Don’t wait to make a home inventory! You never know when a disaster may strike, but you can be prepared with an up-to-date home inventory. Creating a… Read more ⇢

The price of any item (including residential real estate) is determined by ‘supply and demand’. If many people are looking to buy an item and the supply of that… Read more ⇢

The home mortgage deduction is one of the most popular in the entire tax code. It enables you to deduct, within limits, the interest you pay on a mortgage… Read more ⇢

Recall Summary Affected Models:  The potentially affected thermostats have a battery door on top and either 3 or 4… Read more ⇢

The home mortgage deduction is one of the most popular in the entire tax code. It enables you to deduct, within limits, the interest you pay on a mortgage… Read more ⇢

Pictures move the masses and if you’re not careful, they can move prospective buyers away from your property online.  All sellers know the value of great photos and even video and… Read more ⇢

When it comes to purchasing a home in a competitive market, serious buyers who have done their homework are the ones to beat. Mortgage rates may be rising and… Read more ⇢

Economists are telling us what we already knew here on the Westside: that home buyers may not get as great of a deal on a foreclosure as they once… Read more ⇢

Women are big decision-makers when it comes to buying and designing a home. So what do women really want in a home today? A recent Coldwell Banker home buying… Read more ⇢

Home buyers want energy efficiency, according to a new study released by the National Association of Home Builders titled, “What Home Buyers Really Want.” Four of the top-ranked home… Read more ⇢

A Short Sale is the process in which a homeowner can sell his or her home for less money than he or she actually owes on the mortgage(s). Read more ⇢

After mostly holding steady the last few weeks, mortgage rates inched down this week, giving housing a boost leading up to the spring home buying season, Freddie Mac reports in its… Read more ⇢

Short sales surged in 2012 to a level that was nearly triple the amount of foreclosures, according to recent data from RealtyTrac. Foreclosure sales made up 11… Read more ⇢

Home values could surge 35 percent without stretching housing affordability, Raj Dosaj, vice president of the home price index at LPS Applied Analytics, said during a recent webinar hosted… Read more ⇢

The rest of the world can have its groundhog. In Southern California, we don’t watch for shadows from burrowing furry friends, or lack thereof. Spring comes in subtle, colorful… Read more ⇢