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Chuck Gillooley

@WhiteOaksBlog

The White Oaks Blog: Your GO-TO source for straight talk and in-depth analysis on the San Carlos real estate market.

 San Carlos, CA
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Joined January 2008
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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/15/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/05/15…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/15/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/15/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: Home buying activity remained strong last week in the San Carlos real estate market. All of the five homes that were put into contract were on the market for a week or less, and five of...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/8/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/05/08…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/8/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/8/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: The activity over the past 4 weeks in the San Carlos real estate market has remained fairly constant. There have been just about the same number of closed sales, new listings, and homes...

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The Failure of First Republic Bank, and the Impact on Real Estate. whiteoaksblog.com/2023/05/03…

The Failure of First Republic Bank, and the Impact on Real Estate. | White Oaks Blog

The Clock was Ticking. There's an old saying that is widely attributed to Warren Buffet: "When the tide goes out, you can see who is swimming naked." This past week, the abrupt failure of First...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/1/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/05/01…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/1/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 5/1/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: In the blink of an eye, 1/3 of 2023 is already behind us. We are now into May and this month has historically been the last big month of the Spring real estate market in San Carlos. While...

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Moving From San Carlos? Lean on Me. whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/27…
Moving From San Carlos? Lean on Me. | White Oaks Blog

Moving From San Carlos? Lean on Me. | White Oaks Blog

It Can Be Intimidating. As much as San Carlos is an awesome place to live, there are times when people need to pack up and move out of town. It could be that they are downsizing, retiring, moving to...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/24/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/24…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/24/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/24/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: The buying behavior last week succinctly captured what is happening in the San Carlos market -- not very many homes are going into contract in comparison to the overall inventory, but...

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Capital Gains Tax: The Bane of Today’s Home Seller whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/19…
Capital Gains Tax: The Bane of Today's Home Seller | White Oaks Blog

Capital Gains Tax: The Bane of Today's Home Seller | White Oaks Blog

A Double-Edged Sword I once read an inspirational quote that said, "Be thankful that you are paying taxes, because that means you are making money". Now, I don't know very many people that feel...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/17/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/17…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/17/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/17/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: Last week was a bit of an inversion in activity compared to the prior 2-3 weeks in that the home sellers in San Carlos outnumbered the home buyers. There were seven new listings that...

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San Carlos Q1 2023 Real Estate Recap whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/12…
San Carlos Q1 2023 Real Estate Recap | White Oaks Blog

San Carlos Q1 2023 Real Estate Recap | White Oaks Blog

Ending the Slide? After watching the San Carlos residential real estate market slide last year like the hills next to Edgewood Road after a heavy rain, all eyes were focused on the Q1 numbers of 2023...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/10/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/10…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/10/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/10/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend! The weather is finally turning favorable again after such a dreary winter. This week will likely be a bit slower in the real estate market as...

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The Straight Scoop on Natural Gas in San Carlos whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/05…
The Straight Scoop on Natural Gas in San Carlos | White Oaks Blog

The Straight Scoop on Natural Gas in San Carlos | White Oaks Blog

Phasing Out Natural Gas in Your Home If you're at all like me, you're probably a bit confused with all of the recent news swirling around about the elimination of natural gas appliances in your home....

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/27/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/04/03…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/3/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 4/3/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: There's nothing like a good stretch of dry weather to get home buyers back out searching again. Open houses were very busy again this weekend, and buyers have some good inventory to...

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It’s Time to Check Your Crawl Space whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/29…
It's Time to Check Your Crawl Space | White Oaks Blog

It's Time to Check Your Crawl Space | White Oaks Blog

Hidden Trouble This winter has dealt punishment to our homes to a degree that we've hardly ever seen before, and it has put a ton of stress on just about every aspect of the house: The roof, windows,...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/27/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/27…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/27/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/27/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: This past week was a virtual repeat of the prior week in the San Carlos real estate market. Sellers once again grabbed the headlines by putting 9 new listings on the market, which pushed...

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New San Carlos Listing: 1005 Orange Avenue whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/24…
New San Carlos Listing: 1005 Orange Avenue | White Oaks Blog

New San Carlos Listing: 1005 Orange Avenue | White Oaks Blog

A Howard Park Stunner I have been fortunate to have listed some truly exceptional San Carlos homes over the past few years, and my newest listing at 1005 Orange Avenue comfortably fits in this elite...

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Buyers Are Still Buying…They’re Just Picky whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/22…
Buyers Are Still Buying...They're Just Picky | White Oaks Blog

Buyers Are Still Buying...They're Just Picky | White Oaks Blog

The Paradox in Today's Market If you have been following real estate market recently, you've undoubtedly seen this fragmented behavior -- some homes are selling quickly and with multiple offers,...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/20/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/20…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/20/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/20/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: In the theme of March Madness, home sellers in San Carlos definitely brought their game last week. Ten new listings hit the market, which is the largest weekly number that we've seen in a...

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Does Silicon Valley Bank’s Demise Spell Trouble FOR Real Estate? whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/15…
Does Silicon Valley Bank's Demise Spell Trouble for Real Estate? | White Oaks Blog

Does Silicon Valley Bank's Demise Spell Trouble for Real Estate? | White Oaks Blog

Silicon Valley Bank was not involved in the residential mortgage lending. Nor did they invest any significant funds in the real estate industry. But the stunning and breathtakingly swift demise of...

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The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/13/23 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/13…
The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/13/23 | White Oaks Blog

The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/13/23 | White Oaks Blog

The Recap: Who said that views don't sell? The home at 3342 Melendy Drive closed this week at $100,000 over the asking price after getting multiple offers in less than a week on the market. And the...

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San Carlos Blood Drive – Saturday 3/11 whiteoaksblog.com/2023/03/08…
San Carlos Blood Drive - Saturday 3/11 | White Oaks Blog

San Carlos Blood Drive - Saturday 3/11 | White Oaks Blog

San Carlos Youth Center The Stanford Blood Center, in conjunction with the San Carlos Park and Rec Department, is conducting a blood drive this coming Saturday 3/11 at the San Carlos Youth Center...

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