Last month July 2020, the most expensive home sold: 2435 Orange Avenue La Crescenta. This Vanity Fair featured home was listed for $1,849,000 and sold in eleven days for $1,784,000. The sellers purchased this home in 2018 for $1,144,720. At t...
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We have a flat roof that leaks. As the seller, we would rather disclose, at the time of sale, the leaky roof problem than ...
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I am living in my mother’s house, who recently passed. I am not the trustee but a beneficiary. My husband and I can only afford $5...
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Selling during a pandemic
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Well I know this is a new one! I was going to list my home on the market last month, but decided to put it off ...
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Selecting the right real estate agent
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I had my aunt’s La Crescenta home listed for six months with a local Realtor. I thought I did my ...
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Preparing For A Future Sale
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I am retiring in September and will be selling my home and moving. We have lived here for thirty years, and w...
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Can I Afford to Move?
I look forward to reading your real estate news because you discuss a lot of timely topics. If you have answered this before my apol...
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Our real estate agent has been showing us homes for quite some time. Last week we finally found the perfect one and we made a formal offer. ...
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Determining your asking price
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Last year, thinking we were going to remain in our home for many years, we refinanced. We combined our firs...
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For nearly ½ of last year we have been looking at homes and made offers on several. Every time I think I know the drill, something is diffe...