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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: ...
Negotiating the Property Inspection
At Harb & Co. my buyer's agent works with more home buyers than I. Not that I don’t show homes, I sometimes do, just not as often as my buyer's agent. I represent more home sellers. After the inspection, I am typically negotiating t...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,...
What Is a Withhold Account?
Before becoming a real estate agent, I was in mortgage banking. Years ago, real estate lending was based on common sense. We reviewed each loan application manually; there was no computer program to determine if an applicant was credit-worthy.�...
A La Canada Flip Gone Right
…With home prices back on the rise again, many markets are seeing flips on the upswing. Homes that were purchased and then resold within six months accounted for 4.6 percent of all U.S. single-family home sales during 2013, according to ...
Negotiating the physical inspection – What do you think is reasonable?
Everything has a life expectancy. Our bodies, our homes, our cars… parts and pieces will only last so long. Some thing’s last far longer than expected while others last less. Personally, I go through washing machines and dryers li...
