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Southern California Home Sales Hit 7-year High
Buyers poured a record $4.65 billion in cash into Southern California's housing market during May, driving the biggest price gain in nine years and putting sales at a seven-year high, a research firm … [Read More...]
Fixed Rates Soar to Highest Level in a Year
Encouraging economic data helped lift fixed mortgage rates to their highest level in the past year this week, according to surveys from Freddie Mac and Bankrate.com. Freddie Mac’s Primary … [Read More...]
Inventory Crunch Eases As Sellers Jump Back In The Market
Are the days of low housing inventory coming to a close? There are definitely encouraging signs: the number of listings on realtor.com increased 2.36% in March, a welcome change from the -15.22% … [Read More...]
Free Home Buyers Fair May 25th
LOS ANGELES (May 13) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) will host a free “Endeavor to Achieve Homeownership Home Buyers Fair” to help prepare prospective first-time home buyers … [Read More...]
Financial benefits of homeownership
There are many reasons people invest in real estate. Besides the myriad of personal reasons to buy, here are just illustrations of the financial perks of buying a home in California. Call or text me … [Read More...]
Community Shred-It Event
Doing some Spring cleaning at home or in the office? File cabinets bulging with unnecessary or outdated documents? Neet to dump unwanted paerwork safe and securely? Bring all your unwanted documents … [Read More...]
5 Reasons Your Home’s Staging Might Not Be Awesome (Even if You Think it Is)
Nowhere in life is the old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder truer than in real estate. One woman’s dream home might be a mid-century modern, Mad Men styled contemporary, … [Read More...]
5 mythbusters for underwater homeowners
Great information for those homeowners with negative equity. Many homeowners face foreclosure or are having a difficult time making their payments and are considering options such as a short sale, … [Read More...]
10 Hardcore Staging Tips for Sellers
No ads, e-mails, flyers, or any other marketing plan can help a home that doesn’t show well. Here's some great advice for sellers looking to prepare their home FOR SALE. Remember, staging is … [Read More...]
L.A.-O.C. home prices up 10.2%, index shows
by Jonathan Lansner and Jeff Collins, OC Register Home prices in Los Angeles and Orange counties ended 2012 up 10.2 percent, according to the latest of four key home price indexes released … [Read More...]
Is There a Window of Opportunity for Sellers Right Now?
One of the most interesting revelations of the latest National Association of Realtors (NAR) Existing Home Sales Report is the shortage of housing inventory being reported throughout much of the … [Read More...]
Home prices up, madness next?
It seems Orange County house sellers partially got the message. One of the most curious aspects of the current upturn in the local housing market has been the reluctance of property … [Read More...]
Success requires a singular focus
Gary Keller's new book, "The One Thing," begins with this advice: "If you chase two rabbits you will not catch either one." This simple Russian proverb is at the heart of what it takes to have a … [Read More...]
