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Top Ten Reasons Your Real Estate Offer Won’t be Accepted
It’s a very difficult market for home buyers. Most are extremely frustrated from viewing homes and the emotional roller coaster ride of writing offers, being countered and ultimately losing out on their dream home. So why are they missing...
The Allure of an all Cash Buyer, Purchasing a Home Over the Internet Sight Unseen
The Allure of an all Cash Buyer: We all hear stories of cash buyers purchasing a home over the Internet sight unseen. Typically, foreign money is hoping to invest or looking for a place for their college-bound children to live. I have nev...
Glendale Real Estate Values are up 17% in one year!
In August 2012, 64 homes sold in Glendale (8 were short sales, and 8 were foreclosures). The average selling price per square foot was $327.70 (17% less than this year). I have been concerned over how quickly Los Angeles and Glendal...
Rising Mortgage Rates
In the late 1970s, I worked for Los Angeles Federal Bank at One Wilshire in LA. The primary loan was a single-family fixed-rate loan with a 30-year term. Many of the loans had a prepayment feature. If you paid the loan off before a specified pe...
La Canada Townhome of the week
Even if we don't have a particular buyer, we still enjoy going to Brokers Caravan. The La Canada townhome of the week is next to the La Canada Country Club. It’s located at 5383 Godbey Drive, and it’s impeccably remodeled. MLS remarks read:...
La Canada Real Estate Values up 22% From Last Year
I am still trying to acclimate to my new real estate blog, but I love the crisp look of it. La Canada, real estate statistics are in! In August 2012, there were 24 La Canada home sales versus this year’s 27. The average price per squa...
Buying A Home In Today’s Los Angeles Real Estate Climate
I have been showing homes like crazy. Lucky me, I have a pool. When I am done showing homes in 100-degree weather, I can return home and just jump in. Buying a home in today's Los Angeles Real Estate Climate is different. The market is changing...
Another home sold and closed
A day in the life of this Los Angeles Realtor - another home sold and closed! While in college, I was a student worker at the Van Nuys Court; it was a horrible job. Everyone who came or phoned was cranky; they were paying fines, fighting ticket...
