If you are buying a Los Angeles home you are going to want to understand the property tax system, including supplemental property taxes that may be levied when a home changes ownership (there are inter-family and similar exclusions, but an expert should be consulted on those). Important Los Angeles property tax dates The property tax year runs […]
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How is the Downtown Los Angeles condo market doing this year? Let’s see, and compare it to the same period of 2011. Sold: 140 – 3 less than the same period last year. Median price: $305,500 – a 1.83% increase over the same period last year. Low price: $107,500 High price: $3,700,000 at 900 W.
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Carmageddon 1 was a non-event. It took place a year ago to much fanfare and fear. We thought that Los Angeles would shut down. Amazingly enough everyone stayed home and driving on those days was a pleasure. Then we had The Rampture. It was delayed from last year to a couple of months ago and
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I am sure you are hearing stories from all around the country about the shortage of inventory. Is this true about the Los Angeles real estate market? Yes it is. The Los Angeles real estate half-yearly market report for June 2012 will give you an idea how low that inventory is. There are buyers out
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Let’s see how the Westwood single family real estate market fared over the first half of 2012. The numbers are taken from the MLS/CLAW and are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Since it is difficult to separate out Wilshire Corridor condos and they form approximately half of the activity in Westwood, condos are omitted from this report. Number
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Reglazing ceramic tile is a wonderful and cost effective solution to change the color of your bathroom tile. Do you have one of those dated bathrooms with the pink (or yellow or blue or green) tile with black lines? Did you know that there is a less expensive and less intrusive way to refresh that
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How are Century City condo sales doing? Century Hill Sold: 6 = +5 in 2nd Quarter Median Price: $1,030,000 Average Price Per Sq. Ft: 414.93 Active Listings: 20 Units Under Contract: 2 Century Towers – 2220 & 2222 Avenue of the Stars Sold: 4 – +3 in 2nd Quarter Median Price: $825,500 Average Price Per Sq. Ft: $534.92
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Another quarter has passed this year and it is time to look at how the Brentwood real estate market has fared over the past 3 months, as compared to the first quarter. Brentwood Single Family Homes Number Sold: 90 – 71 in the 2nd Qtr which is a 65% increase over the 1st Qtr. Median
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You are thinking of selling your Los Angeles home and have an idea in your head of the price. After all you paid a certain amount for it and should be making a profit on it, or at least getting your money back out. And, this is how your see your home, after all it is
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Your bathroom has an exhaust fan. Hopefully. While not required in every instance, in modern construction I think they are essential. For this exercise let’s assume you have one. How do you know it works? “Well, I can hear it running,” you might say. OK—let me be a little more precise. How do you know it is “functional.” By functional
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