If you think your home’s tax assessment is too high, you can always appeal it. Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale As a homeowner, tax assessments are something you have to deal with on every year. Upon finding out that their property tax has increased, many people simply throw their assessment in t…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale For this market update, I’ve compiled the data from the Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland real estate markets because all of the numbers are so similar. Here’s what you need to know. Let’s start by looking at what the real estate market is doing today. The med…

Given that today’s market leans heavily toward sellers, should you invest in real estate? The answer is yes, but not without following these tips. Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Our current market is booming with activity and inventory sits at an all-time low, which is leading many of my client…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale If you’ve been paying attention to the latest nationwide market statistics, you might’ve noticed that in many areas around the country, we’re shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. In our Northern Virginia/D.C./Maryland area, however, we’re still in …

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale My guest Mike is a real estate broker in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C; he and I partnered up a month ago and today we’d like to talk about the importance of your property’s condition when it comes to selling your home. Three months ago when the market was busier, p…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Many of my investors ask me when the next recession is going to happen. The truth is that I don’t know. All I can do is look for answers. Many smart economists predict that the recession might start in 2020. Our economy has been expanding since 2009 and we have se…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Today I want to talk about property disclosure as the seller. Many people have asked me what they need to disclose about their property when selling. To answer this, I should start by saying that what you have to disclose depends on where you live. Each state actu…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Here are the top 10 most expensive mistakes you might be making on your home: 1. Using traditional light bulbs. Did you know that if you change from traditional light bulbs to LED light bulbs, you can save as much as $150 over the life of each light bulb? 2. Ignor…

Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Today let’s review the first quarter market of 2018 and see how it compares to the first quarter of 2017. The average sold price for Virginia in the first quarter of 2018 is up 3.48%, which is great news for homeowners. Homes are selling on average at $511,066 thi…

No matter when you plan on selling, you can always add value to your home. Here are a few of our top tips. Selling a home? Get a free home value report Buying a home? Search all homes for sale Many of you have asked me about what you can do to improve the quality of your home so that you get the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time w…

Learn more about the Occupy Bay Area art exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Produced by Spark for This Week in Northern California. Original air date: July 2012.โดย KQED

Spark shares how Eleanor Coppola's work helps grieving parents to remember their children. Original air date: July 2004.โดย KQED

Spark discovers the exquisitely carved sculptures by Chinese American artist Lu Huan. Original air date: June 2005.โดย KQED

Spark finds the song inside pine cones, with composer/performer Cheryl E. Leonard. Original air date: May 2005.โดย KQED

Spark checks out the rocking, rolling, reeling sculptures of sound artist Matt Heckert. Original air date: March 2005.โดย KQED

Spark visits the recording studio of bouzouki player George Mylordos and his band Kymata. Original air date: June 2004.โดย KQED

Spark talks to John O'Keefe, a San Francisco playwright who's been on the scene for decades. Original air date: June 2004.โดย KQED

Spark meets the Gospel Travelers, an unlikely assortment of blues and gospel performers. Original air date: May 2004.โดย KQED

Spark hits the San Francisco club scene at one of Porchlight's monthly storytelling revues. Original air date: April 2004.โดย KQED

Spark joins La Familia Peña-Govea to see how this family bands together. Original air date: April 2007.โดย KQED

Spark catches up with globe-trotting choreographer Flemming Flindt at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley. Original air date: March 2004.โดย KQED

Spark takes a walk on the wild side with photographer Olivier Laude, as he stages his outrageous portraits. Original air date: February 2004.โดย KQED

Spark makes acquaintance with Pauline Oliveros, the internationally renowned pioneer in electronic and improvisational music. Original air date: February 2004.โดย KQED

Spark meets the artists known as castaneda/reiman, who live, work, and make art together. Original air date: July 2003.โดย KQED

Spark explores ultimate power dressing with Andrea Higgins's series of works based on the wardrobe of American First Ladies. Original air date: June 2003.โดย KQED

Spark listens to vocalist Amy X Neuburg and her Cello Chixtet interpreting the secret language of subways. Original air date: March 2007.โดย KQED

Spark visits with Vietnamese born Thai Bui as he creates works that reflect the pressures of working as an artist in a foreign culture. Original air date: June 2005.โดย KQED

Spark explores the method and meaning behind Anna Von Mertens's quilts that are covered with as many as 100,000 handsewn stitches. Original air date: May 2004.โดย KQED

Spark meets Ken Goldberg who conducts whimsical experiments in human behavior to explore the artistic possibilities of the Web. Original air date: March 2004.โดย KQED

Spark checks out the growing phenomenon of Muslim spoken word and hip hop with Calligraphy of Thought. Original air date: February 2004.โดย KQED

Spark talks to Brenda Way, who in the three decades since she founded ODC has directed her dancers and staff to accomplish more than they ever dreamed possible. Original air date: September 2003.โดย KQED

Spark goes inside the studio with Victor Cartagena, who draws on memories of the Salvadoran Civil War to create a haunting body of work. Original air date: July 2008.โดย KQED

Spark discovers The Ark, a project where musicians from around the world take six days in the basement of a divinity school to compose a new piece of Jewish music. Original air date: June 2008.โดย KQED

Spark takes to the streets of San Jose to check out Phantom Galleries, part of a nationwide trend to counter the effects of urban blight by filling vacant storefronts with the work of local artists. Original air date: April 2004.โดย KQED

Spark heads to Chile to see how Pablo Neruda influenced the work of playwright Carlos Baron. Original air date: May 2007.โดย KQED

Spark finds out how ponies and parties play an important part in the weavings by Adela Akers. Original air date: May 2007.โดย KQED

Spark learns more about Laura Splan's fascination with biological sciences and has informed her artwork. Original air date: March 2005.โดย KQED

Spark remembers Nathan Oliveira and his lifelong fascination with the painted surface. Original air date: February 2005.โดย KQED

Spark visits the Asian Art Museum for their opening gala in 2003. Original air date: March 2003.โดย KQED

Spark spends time with Taraneh Hemami as she helps to preserve the memories of Iranian-Americans. Original air date: July 2006.โดย KQED

Spark follows the development of Jim Campbell's series of works, which focuses on people with physical disabilities. Original air date: May 2003.โดย KQED

Spark gets an inside look at the private collection of film- and video-based art in the home of the Kramlichs. Original air date: April 2003.โดย KQED

Spark visits San Jose's gallery, Kaleid, and learns about the art scene there. Original air date: June 2007.โดย KQED

Spark gets an an insider's perspective on the art business with artist Charles Linder, who formerly owned Lincart gallery. Original air date: September 2003.โดย KQED

Spark experiences the dance traditions of Central Asia come alive when Ballet Afsaneh takes the stage. Original air date: July 2007.โดย KQED

Visit Kenyan-born Indian American Shailja Patel as she works on her one-woman show, "Migritude." Original air date: March 2007.โดย KQED

Find out how sound duo Matmos create their unique sound environments -- you may be surprised. Original air date: May 2006.โดย KQED

See how natural found objects are juxtaposed with pieces of technology in Joe Mangrum's design sculptures. Original air date: July 2006.โดย KQED

Check out the Contemporary Jewish Museum and their invitational exhibition showcasing artists' interpretations of the seder plate. Original air date: April 2009.โดย KQED

Meet artists in the Djerassi Resident Artists Program who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Original air date: March 2006.โดย KQED