April 2011

Watch Kobe and Pau from the ladies' room in Burbank

Girls, now you can drink all the $2.50 beers you want and still never miss a minute of the Lakers! The Office Bar and Grill in Burbank h...

Weekly stats for the areas that I serve

Here are 7-day statistics from the areas that I serve, courtesy of the mls: New listings: 211 Pendings: 256 Price changes: 200 Back on marke...

Hot Lava in Burbank! A salute to SFV architectural kitsch

(Cue B-52s "Hot Lava" song) I viewed this listing at 338 N. Griffith Park, Burbank earlier this week. It has lots and lots of ex...

L.A. Times and Case-Shiller say it's officially a double dip. Buyers, here's your chance.

This comes as no surprise to those of us "on the street," but housing price gains in the last year have been erased. Article link ...

Another distinction for Burbank, Glendale and La Crescenta: we have some of the biggest tax scofflaws in the state

Here's an article from today's Burbank Leader, bestowing yet another distinction on our area: according to the California Franchise...

L.A. Times discovers the San Fernando Valley! Can L.A. Weekly be far behind?

Today's LA Times' travel section has a long article about attractions in the San Fernando Valley ! Yay! Way to go, SFV! Click the ti...

It's not all swimming pools and movie stars in Shadow Hills

...But this is the place to move to if you want exotic pets but still want to be in L.A. city limits. Yes, this was taken at a property show...

Real estate stats for you

Here are 7-day real estate transaction statistics for the areas I serve. (Note: this is not all of L.A. County, or all of L.A. City either, ...

(Where the hell is) Sparr Heights, the land that time forgot

I know this post probably seems counter-intuitive since I usually work more to the west, but I previewed a really nice home (above) in Spar...

Do you like my new picture?

Whadda you think of the new pic, right? Like most women, I enjoyed being glammed up for the photo shoot. Yes, as you can see, I am wearing ...

Why did the foreclosure we tried to buy sell for less? Courtesy of About.com

Normally, About.com's answers are a little generic for me. Hey, you can't please all of the people all of the time. But here's ...

I'm set up in the new Sherman Oaks office!

I'm all moved in at John Aaroe Group in Sherman Oaks. New direct line: 818-453-9120, but the voicemail is not set up yet. Same email, s...

Who ya gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS! or maybe not

We took this pic at the Laurel Canyon offramp of the 134 in Studio City. I guess the engine got slimmed.

Housing Trends L.A. has some good news

It is no surprise to me that housing numbers for L.A. are up for March over February, because February SUCKED: The MLS®/CLAW™ reports median...

I've joined a new real estate company!

Yesterday, I ended my eight-year long association with Dilbeck Realtors and joined Aaroe + Williamson, a division of John Aaroe Group. My n...

Great new LOL site! Lovely Listing by the folks who brought you Icanhascheezburger.com

From the folks who brought us Icanhascheezburger, here is: Lovely Listing - Odd Finds in Real Estate Listings . Yes, as you can guess from t...

Elderly and Facing Eviction...and other Sunday reading

The first part of today's Sunday reading has more of a senior citizen theme than a real estate theme. Warning: none of these articles wi...

Houses I saw in Toluca Lake and Burbank this week

Okay, we're finished with the digression from the last post and are back to really discussing real estate. Whew. The first listing that ...

Talk about real estate! The fattest cat on caravan, and maybe even in all of Burbank

In addition to being a Realtor, I’m also a crazy cat lady. (My husband and I own only four cats. We’re “holding” at four. It is hard.) Du...

From Core Logic: House prices decline, BUT r.e. prices showing signs of stability

This is from our friends at Calculated Risk . Yes, it's national, not local figures, but please read the whole thing. It indicates tha...

A new short sale plan from BofA? Wha? Gah!

Apparently BofA, our all-time-favorite-lender-not, is rolling out a new short sale program. It's called the coop program, and it calls ...

IMO, the L.A. Times is back! At least the biz section, anyway

Many of us were dismayed when the L.A. Times began to cut back on its editorial staff and pages a few years ago. Personally, I missed th...

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