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Glendale Real Estate Values Continue to Climb
Last April, 51 Glendale homes sold; the absorption rate was 2.45%. In April 2014, only 44 homes sold (due to a shortage of listing inventory), the absorption rate of 1.57% indicates an even stronger home sellers market. Last April the aver...
Harb & Co. Real Estate Wrap Up May 2014
Harb and Co is a team of real estate professionals.  The best part of being a team is that we have backup. We had four closings at the beginning of the month, and then we hit a lull.  But last week, was crazy busy with our personal live...
La Crescenta Real Estate Values Up 15% from last year
Last April: 33 La Crescenta homes closed escrow The average price per sq ft was $366.46 and the average selling price was $682,249 12% were short sales (this year just .5% of La Crescenta homes were distress sales (REO’s no short s...
Another Closing
Last week, my newly constructed La Crescenta home closed escrow swiftly. Remarkably, we sold it quickly and at full price. However, I initially hoped the seller would consider furniture rental. In my view, this could have further boosted th...
It’s Not Usually How I Do It
 It seems that most of my clients selling their home provide me with a little lead time. Not so with my recent La Crescenta sale in Markridge Estates. I met the owner on March 9th. We closed May 9th for $26,000 over asking price. O...
L.A. Homebuyers Continue to be Disappointed
I received an inquiry from a buyer who has been trying to buy a home for two years. They are in a very competitive price range, have made several offers, and have either lost out to higher offers or cash buyers. LA Homebuyers continue to be ...
39% Of La Canada home sales were under one million dollars
The La Canada move-up buyer is back, 39% of last month’s La Canada home sales were under one million dollars The absorption rate of less than 2% indicates a very strong seller’s market. Cash sales continue to play an integral part in t...
6240 Hamilton Lane La Crescenta Closed
 My La Crescenta listing on Hamilton  closed this week. I, as do most real estate agents try to cut down on printing; there is so much paper waste in a real estate office. I received somewhere around 20 offers. Most were over askin...
