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60% of PASADENA’S LUXURY HOME SALES PURCHASED WITH CASH
Last month, (February 2015) there were five Pasadena luxury home sales, three of which were purchased by cash buyers: 1137 Parkview Ave. in Pasadena’s Linda Vista neighborhood sold for $6,950,000. The buyer of this 8600+ square foot home pai...
Best April Fools Pranks
My father was a Los Angeles fireman and the men in his battalion were notorious pranksters. What’s your favorite April Fool's prank? Years ago we were in Maui with friends and some of the kids were playing ding dong ditch in the hotel. We...Lloyd Wright E.R. Lewis home sold in Glendale
Years ago, I had the pleasure of selling Lloyd Wright’s Gainsbourg House in La Canada. It is a beautiful mid-century 5-bedroom home sited on ½ acre (at the time it had a pool, which the buyer replaced with a butterfly garden). I wanted t...La Canada Real Estate Market Stats; year over year comparison
Before we take a look at La Canada’s February real estate market stats, let’s examine what median selling price means. Median means "in the middle”, the median price is the midway point. The median selling price means that half of the h...
Eight Ways to Increase your odds of Success in a Bidding War
Home buyers looking at homes in La Canada, La Crescenta, Pasadena, Burbank, Glendale and the surrounding neighborhoods know that it’s a seller’s market. Well priced homes continue to sell quickly; often in a bidding war and for over l...
Glendale Luxury Real Estate Sales, February 2015
Sadly, Glendale’s most expensive home sale in February was anything but luxurious. This 1910’s Craftsman sited on over 1/3 acre in Glendale’s Auto Zone is a fixer or possible tear down. 614 S. Centeral Ave., Glendale
The luck of the Irish has nothing to do with real estate
Preparing your home for sale? Perhaps you have already planted some flowers and decluttered. The primary missing ingredient is selecting the right real estate agent. Because it doesn’t cost the home seller more, I advocate hiring you...
Luxury Real Estate Sales in La Canada Flintridge
Last month’s (February 2015) most expensive La Canada home sale was 3996 Chevy Chase Drive. This 5 bedroom, 6 bath estate is over, 7,000 square feet on an acre. The home was built in 2002 and sold for $4,305,000. The home previously sold ...
