JUNE 2019 CALIFORNIA HOME SALES & PRICE REPORT
California home sales retreat in June, but 2019 housing market outlook revised upward, C.A.R. reports - Existing, single-family home sales totaled 389,690 in June on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down 4.2 percent from May ...
NEXT STOP, WEST ADAMS
Reinvigorated by the Expo Line expansion, Opportunity Zones and spillover from neighboring tech hot spots like Culver City, West Adams is ‘the future more than any other place in the market,’ investors say In life, everything is cyclica...
IS YOUR HOME IN A WILDFIRE ZONE? – TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP OR FIND FIRE INSURANCE
After several years of record-breaking California wildfires, insurance companies have responded by imposing huge premium increases on property owners, or even worse, flat-out denying coverage and canceling policies. All of which has left homeo...
WHAT THE FED RATE CUT MEANS FOR REAL ESTATE
Fed cuts interest rates for the first time since 2008 What kind of difference could a quarter of a point make? Plenty, according to some real estate developers and industry pros who say the Federal Reserve’s expected interest rate cut ...
10 IDEAS FOR CASUAL SUMMER PARTIES
Ditch the fancy and fussy in favor of laid-back entertaining that leaves you more time to enjoy the fun Summertime calls for a distinctly unfussy approach to entertaining, and thankfully so —because who wants to sweat over planning a su...
HOME MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST FOR SUMMER
Get your home in shape with these indoor and outdoor projects to do in an hour, over a weekend or longer-term With longer days on the horizon, summer is a good time to get going on some larger home projects both indoors and out. Hotter weat...
SENIOR HOME EQUITY REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH
Older homeowners have amassed an unprecedented $7.14 trillion in home equity Older homeowners continue to rake in the home equity as home values appreciate across the nation, with the latest data revealing that equity levels for the 62-and-...
FEDERAL RESERVE HOLDS INTEREST RATES STEADY
The Federal Reserve left borrowing costs unchanged, continuing to delay any rate moves amid persistently low inflation. The U.S. central bank voted unanimously Wednesday to maintain its benchmark interest rate in a range of 2.25 percent and...
TOP 10 DESIGNER TIPS FOR INCREASING YOUR HOME’S VALUE
These suggestions for decorating, remodeling and adding storage will help your home stand out on the market Unless my clients are designing their forever home, they are usually quite concerned with resale value when discussing renovations b...