Cruz home with land in the Santa Cruz mountains. They want a retreat home, somewhere to get away from the rat race and really relax. Santa Cruz mountain homes with land are a wonderful place for that. There great prices on homes with land right now and Santa Cruz county home prices are usually much less than in the Silicon Valley and you get more home and property for your money.
Buying a Santa Cruz home with land can be a labor of love. When you have property there is more to maintain and you are usually on a septic and well system. But nothing feels better than owning your piece of paradise in the Santa Cruz mountains.
So what type of homes with land do we have in the Santa Cruz mountains? Really anything you can think of! We have rustic, early century redwood cabins, Spanish-style villas with infinity pools and ocean views, horse property, vineyards, dome homes, gardner's dream, organic farms . . . we have something for everyone in Santa Cruz county!
Contact me and we can talk about what your dream Santa Cruz mountain home with land looks like!
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Real Estate Agent in Santa Cruz County California. Serving Santa Cruz, Aptos, Capitola, Soquel, Scotts Valley, San Lorezno Valley, Watsonville, Rio del Mar, Seacliff, Seascape, Seabright, Felton.
Jessica Wallace, Your Santa Cruz Realtor serving all Santa Cruz County and all of your Home Buying and Home Selling Needs!
Looking to buy or sell a home in Santa Cruz? I can provide you with information about property values in Santa Cruz County. I am a native of Santa Cruz and love living and working in one of the best beach towns in the world! In fact Capitola ranked in Sunset Magazines top 20 Small Towns in the West!
Santa Cruz offers something for everyone and is set in a geographically stunning area. We are surrounded by beautiful beaches and idyllic mountains. Away from the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley and San Jose but close enough to commute if necessary. We Santa Cruzians love life and our small beach towns and mountain areas in Santa Cruz County. In Santa Cruz you can enjoy many activities like surfing, mountain biking, wine tasting, sailing, swimming, hiking, kite boarding and much more. We have many fine restaurants and fun community events and concerts weekly. Santa Cruz is a wonderful place to live!
As your Santa Cruz Realtor, I know that buying or selling a home is one of the biggest decisions you will make in your lifetime. Finding a realtor that you can trust and that has the experience to help you in this ever-changing market is essential to your success in selling or buying a home. If you are looking for a pro-active agent with experience and a track record of success, then we should talk.
I began my real estate career while still in college at UC Davis as a real estate assistant. I took the time to really learn the business before starting out on my own when I obtained my real estate license in 2004. I am originally from the Santa Cruz area and have extensive local knowledge about the different neighborhoods and areas. I attribute my success to my hard work ethic, continuous education and strong negotiating skills.
The current real estate market is one that no one has seen before, and things seem to change every day. I use my knowledge to guide you through it; from foreclosures to short sales, FHA loans and all cash sales. I love working with home buyers and sellers and will make your next real estate transaction and easy and rewarding experience. Contact me anytime at (831) 419-9345.
I work with First Time Buyers, Real Estate Investors, and vacation/beach home buyers. I have a lot of experience with Short Sales and REOs or Foreclosures. I know the Santa Cruz County Real Estate market in and out and will use my knowledge to help you buy or sell your next home.
I constantly educate myself about Real Estate market trends and new ways of doing business. I believe Hi-Tech Marketing will achieve High-Results for the sale of your home. Ask me how I can market your home to sell at the highest possible price.
In 2008 we were referred to Realtor Jessica Wallace to aid our research on a possible second property purchase in Santa Cruz County. Over the next three years we received Real Estate listing and pending sale updates from Jessica on a daily basis, complemented with periodic commentary on local market conditions. By late 2010, we were pragmatically painfully aware of a sound business need to sell our primary residence in Pleasure Point.
So who are we going to call? We called Jessica Wallace, an energetic no nonsense Realtor with a lengthier than lengthy prospective client list. Jessica provided helpful suggestions and resources that further helped to expedite our marketing preparations.
