We all love a great TV show, and it might not surprise you that one of my favorites is “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles”. I can get hooked by a good dose of TV reality. Additionally, LA is a great city, and I love real estate, so this show ticks all my boxes. There’s a…
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With more than a million homes listed for sale across America at peak times, you would not be alone in considering whether spring, the most popular season to buy and sell property, is the ideal moment to put your property on the market. While the market is rebalancing after two years of double-digit value growth,…
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Owners seeking to upgrade often dream of finding their “forever home”; a real estate nirvana in which concerns about the ebbs and flows of property values become a distant memory. Any remodeling or even minor scale improvements will be for your benefit alone, and there’s no need to worry about their impact on the property’s…
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With national rental vacancies at almost half the 2010 rate, investors and landlords should be in a great position now to maximize the value of their investments. Rental vacancies across America currently stand at 5.6%, compared with 10.6% in 2010, and experts suggest the steep rises we’re now seeing in rents is a factor driving…
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You don’t have to be Warren Buffet or Elon Musk to think differently or to understand that when the market is all moving one way, maybe there’s an opportunity in the opposite direction. What do I mean by that? It’s my way of telling you that right now could be the best time to buy.…
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If you plan to buy a property in the next few months, you should be scouring the internet for articles and data that will give you insights into the market. Staying on top of real estate articles takes stamina, however, and it’s more efficient to use the services of a broker to give you the…
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If you’re a buyer, you’ll be delighted that the mood of the market and prices have swung in your favor, especially if you appreciate mortgage costs will probably reverse in the medium term. For those who are confident about their financial position, this may be a good time to either enter the market for the…
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With less competitive pressure in today’s property market, buyers now have a little more time to tour the local neighborhood to decide whether it is an area or even a street where they’d like to live. It’s a critical part of the buying experience. Real estate’s most famous cliché is “location, location, location”, and it…
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As we recover from the Holidays, it’s hard to believe we need to start thinking about preparing our home for sale if we want to maximize its value in the spring selling season. To capture the imagination of buyers who’ll emerge from their hibernation this spring, you should start working now. Your efforts will return…
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Negotiating the purchase of a home can be stressful, and buyers who take on the responsibility often don’t recognize the arsenal of tactics at their disposal to achieve a win-win for everyone. As hard as this may be to believe, the highest offer doesn’t always win the deal. Often, sellers have concerns that may push…
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