LA Real Estate Advice: Homeowners Loosen Purse Strings for Home Improvement

LA Real Estate Advice: Homeowners Loosen Purse Strings for Home Improvement

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 05, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Spring cleaning is turning into spring remodeling this year for many homeowners. Home improvement projects are starting to make a comeback after frugal consumers pulled Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Pending Home Sales Rise 5.3% in March

LA Real Estate Advice: Pending Home Sales Rise 5.3% in March

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 04, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Highest level since Oct. and a 21 percent rise from same month a year ago. The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes surged more than expected in March, Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: The Best Outdoor Jobs to Tackle Now

LA Real Estate Advice: The Best Outdoor Jobs to Tackle Now

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 03, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: You probably know that boosting your home’s curb appeal is one of the most important ways to maximize its value. But that doesn’t mean you need to take on a Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: The Hidden Costs of Homeownership

LA Real Estate Advice: The Hidden Costs of Homeownership

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 02, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: First-time buyers often fail to factor in upkeep and other expenses.  Many first-time buyers are unprepared for the financial burdens of homeownership. Lenders to tell Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Fannie Mae Tightens Lending Standards

LA Real Estate Advice: Fannie Mae Tightens Lending Standards

Posted by Clinton Wade on May 01, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Battered by a tidal wave of loan defaults, mortgage finance company Fannie Mae is tightening standards for the adjustable-rate and interest-only loans that fed the housing Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Selling Frenzy As Homebuyer Credit Nears End

LA Real Estate Advice: Selling Frenzy As Homebuyer Credit Nears End

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 30, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Real estate agents are working seven days a week, builders are staying open late and homebuyers are scrambling to get their offers in as they rush to take advantage of tax Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Prices Rise In Three California Cities

LA Real Estate Advice: Prices Rise In Three California Cities

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 29, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of 20 metropolitan areas falls 0.1% overall for February. But San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles post gains. A trio Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Purchase Loan Demand Up, Refinancing Slips

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Purchase Loan Demand Up, Refinancing Slips

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 28, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: U.S. mortgage applications fell last week as a drop in home refinancing volume outweighed the highest demand for home purchase loans in six months, data from an industry Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Post Year-to-Year Gain

LA Real Estate Advice: Home Prices Post Year-to-Year Gain

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 27, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: U.S. home prices in February rose from a year earlier for the first time in more than three years, according to the S&P Case-Shiller home-price indexes, although month-to-month Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: 10 Tips for Water Conservation

LA Real Estate Advice: 10 Tips for Water Conservation

Posted by Clinton Wade on Apr 26, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: As warm weather makes it way across the nation, sprinklers come out of hibernation and return to their full time positions, pools fill up, and many a garden hose sees daylight Read More >

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