The only disagreement we encountered during the entire process was between Jessica and some of her colleagues. Some of them argued that our house should list for as much as seventy thousand dollars less than Jessica's suggested list price.
To make a short story short, escrow closed thirty-two (32) days from date of listing at Jessica's full price recommendation, end of argument!
Over the years we have bought or sold a number of properties in several northern California counties, several in which we represented ourselves as seller or buyer, and several during which we saw fit to fire our Realtor. Of course, in today's market it's ill advised for a seller not to work with a good Realtor. Jessica Wallace is a good Realtor, the best we've ever worked with. But don't take our word for it.
Who are you going to call?
You're welcome to call us if you want to hear more about Jessica's effective no nonsense ability to sell your house, or you can just call Jessica and find out for yourself.
John & Mercedes Willson
(510) 325-1204
We chose Jessica Wallace as our real estate agent for many reasons. Her positive attitude and professional demeanor made it easy for us to relay to her exactly what we were looking for in a home. She was able to find us the perfect home. Keeping the dialog open made the whole process easier on us, since this is our first home and there are many hoops to jump through to buy a house. I will, and have already, recommend Jessica to others looking to buy a home. ~ Buyer 10839 West, Felton
Jessica was always available when I called and was very responsive to my requests. She even went our of her way to arrage things like the fumigation and contacted all the neighbors - even finding them at coffee shops! Great to work with! I would definitely recommend her services! ~ Buyer Moana Way, Santa Cruz
Jessica Wallace acted as my family's real estate agent when we moved to Santa Cruz County from elsewhere in 2011. She was energetic, savvy, thoughtful, and highly respectful of the (diverse) interests of our family, which must have required a good deal of patience! She saw us through to purchasing a wonderful house. We are so pleased with the outcome. I was especially impressed with how she handled a variety of issues that came up during the period when we closed on the property. She represented our interests very well. If a friend were looking for a realtor, I would have no hesitation in giving her my highest recommendation ~ Buyer Moore Creek, Santa Cruz
As a realtor, Jessica Wallace went above and beyond the call of duty in helping us find a home. I came to Jessica in the summer of 2008 looking to buy a home in the area. She took me to see dozens of homes and was always on time and prepared. It took us several months to actually find the home we eventually bought, and Jessica was with us every step of the way, acting as a liazon between us and the mortgage broker as well as the seller- a difficult to deal with bank. She even attended our escrow closing and made sure we were not overcharged in closing costs. I would not hesitate to recommend Jessica to anyone looking to buy real estate.
~ Sheldon Family, Prunedale, Ca
My husband and I relied upon Jessica Wallace to successfully bid on and secure our present home in Soquel last Spring. Her warm personality and careful advising made her a pleasure to work with. She grew up in the Santa Cruz area and has given us many insights into our new location.
Jessica also successfully sold our house in Los Altos in early summer of last year, after only two weekend open houses. Jessica created quality flyers, managed the open houses, helped with the staging of our home, and arranged for the help of contractors; expediting a quick sale.
During our house buying and selling, and during our stressful move to Soquel, Jessica was reliable, kind, supportive, and always available to assist. We would highly recommend Jessica Wallace as a responsible, caring, and effective realtor.
Sincerely,
David and Kathryn Wilson
Soquel, CA
We were nothing but pleased with the level of service we received from Jessica Wallace. She took the time and made sure she understood our needs. She was extremely knowlegable in the real estate market we were looking in and was able to help us find exactly what we were looking for. We look forward to working with her again in the future.
Towles Family, Aptos, CA
"My husband and I hired Jessica Wallace as our Realtor. Previous to her we had worked with another realtor but did not get the results that we were hoping for. Jessica's website was very helpful and we were given automatic updates of listings that fit our criteria. Jessica always followed through with whatever we asked for and was always available to us by phone or email. We eventually found a home that we wanted and we would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone looking for a very reliable and honest realtor."
Agnes Kim, Santa Cruz, CA
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