If you are not a cash buyer then your first step when buying a home is to find a good lender. You may already be a pro at home buying and have a good go-to loan broker, but if not you will need to find someone who will make the process run smoothly and not […]
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Part of the process of buying a home, especially if you are getting a loan, is the appraisal. What happens if the appraisal comes in low? Well, firstly, what is an appraisal? For the purposes of this post we will be addressing the lender’s appraisal as opposed to the tax appraisal, which is a more
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You have decided to downsize from a large home which has become too much to maintain or you simply have way more room than you need, and you are thinking of buying a condo in Los Angeles. You may be a local and know the layout of the land or you may be moving here
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If you are an all-cash buyer purchasing a home you stand a pretty good chance of being the front runner in a bidding war. In the crazy multi-offer days of the past few years cash was king. Home sellers look favorably on the all-cash offer as long as the terms and conditions are reasonable. However,
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In this internet-driven society we are almost always drawn to look online when making a purchase, either to check out pricing to get the best deal or to actually buy. We don’t have to run around different stores, carry heavy items home, or worry about not finding exactly what we want. Buying online is convenient.
Finding Homes For Sale Online. Is That The Best Use of Your Time? Read More »
How is the Los Angeles real estate market doing? The charts below are broken down by single family homes and condos and compare March 2019 to February 2019 and the same period the previous year. This is a small sample size but stay tuned to see the trend in the coming months Single Family Median
How is the Los Angeles Real Estate Market Doing? March 2019. Read More »
If you are in the process of making a real estate move I am sure you will have heard the discussion of whether it is a buyers’ or a sellers’ market and you may have wondered what’s the difference and does it matter. Yes it does matter as you certainly want to be on the
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You are ready to buy a home in Los Angeles. You have your loan pre-approval, check. You have your downpayment, check. You have chosen your Realtor®, check. Your next step is to find that ideal home. Your Realtor® will have established what kind of home you are looking for and the location and will have
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I have written often about dual agency in real estate and how to choose the right agent but there is an excellent article from the Consumer Federation of America which goes into great detail on the downside of consumers using the listing agent to help them negotiate their home sale or purchase. Here are some
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One of the things that buyers, especially first-timers, are most nervous about is the good faith deposit, sometimes referred to as the earnest money deposit. They are worried that if for some reason they don’t end up buying the home they will lost their deposit. In the Los Angeles area the good faith deposit is
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