Housing Prices

Selling Your House? Price It Right Up Front

Selling Your House? Price It Right Up Front

In today’s market, where demand is outpacing supply in many regions of the country, pricing a house is one of the biggest challenges real estate professionals face. Sellers often want to… Read more ⇢
Will Home Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Rise?

Will Home Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Rise?

As mortgage rates increase, the demand for home purchases will likely remain strong relative to the constrained supply and continue to put upward pressure on home prices. Here’s why: Mortgage interest… Read more ⇢
Millennials Are Skipping Starter Homes for Their Dream Homes

Millennials Are Skipping Starter Homes for Their Dream Homes

A new trend has begun to emerge. With home prices skyrocketing in the starter home category, many first-time homebuyers are skipping the traditional starter homes and moving right into their dream… Read more ⇢
Q1 Metro Home Prices Up 5.7% In Los Angeles Metro

Q1 Metro Home Prices Up 5.7% In Los Angeles Metro

Inventory levels hovering at all-time lows weighed down home sales and fueled faster price appreciation during the first three months of the year. Single-family home prices last quarter increased in 91… Read more ⇢
Don’t Wait to Sell Your House; Buyers Are Out Now

Don’t Wait to Sell Your House; Buyers Are Out Now

Recently released data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) suggests that now is a great time to sell your home. The concept of ‘supply & demand’ reveals… Read more ⇢
What You Need to Know Before Accepting — or Rejecting — an Offer

What You Need to Know Before Accepting — or Rejecting — an Offer

It’s not always about the money (except when it is). The day will come — and it will be a wonderful, joyous, do-a-happy-dance day — when you receive an offer, or multiple offers,… Read more ⇢
Shipping Container Homes – a Primer

Shipping Container Homes – a Primer

Shipping Container Home One of the results of the upcoming election may be to put the brakes on globalization, and one of the unlikely casualties will be the… Read more ⇢
How to Use Comparable Sales to Price Your Home

How to Use Comparable Sales to Price Your Home

Before you put your home up for sale, understand how the right comparable sales help you and your agent find the perfect price. How much can you sell your home… Read more ⇢
Real Estate Update for 90049

Real Estate Update for 90049

There have been 42 homes sold in the 90049 zip code market over the last 30 days, continuing a four-week downward trend. Also during the same period, the number of… Read more ⇢
Bump Up Your Appraised Value

Bump Up Your Appraised Value

Some home owners are beginning to see value in spick-and-span listings. But are appraisers on board? Having your house clean does make a difference, even though in theory it should not. Appraisers… Read more ⇢
Market Values and the Expo Line

Market Values and the Expo Line

As you can imagine, I’m asked daily – and sometimes several times a day – “how’s the market?” As I study both general market conditions and conditions in… Read more ⇢
You Have Equity In Your Home

You Have Equity In Your Home

I browsed the latest real estate news the other day and came across something that might interest you. According to CoreLogic’s Equity Report, 256,000 properties regained equity in the third quarter… Read more ⇢
Turning Your Home into Your Retirement Plan

Turning Your Home into Your Retirement Plan

It is often a very good idea to include both your primary residence and a second home in your retirement plan. Mortgage rates have fallen recently, bringing them… Read more ⇢
Waiting until after the Holidays Isn’t a Smart Decision

Waiting until after the Holidays Isn’t a Smart Decision

Every year at this time, many homeowners decide to wait until after the holidays to put their home on the market for the first time. Others who already have their… Read more ⇢

Home Prices: A 5-Year Outlook

With inventory presently below historically normal levels, current & future home prices have been the topic of many real estate conversations. The most recent Home Price Expectation Survey was… Read more ⇢

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