LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Hold Steady This Week

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Hold Steady This Week

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 31, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage interest for the week held fairly close to the previous week’s rates, reports Freddie Mac. Average interest on 30-year fixed loans slipped a notch to 4.98 Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice:Economic Optimism Reaches Its Highest Level

LA Real Estate Advice:Economic Optimism Reaches Its Highest Level

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 30, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Since initiating its year-long study of global talent trends and strategies, Deloitte reveals in its latest research report that economic optimism has reached its highest Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: In Hard-Hit Markets, Some See Signs Of Bottom

LA Real Estate Advice: In Hard-Hit Markets, Some See Signs Of Bottom

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 29, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Home sales activity improves in Western cities, with big government boost. Syd Leibovitch, owner of Rodeo Realty in Los Angeles is doing what many real estate agents can Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Another Drop In California Mortgage Default

LA Real Estate Advice: Another Drop In California Mortgage Default

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 28, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The number of California homes entering the foreclosure process declined again during fourth quarter 2009 amid signs that the worst may be over in hard-hit entry-level markets, Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Lower Home Appraisals Appear To Be Up

LA Real Estate Advice: Lower Home Appraisals Appear To Be Up

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 27, 2010

Westside Real Estate Advice: Deals get killed as foreclosures, short sales make valuing property difficult. Appraisers like Katherine Scheri set the value of a home — and can torpedo a deal if that value Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: 7 Things To Consider Before Selling Your Own Home

LA Real Estate Advice: 7 Things To Consider Before Selling Your Own Home

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 26, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice for Home Seller’s: There’s a lot more to it than just sticking a ‘For Sale by Owner’ sign on your front lawn. When it comes time to sell your home, doing the job Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Market Isn’t as Bad as New Numbers Indicate

LA Real Estate Advice: Housing Market Isn’t as Bad as New Numbers Indicate

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 25, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The housing market isn’t yet in the clear, but it’s also not as weak as Monday’s home-sales report might suggest. The National Association of Realtors Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: California’s Home Inventory Shrinks to 5-Year Low

LA Real Estate Advice: California’s Home Inventory Shrinks to 5-Year Low

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 24, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: California’s inventory of unsold, previously owned homes shrank to a five-year low in December, in another sign that the state may be coming out of its worst housing Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Cash Buyers Emerge As Force In Residential Real-Estate

LA Real Estate Advice: Cash Buyers Emerge As Force In Residential Real-Estate

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 23, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Cash buyers trump a financed offer because sellers feel that a cash deal is less likely to fall through around complications with buyer financing. Jacqui Evanchik was surprised Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Small Wonders in Housing

LA Real Estate Advice: Small Wonders in Housing

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 23, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Data released Wednesday by the National Association of Home Builders found the average size of a new home that was completed in 2009 fell to 2,480 square feet from 2,520 Read More >

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