The Home Buying & Selling Insider

Simi Valley Real Estate Home price increases and inflation
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Creating better exposure for homes in rural areas.  This home in the Santa Susana Mountains gets the first crack at a new idea. Custom Yard signs maybe the ticket for better exposure. The primary source to search for new homes by buyers is the internet; the second source is driving neighborhoods. Custom signs that [...]

A question about what the average days on market for homes sold in Ojai California was posted on Trulia. This made me immediately think of how bad this number is in Ventura County. The Ventura County Regional Data share does not track Cumulative Days on Market and this is the number that [...]

Yes that is right, Simi Valley inventory has dropped, but before you go out into the streets and celebrate, let me explain the numbers a little more.
Single Family Detached homes inventory has dropped, Town homes and condos inventory has risen 13%.
Buyers are still very cautious and even though there has been some increased buying, it [...]

The following Video Blog is the guide to get a home in Simi Valley sold quickly for the highest price in the current market conditions. My experience with Buyers (in my car) only reinforces how critical these three issues impact the ability for a home to sell. Simi Valley Homes that don’t fight these make or break issues are selling in 90 days.

Currently 83% of all single family detached homes that have sold in Simi Valley since January 1, 2008, had an average sale price of less than $575,000. The volume moved up in April to a total of 98 single family detached homes sold, however only 72 single family detached homes have closed escrow for May. Both these numbers are below the volume for the same months in 2007.

Zillow emailed the following report for Simi Valley real estate home values. Whether you love or hate Zillow, I have been monitoring the Sold listings and it is clear that the average Sales Price has dropped this year. See my following blog post for the lastest numbers:
http://homebuysblog.com/2008/05/10/simi-valley-real-estate-homes-sales-update/
Until the fallout of the lending industry [...]

No matter how great your Simi Valley home is, it is always a great idea to get new perspective on how to enhance it’s appeal to any buyer that comes for a showing. You may have features of your home that you are not aware of that could be very attractive to a prospective [...]

Planing on selling your Simi Valley or Moorpark home? This table was create so you could get an idea of who the buyers for your Simi Valley or Moorpark property are and what they can afford. The taxes and insurance are based on homes in the Ventura County - [...]

I promise not to completely trash the home inspection industry, but I think it is very important that everyone understand that there is NO REGULATION in this industry. If I want to be a home inspector:

I can have business cards printed up and some letterhead, Buy a few basic tools, a clipboard and I [...]

During the last several years we have lived through a Real Estate Boom, unlike most have ever seen.  Simi Valley Housing prices were rising at double digit rates year by year.  Homes sold with multiple offers in days and Sellers had the upper hand in 99% of the negotiations.  Fast forward to today and most [...]