A popular real estate pricing strategy is to underprice a home to obtain multiple offers and a bidding war. Pricing your home 3 – 5% below market value typically results in the home selling at a higher price than if originally priced at fair ...
Home buyers have many questions; if they don’t, they should. According to Realtor.com, these are the eight most common questions asked by homebuyers (with my answers):
1. What home can I afford?
Only a home buyer knows how much home they ca...
Home sellers are often emotional when selling their beloved home. Even when selling in order to move up to a bigger/better home, there can be a tinge of remorse. Perhaps it’s the door jamb where they recorded their kids’ height ever...
Following the 2008 recession, most homeowners delayed moving as we watched the equity in our homes plummet and our stock portfolios plunge. I remember being reluctant to open my mutual fund statements. Because of declining real estate values, m...
I have a favorite APP, and being a Realtor, my favored APP, may surprise you. There are numerous APP's for Realtors, but my favorite is Find my Friends. I really don’t like to live dangerously, but sometimes my parents think I do. The...
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I am contemplating the significance of relationships. I am fortunate to have a wonderful husband. Two amazing daughters, terrific parents, a remarkable sister, great cousins and fabulous friends. But as...
Gasp! Your home hasn’t sold, when is it time to bite the bullet and reduce the price? Sadly it sometimes happens that you listed your home but it is just sitting on the market.
Real estate experts often council that a listing is like...
Readers of my real estate blog, who view our monthly real estate statistics, know that it’s a hot seller’s market. But unfortunately, not every home sells quickly and over asking price. When your home is listed and languishing on the mark...
Interested in Glendale Home Values? In December, Glendale home values tapered off a bit. Likely due to the fact that real estate listings taper off after the holidays and it’s often just the homes that have been lingering on the market that a...
Last month (December 2015) the most expensive luxury home sale in La Crescenta was 2363 Panorama Drive. This 4-bedroom, 3-bath home is over 3300 square feet on nearly 1/3 acre. The home sold for full price - $1,495,000; the sellers had purchase...