LA Real Estate Advice: Top 10 Home Buying Mistakes

LA Real Estate Advice: Top 10 Home Buying Mistakes

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 11, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Buying a home is perhaps the most arduous, expensive and, ultimately, valuable acquisition you’ll ever complete. Just one mistake could mean disaster — perhaps Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credits Require Paper Trail When Filing Taxes

LA Real Estate Advice: Tax Credits Require Paper Trail When Filing Taxes

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 10, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Living in a world of tax apps for iPhones and e-filing of tax returns, you do a double-take after finding out that the Internal Revenue Service wants paper from taxpayers Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Smartest Home Renovations Are Least Visible

LA Real Estate Advice: Smartest Home Renovations Are Least Visible

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 09, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Homeowners are spending more than they did last year on renovations. But trophies of the housing boom—granite countertops, bamboo floors—have been supplanted by utilitarian Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Surge to Highest in Eight Months

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Surge to Highest in Eight Months

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 08, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Standard 30-year fixed loan is now 5.21 percent, up from 5.08 percent. Rates for 30-year home loans surged last week, rising to the highest level in eight months due to Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Homebuyers Scramble As Mortgage Rates Rise

LA Real Estate Advice: Homebuyers Scramble As Mortgage Rates Rise

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 07, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Higher payments could price many would-be buyers out of the market. The era of record-low mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year loan has jumped from about Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: With Caution, Americans Still Want a House

LA Real Estate Advice: With Caution, Americans Still Want a House

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 06, 2010

Westside Real Estate Advice: Nearly two-thirds of Americans would still prefer to own a home, although the recent housing market turmoil and uncertain economy have made them a little more cautious about Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Sales Contracts Leap Higher

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Sales Contracts Leap Higher

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 05, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Contracts for the sale of existing homes rose sharply in February, the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) said Monday. In the single-biggest monthly rise since Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Sell It

LA Real Estate Advice: Sell It

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 04, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: There is no question that selling a home is an important event. A home sale represents transition, movement and change. Big money is involved. Households move from the known Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: House-Selling Success- Marketing

LA Real Estate Advice: House-Selling Success- Marketing

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 03, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: If you bought a car, you could purchase a given model with selected features from any dealer. Since the car comes from one assembly plant, it’s going to be the same Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Why It’s So Hard to Sell Your Own Home

LA Real Estate Advice: Why It’s So Hard to Sell Your Own Home

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 02, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: For most people, a for-sale-by-owner transaction simply isn’t in the cards. Granted, some people are able to sell their own homes without the services of a real estate Read More >

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