Simi Valley Development – The corner of Madera and Los Angeles Ave has been a curiosity for the residents of Simi Valley for a number of years. The corner would have been ideal for a commercial shopping center or business Park, however the city had already rezoned too many other properties to commercial. Adding more […]
New Government Regulations Will Give Home Sellers Fits
(Video) August 1st, 2015 new government regulations will give home sellers fits as the old Truth in Lending disclosure, HUD-1 and 2010 Good Faith Estimate are going away for a new closing disclosure and and new closing estimate statement. While the new forms will probably be more straight forward and easier to understand, the devil […]
Let’s Market Your Home Not your Agent
Simi Valley Housing Update April 2015
The April 2015 Simi Valley Housing Update shows median home prices in Simi Valley remaining FLAT at $500,000. While there is certainly increased activity, and more properties being listed, buyers refuse to run up the market. In 2005-2006 when the market caught fire and prices flew upward as there was financing available that allowed buyers […]
Simi Valley Housing Market Report March 2015
The Simi Valley housing market is moving with sales volume up over February and even the previous March. While more houses sold, gains in price were flat. The Simi Valley median price remained the same at $500,000.00 and the year to date improvement on median price is only 2.73%. The Federal Reserve Bank is hinting at […]
Broker Facing Federal Prison Time in Short Sale Flipping Fraud
In real estate, short sales are triggered when a seller’s property is worth less than what they owe on the property. The seller then needs to get an agreement from their lender or lenders that will allow the seller to sell the property for less than the outstanding loan or loans against the property. This process […]
Three Key Home Seller Strategies
Understand Exposure in a Digital Mobile world – Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android command close to 95% share of all smart phones used in the United States. The Windows iPhone is at 3% and the Blackberry could possibly be on its way out. The Pew Research Center reports that only 15% of US adults do […]
Real Estate Technology Update
I believe one thing most people have a very difficult time acknowledging is that technology in our everyday use is mobile now. Were not at some point where we can think that everything’s going mobile, really think about it; between your cell phone and if you have a tablet; reliance on desktop computers and laptops […]
How will sequestration effect the housing market?
I have been scanning the news online for days looking to see if anyone has really studied how sequestration will effect the housing market. Two positions emerge; one from housing industry cheerleaders and the other position from people speculating how cuts may directly impact entities like the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). On average approximately 20% […]
Keller Williams Realty achieves largest agent based Real Estate Franchise in the US
(Dallas TX) February 17, 2013. Announced at the State of the Company Address Sunday morning to a crowd of more than 10,000 Agents in attendance in the Dallas Convention Center, CEO Mark Willis revealed that the company had finally surpassed Coldwell Banker in agent count to become the largest franchise in the nation. It is […]