by Ted Mackel on November 23, 2009
Looking for inexpensive ways to make your Simi Valley home more attractive for buyers? But wait a minute, aren’t homes selling with multiple offers, bidding wars and buyers being left out? Certainly in the lower price ranges homes are selling quickly and with multiple offers; however, homes in all price ranges with serious deferred maintenance [...]
by Ted Mackel on March 15, 2009
As you know, the Federal Government announced a wide variety of very important changes for homeowners last Wednesday, March 4. Simi Valley home owners can start working on your own loan modification right now but you will have to wait a little longer for the 105% refinances. In the interest of keeping this email as [...]
by Ted Mackel on March 4, 2009
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate YTD Sales Report through February 2009 The Headline for Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate is…..”NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED”. That is except for inventory continues to shrink. Typically shrinking inventories favor sellers with modest increases in pricing, but the combination of tight lending criteria, our recession/depression, unemployment now over 10% in [...]
by Ted Mackel on February 10, 2009
Simi Valley Housing Sales Volumes 2006-2009 (Easy Charts) Each month I prepare my market updates which can be found in the Market Update section of my blog under Catagories. I also track on a spread sheet the volumes so I can compare yearly volumes by month and try to spot any trends. Below are the [...]
by Ted Mackel on February 10, 2009
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate Market Update Jan-09 YTD The following report contains the Year To Date housing activity for Simi Valey & Moorpark California. At first glance it is nice to see that what was happening this time last year is not being repeated. Sales for the January in Simi Valley was 35 total [...]
by Ted Mackel on January 9, 2009
Simi Valley Real Estate Market Update Year Ending 12-31-08 Happy New Year!!! I wish I could tell you everything is going to get better quick, but really looking at the bigger picture, the whole country especially California will be in for interesting times. If you watched any of the news over the budget battles in [...]
by Ted Mackel on December 10, 2008
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate Market Update Nov 2008 The Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate annual end of the year slow down has officially begun. The only reasonable explanation for the slowdown has much to do with the holidays and people just not as motivated to do anything till the new year. The historical data [...]
by Ted Mackel on November 18, 2008
Increasing Home Values According to Survey of Home Owners Whenever I get into this discussion on how Home Seller perceptions of home values are still out of touch with the market, the first comment I hear is, “are they (home sellers) watching and reading the same news the rest of are?” So what is the [...]
by Ted Mackel on October 7, 2008
Simi Valley Moorpark Real Estate Market Report – YTD Home Sales Below is the chart for all activity from 1/1/08 through 9/30/08 for Simi Valley and Moorpark Home Sales. Significant declines in Simi Valley Moorpark housing inventory from the beginning of the year till now is a leading factor in the increased sales volume. While [...]
by Ted Mackel on September 29, 2008
I was out this week showing Simi Valley homes to clients and the bank owned Simi Valley homes (REOs) have enough issues that can be understandable; however, the owner occupied properties could really use some help as well. I shot a few pictures while out and decided to bring up this topic again as Simi [...]