Have you been shying away from older fixers, hoping to buy a newer or remodeled home? With the thin inventory, it might be wise to consider expanding your target. Here's one on a quiet culdesac with no fees that wouldn't take much to revive: Update - this went...
The main point of the article published in Realtor magazine was to spotlight how shady, fraudulent dealings by realtors are bad for the market. Specifically, I'm talking about when listing agents sell a new listing to their own buyer before inputting it onto the MLS....
From NAR's Realtor Magazine: It’s widely agreed that foreclosures and REO properties devastate nearby home values and impede the housing recovery. But we don’t hear similar complaints about short sales. How do the two categories compare where housing prices and a...
Thanks to booty juice for sending this in from bloomberg.com: A week after Christine Lynch listed her house in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles for $3.625 million, she had seven offers. Within 10 days, a deal was reached for the five-bedroom, six-bathroom...
You may have seen this in yesterday's UT: Spring home sales in San Diego County continued to heat up in April, DataQuick figures released Wednesday showed. The county recorded 3,559 sales last month, the highest home-sale tally for an April since 2006, when 3,974...
A rarity here - a super custom 5,083sf house built in 2008 on 2.21 acres for only $819,000!
First Chase, now BofA: CALABASAS, Calif. – Adding to its foreclosure prevention initiatives, Bank of America has launched a nationwide program that offers delinquent mortgage customers increased assistance with relocation expenses – between $2,500 and $30,000 - at the...
From Reuters: When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many years to pass before they would again become property owners. But less than two years later, in March, they purchased a $297,000 house outside...
A client had Rock It Surfaces handle their kitchen-counter needs, and were very satisfied. One of the best aspects is the ease of getting an accurate quote - you take in your diagram with measurements, select your favorite granite slab from the yard, and walk out with...
Located in an exclusive Whistler, B.C. neighborhood halfway up a mountainside, this house was designed for a client from London, England who enjoyed the timber structures characteristic of the typical Whistler Chalet but wanted something unique that would capture the...
