LA Real Estate Advice: More Incremental Gains for Southland Real Estate Market

LA Real Estate Advice: More Incremental Gains for Southland Real Estate Market

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 14, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Home sales and prices continued their steady but pokey climb up from the bottom in Southern California last month as buyers scrambled to take advantage of low prices and Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Myths and Facts about Appraisals

LA Real Estate Advice: Myths and Facts about Appraisals

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 12, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Consumers tend to have some misconceptions about the appraisal process. If you’ve ever watched “Antiques Roadshow” on PBS, you’re already familiar 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: 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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LA Real Estate Advice: California Home Prices Showing Signs of Strength

LA Real Estate Advice: California Home Prices Showing Signs of Strength

Posted by Clinton Wade on Mar 30, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Report Case-Shiller data finds housing prices fell smallest annual amount in 3 years. A surprisingly strong rebound in California’s real estate market helped lift Read More >

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