You have decided to sell your Los Angeles home and are in the process of picking an agent to represent you. They are not difficult to find. They may still be knocking on your door, sending you postcards in the mail, or maybe cold calling you. There are hundreds of them with online websites, and […]
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Just because the Los Angeles real estate market is low in inventory does not mean that you can go ahead and overprice your home. Here are some examples of why: For single family homes, in an area which covers Westwood and West Los Angeles: There were 73 sales over the past six months, 11 of
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Are you thinking of selling your Los Angeles home and wondering whether you should remodel or sell as is? The article below discusses some renovations you may want to consider and also provides my point of view on whether to remodel or not. Increase the Resale Value of Your Home – Los Angeles Times. Need Help? Have
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It’s a strange phase in the Los Angeles real estate cycle right now, and as in any economic cycle there are winners and losers. So who are the biggest winners right now? Landlords/Investors After the recession homeowners who were forced to sell are still unable to get back into the housing market, either because of
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I you are thinking of buying or selling a home in Los Angeles it would be good to check in on sales and availability in some of the Los Angeles neighborhoods. What were the top selling neighborhoods so far this year: Single Family 1. Hollywood Hills West – Sold = 64 at a median price
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The final decision to Refinance your existing Mortgage (or not), should be based on one simple thing. It must make good financial sense …That decision is often times determined by the length of time you, as a Homeowner, “guesstimates” you’ll own your loan (i.e., stay in your present home). A good rule-of-thumb is that the monthly payment savings
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When buying a car there is an unwritten rule that you are supposed to haggle for the best price and emotions generally don’t factor in. Some people enjoy the dance and don’t take it personally when they don’t get what they want. Real estate is a business in which emotions probably run higher than any
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Silicon Valley is well known, but have you heard of Silicon Beach? There has been a huge growth in start-up tech companies on the Westside in an approximate three-mile area covering Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey and Playa Vista. Companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Snapchat and Hulu have branched out into “Silicon Beach”,
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You know the story. The kids are gone. You have more space than you could ever use. The maintenance of the home is becoming more than you can handle and you are thinking, “should I downsize my Los Angeles home?” You have decided that you are ready and are wondering how to proceed: Should I
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When selling your Los Angeles home you are going to be faced with the responsibility of disclosing everything you know about your property. There is no question that you can hide certain matters for fear that it will affect the sale in some way. All will out in the end and you do not want
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