by Ted Mackel on March 11, 2010
Impacting Home Values Is the Real Estate Industry Heroes or Villains (Video Blog)
In this Video Blog this will be the beginning of discussion on how values are determined for your home. There are many factors involved in home valuation so please stay tuned for the second part of this series. In this episode [...]
by Ted Mackel on March 3, 2010
Second straight month Simi Valley Home Sales drop – Inventory edging up
The Simi Valley Real Estate market may have more personalities than Sybil. December saw the highest closed sales for single family detached homes in Simi Valley for 2009 with 98 closings. I believe that year end accounting for many of the corporate sellers [...]
by Ted Mackel on February 27, 2010
Contingent Simi Valley Homes in Escrows out number Sales by 3 times, why?
As a Realtor, I have access to detailed information on all the Home Sales activity posted in the multiple listing service. My avocation of real estate blogging pushes me to dig deeper into the numbers so I can provide a better economic snapshot [...]
by Ted Mackel on February 25, 2010
What you need to know about the City of Simi Valley Housing Element Update (Part I)
Where can the city allow development? Will the hills of Simi Valley be jeopardized? The city has been working hard to come up with a plan that works for all, however the city and the citizens are their own worst [...]
by Ted Mackel on February 15, 2010
Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – January 31, 2010
Simi Valley home sales for the first month of 2010 trended back to average levels seen through 2009. While December 2009 showed the strongest sales for the year, my hunch was that many Short Sale lenders trying to close their books for the fiscal year increased [...]
by Ted Mackel on January 10, 2010
In this year to date Simi Valley Home Sales Report, I am going to first cover what happened in December and then look at the year as a whole, with a prediction of how I see things shaping up for the 2010 Simi Valley real estate market. I am seeing similar activity in the West [...]
by Ted Mackel on January 5, 2010
As a Simi Valley Home Buyer in this market you will be confronted by many homes for sale that are Short Sales. Before submitting an offer buyers should be concerned and careful about the process they are about to enter. The current market conditions for buyers has been difficult for many. Inventory levels have been [...]
by Ted Mackel on December 23, 2009
Simi Valley Home Sales have been moving along at a similar pace and not much has changed. Inventory is still extremely low. There really is not much new to report in that the Tax Credits, low interest rates and low inventory are producing false positives for the news media to feed off.
Simi Valley Single-Family [...]
by Ted Mackel on December 9, 2009
Should you sell your Simi Valley home during the holidays?
There are several positions on whether home Sellers should consider selling their homes or if their home is already listed, continue trying to sell their home throughout the holiday season.
The annual real estate agent hibernation generally starts the week after Halloween and carries on until Super [...]
by Ted Mackel on November 24, 2009
Simi Valley California home sales were down in October 2009. This is very interesting in that the market has been pushed in a positive direction by the first-time home buyers tax credit. In September and October buyers knew that the tax credit was scheduled to expire on November 30, this should have reflected in an [...]