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A Seller’s Perspective

You’ve Decided to Sell Your Home, Now What?

You’ve Decided to Sell Your Home, Now What?

Preparing your home to sell can take as little or as much effort as your want. Each home seller is unique. Not everyone wants to spend the time and effort in preparing their home for sale. And that’s okay. For sellers that do, know that it ...

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Motivated Home Buyers Are A Year Round Occurrence

Motivated Home Buyers Are A Year Round Occurrence

Often, homeowners are reluctant to list their homes during late summer, fall, and winter. Although spring is the time when buyers come out in droves, so do new listings. Homeowners who list their home off-season will discover they may do better...

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The Cravens Estate - Most Expensive Home Sold in Pasadena, CA

How accurate are online real estate evaluations?

How accurate are online real estate evaluations?  Typically, I find that they are within 20% of a home's actual value.  When you want to know how much your home is really worth, you should consult with a real estate agent.  Last week I close...

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How The Typical Realtor Is Paid

How The Typical Realtor Is Paid

How the typical Realtor is paid: A Realtor is paid by the seller. Unless the buyer has a special arrangement with their real estate agent, they do not pay Realtor fees.   Several real estate outfits rebate a portion of their commission t...

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What’s The Best Way To Find A Real Estate Agent?

What’s The Best Way To Find A Real Estate Agent?

My sister lives out of state and will be selling her home.  She asked me: “What’s the best way to find a real estate agent?” This is my advice to my younger sister: When seeking a real estate agent to list your home for sale, their in...

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4 Simple Ways to Add Value To Your Home

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...

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My Home is Worth How Much?

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 ...

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Are Los Angeles Home Prices Spiraling Out of Control?

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 ...

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Curb Appeal: Why It’s Important and How To Get It 2

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...

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Avoiding the Tax Man, Propositions 60 and 90

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: ...

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