Buying a home in Los Angeles can be a daunting task. Where do you start? Well, ideally you should use the services of a Los Angeles real estate agent, but often buyers like to look for listings themselves. Most of the listings you will see online derive from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) the bible […]
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When buying a home in Los Angeles, you will need to consider your closing costs as well as your downpayment. So what are closing costs? They are the miscellaneous fees involved in your purchase which can average between 2-5% of the purchase price. Your lender will provide you with a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) when factoring
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If you are buying a home in Los Angeles, especially if you are a first-time home buyer, you probably have a ton of questions. I am not going to be able to cover them all, but hopefully this series will answer the main ones. Q: What can I afford? A: The first step you will
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To Jumbo or not to Jumbo, that is the question. Many of my Chicagoland referral partners have been reporting that their higher-end housing markets are seeing healthier sales this Spring. Finally! Our local housing markets are healing! All very good news. Paired along with that is even more good news. Lending options are once again appearing for high-end real estate
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Do you want to sell your Los Angeles home but are worried how you are going to do it because you are an absentee owner? Worry not, the process is no different from, and probably easier than, selling your home while in residence. Where do you start? The first thing you will need to do is allow
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It is only human nature to want a deal, right? But when buying a Los Angeles home in this present sellers’ market, I wouldn’t hold my breath looking for one. A home is not going to sell if it is overpriced and with the shortage of inventory in the market, if a good real estate
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If you are considering selling your Los Angeles home, this is going to be a hot summer. Inventory continues to remain low and buyers are faced with multiple offers on almost everything they are interested in. So Los Angeles home sellers, this is your market. Here are some examples of areas with extremely low inventory:
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Yay. Echo Park Lake is going to reopen on June 15th. It has been a sorry site for the past two years and now it is reopening just in time for summer. At a cost of $45 million, apparently way under budget, the lake was cleaned of its toxicity and refilled and restocked with plants,
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Whether you are buying or selling Los Angeles real estate you will want to use the services of a Los Angeles Realtor®. Why? Because it will save you a lot of time and aggravation in the long run and will make for a positive experience. Sellers: Sellers who try and go it alone by selling
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You want to live on the Wilshire Corridor? I don’t blame you. It is a lifestyle many people would love to live. Imagine coming home and not having to worry about parking your car. You just hand it off to the valet. Got packages? Expecting a delivery? There are people who will bring them to
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