Agustus 2011

House (tale of woe) of the week and news you can use

The house pictured above is a foreclosure in Burbank's Rancho district . My clients, who are well qualified and have been looking for a...

Calculated Risk: Real House Prices and Price-to-Rent

Have you checked out Calculatedrisk.blogspot.com? Today's post has lots of info about the national real estate market. Check out the gra...

One in four male Realtors packs heat!

Thanks to our friends at Agent Genius for reporting this . Now, I'll have to look around my office and wonder who is or isn't ...uh...

Toluca Lake home for sale -- nicest from yesterday's caravan

The nicest house that I saw on caravan yesterday was 4355 Clybourn in Toluca Lake (pictured above). It's a 2+2 with separate office an...

A not-so-open letter to potential buyers

My buyer clients recently had a disappointing experience with a deliberately under-priced home in Burbank . It was originally on the market...

Hotpads Map of Homes for Sale here!

Check out the bottom of this page. A new widget has just been added -- a map of L.A. homes for sale, courtesy of Hotpads.com. I hope you l...

For real estate, these are the "dog days"

Regardless of how the r.e. market is doing, every mid- to late-August, the local real estate market slows down. Of course, it's doing t...

A really nice surprise in Valley Village

This home is the nicest surprise of the week. It's located at 5523 Voletta Place in Valley Village , and is now listed at $709,000. The...

Craigslist: Go-to spot for real estate and rental scam artists?

I recently received this email from one of the Realtors in my office: "FYI FELLOW AGENTS, PLEASE BE AWARE ! My ads for a rental listing...

More affordable to rent or buy? In most cities, buy. Yep.

Thanks to Agent Genius for posting this Trulia article . In most cites, survey respondents say that it is more affordable to buy rather tha...

The two delicious flavors of probate properties

I know, talking about probate properties is boring and has nothing to do with ice cream. But you may need this info some day, and yes, if y...

Staging video for 1106 N. Cordova

This is a really rough look at the living room staging for 1106 N. Cordova in Burbank. This is my first "sequenced" video and I p...

Um...exactly WHAT is being carved here at Tacos del Toro?

This is part of the wall mural at Tacos del Toro on Laurel Canyon at Oxnard in Valley Village. The mural has cartoon pigs being put in cook...

With all the turmoil in the financial markets, how's the local real estate market doing?

Revision note: oops, the quote is from Franklin Roosevelt. Heh, heh I knew that heh. Will the current world financial market turmoil have ...

3 Factoids about Los Angeles Architecture! Amaze and delight your friends!

John Aaroe Group's new architectural division is sponsoring educational classes for its Realtors (I know we all think Realtors are exper...

And now for a little good news

The Federal Reserve Bank has announced that they will keep the prime rate low for two more years. This likely means that mortgage interest...

I said I'd tell you how the Burbank short sale is going

Well, it's going fine. So far. The buyer has been a real trooper and has already removed his physical inspection contingencies. All pa...

The Riverside townhouse in Burbank seemed too good to be true...

This unit at 400 W. Riverside #4 in Burbank has been on the market for awhile, but just had a MAJOR price reduction down to $344,500. That...

How buying and selling real estate is like dating -- Rule #1

Remember everything your mom told you when you had your heart broken by your sweetheart? (Cue Celine Dion singing "My Heart Will Go On...

January Jones is at Aroma Cafe in Studio City

My spies have just seen January Jones at Aroma Cafe in Tujunga Village . Isn't it kinda hot for coffee?

Winner homes -- and not -- of the weekend

We were all over the place this weekend. I won't give the address of the "winner" house since my clients are interested in it...

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