A Seller’s Perspective
4 Simple Ways to Add Value To Your Home
While the majority of home sellers aim to avoid spending months preparing their homes for sale, their ultimate goal remains selling at the highest possible price within the shortest timeframe. If you're contemplating selling your home in th...
My Home is Worth How Much?
When property prices tumbled, I assisted many of my clients with having their property taxes reduced. Now that Los Angeles real estate values have soared, many of these same clients are seeing their taxes increase. Several weeks ago, I ...
Are Los Angeles Home Prices Spiraling Out of Control?
Each month Harb and Co. analyzes the home sales in La Canada, Glendale, Pasadena and La Crescenta. We examine each listing in the multiple listing service (MLS); determine the percentage of short sales, foreclosures, standard sales and ...
Curb Appeal: Why It’s Important and How To Get It
Curb Appeal has been a hot topic for years. Remember the real estate tag line: Honey Stop the Car? A home with good curb appeal does indeed help your home sell faster and for more money. But today’s real estate market is very different th...
Avoiding the Tax Man, Propositions 60 and 90
Benefits of aging are the senior discounts. One of the biggest boons to Los Angeles seniors is avoiding the tax man with the ability to transfer property taxes from one home to another. Of course restrictions to propositions 60 and 90 apply: ...
It’s Not Usually How I Do It
It seems that most of my clients selling their home provide me with a little lead time. Not so with my recent La Crescenta sale in Markridge Estates. I met the owner on March 9th. We closed May 9th for $26,000 over asking price. Our ...
How Much Should you Invest in the Sale of your Home?
Selling your home in today’s heated seller’s market is easy. But selling for the highest possible price takes a bit more effort. How much money should you invest in the sale of your home? The seller’s of my La Crescenta listing on ...Los Angeles Real Estate are we Heading for Another Bubble?
Los Angeles County Real Estate Values have risen dramatically. Due to stringent lending guidelines and the large numbers of cash buyers, there is no cause for concern for another real estate bubble. But now that prices have appreciated,...
