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2435 Orange Avenue La Crescenta – Most Expensive Home Sold July 2020
Last month July 2020, the most expensive home sold: 2435 Orange Avenue La Crescenta. This Vanity Fair featured home was listed for $1,849,000 and sold in eleven days for $1,784,000. The sellers purchased this home in 2018 for $1,144,720. At t...
Selling with a leaky roof
Ask Phyllis: a blog series of frequently asked real estate questions. Please email us here. Dear Phyllis, We have a flat roof that leaks. As the seller, we would rather disclose, at the time of sale, the leaky roof problem than ...
Pasadena Housing Market July 2020
Let's dissect the numbers for the Pasadena Housing Market in July 2020. The least expensive home sold was a two-bedroom, one-bathroom, 808-square-foot home at 430 Del Rey Ave. It sold for $620,000, $21,000 over the asking price. The most expens...
Harb and Co. August 2020 Real Estate Update
The August 2020 real estate update, entering month five of a pandemic, has impacted every aspect of our daily lives, including real estate and how we show and sell it. Most showings fit into limited thirty minute time slots. Two household mem...
405 S Sierra Bonita Avenue Pasadena – Highest Priced Home Sold July 2020
Last month, July 2020, the most expensive home sold was 405 S Sierra Bonita Avenue, Pasadena. This Colonial Estate was listed in July 2019 for $5,850,000 and sold a year later for $4,595,000. The sellers purchased this home in 2004 for $2,925,...
Buying during COVID
Ask Phyllis: a blog series of frequently asked real estate questions. Please email us here. Dear Phyllis, I am living in my mother’s house, who recently passed. I am not the trustee but a beneficiary. My husband and I can only afford $5...
La Canada Real Estate Update July 2020
Each month at Harb & Co. we crunch the numbers, and here's the La Canada Real Estate Update July 2020: Last month, the least expensive La Canada sale was a two-bedroom, one-bath, 999-square-foot home on Alta Canada Rd., which sold for ...
Organizing your linen closet to sell
When organizing your linen closet to sell, remember it’s a linen closet, not a catch-all. If you need a small toiletry section, keep it contained and orderly. First things first! Empty the closet; if it needs to be painted, do so now. ...
