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Waiting for the Bottom of the Simi Valley Real Estate Market?
Well I hate to say you missed it, but if you thought you were a market timer, the bottom has come and gone. . The market bottomed out between 2011 and 2012 with the recovery really kicking in last summer. The combination of low interest rates and low home prices have come and gone barring […]
Improved Foreclosure News – Time To Read Carefully
RealtyTrac recently reported that 1st quarter 2012 shows the lowest foreclosure filing activity since 2007. This news sent waves of cheerleaders spreading the news of improving real estate market conditions. Recently and more locally, Simi Valley and many parts of Southern California are seeing reduced inventory. This reduced inventory is giving the appearance that market […]
Custom Signage to sell your Simi Valley Home
(Video Below) Whether your home is in Simi Valley, the west San Fernando Valley, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park or in-between, I have been working with custom signage for 3 years now. I have been looking at ways to improve on the custom sign and the picture to the right is the new design I […]
Conejo Simi Valley Moorpark Multiple Listing Service – Flawed Data? You decide
Conejo Simi Valley, Moorpark Multiple Listing Service – Flawed Data Days on market is a number used to try and gage how the market is moving. I am going to point out why this number is becoming very unreliable. Two abbreviations you may hear are Days On Market DOM and Cumulative Days On Market CDOM. […]
Looks like The California 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Has Been Exhausted
(Aug 6th) From the Franchise Tax Board’s Website – California 1st time home buyers are being notified that the hundred million dollars allocated for tax credits is most likely already exhausted. The plan was to accept some 28,000 applications before the cutoff. There been over 31,000 applications submitted and the Franchise Tax Board has determined […]
Ted Mackel Speaks Out on Real Estate in a Mobile Techonolgy World
(October 2009 – San Jose, CA) Last fall is chosen to sit on the main panel with Executive Vice President Joel Singer and talk about how the Internet and technology is impacting the real estate industry. The discussion covered twitter, Facebook, websites, Internet property searches, online habits of home buyers and importance of the real […]
Mackel Family Legacy for Southern California Real Estate
My uncle Larry has been the unofficial Mackel family historian. When my grandfather died in 1992, Larry was very good at bringing out many artifacts from my grandfather’s youth. One of the more interesting items was his savings account passbook from Security Pacific National Bank and it was fun in looking at the kind of […]
Ted makes a guest apperance on the Cindy Dole Home Wizards Show KFWB 980 am
Saturday, May 1, 2010 (Los Angeles) – I was given the privilege of a guest spot on the Cindy Dole Home Wizards Show on KFWB 980 am. The show airs every Saturday morning from 8 AM to 10 AM. Cindy covers a variety of topics on home improvement and gardening. I’ve always been a fan […]
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead – 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Expires
Friday, April 30th – The 1st time home buyer tax credit expired at midnight June 30, 2010. Stick a fork in it’s done! Ding dong the witch is dead! Hallelujah! Okay what’s wrong with me? While the first-time home buyer’s tax credit was designed to stimulate the market and I’m sure you could probably find […]
