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Real Estate Broker/Owner - West Los Angeles Real Estate Group - DRE# 01813025
RECENT BLOG POSTS
11 PREDICTIONS FOR THE HOUSING MARKET IN 2015   It’s been an odd year for the housing market. It kicked off with the ‘Polar Vortex,’ blamed for slowing home sales in the early part of the year. As 2014 draws to a close, the National Association of Realtors expects sales of previously owned homes ...
01/03/2015
  I Just wanted to reach out and say Happy New Year to all    New Years Resolutions.. Do you make them? Do you try and keep them? Do you succeed in keeping them?   I would say yes on the first, 50% on the second and on the third I am sorry to say not well. Mine this year deserves I get that 50% t...
12/31/2014
         THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRE-APPROVAL AND PRE-QUALIFIED IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW!!!     Not knowing the difference between these two terms could one day cost you your dream house! West Los Angeles Real Estate Group, affiliated with Rodeo Realty, makes sure that our clients will always have th...
12/31/2014
  Why You Need Title Insurance When you purchase your home, how can you be sure that there are no problems with the home's title and that the seller really owns the property? Problems with the title can limit your use and enjoyment of the property, as well as bring financial loss. That is what a ...
12/28/2014
VIDEO WALKING TOUR TO GET YOUR HOUSE READY FOR SALE   This a great video not only if you are planning to sell your house but if you would like to keep your greatest asset looking good and holding its value. Although there may be aspects of the tour that does not apply to your home it will start y...
12/22/2014
EXTENSION OF THE MORTGAGE DEBT FORGIVENESS ACT REALLY BIG OF OUR CONGRESS WHAT BS Once again I cannot help but laugh at how the middle class and lower got sucked dry from the housing collapse from a few years ago. This collapse or what I think of as a Ponzi scheme was caused by Bankers, Realtors ...
12/18/2014
HOMEOWNERS HOLIDAY WISH LIST A BUYERS CHECKLIST WHAT IS YOUR HOME WORTH? CLICK TO FIND OUT VIA TEXT MESSAGE!!!!!   I found this article in todays National Association of Realtors on line Magazine, it shows what homeowners wish list for the New Year would be if economic conditions are good. The be...
12/16/2014
A PRIMER ON WHAT ESCROW IS WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ESCROW IS? I MEAN I KNOW YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT THIS POST WILL MAKE SURE YOU DO. I have tried to cover all aspects of escrow; from the definition to what do you do if something goes wrong. In between y...
12/10/2014
  Good morning (or evening if you are getting this later Good evening).I just read this great article in Realtor.Com that is predicting interest Rates will rise to 6% by the end of 2015. There have been so many articles in the past month from the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times,...
12/08/2014
SANTA MONICA SINGLE FAMILY HOMES MULTI FAMILY CONDOS INCOME PROPERTIES PRICES REDUCED For many the single greatest reason to live in Santa Monica is to enjoy the ultimate Southern California beach.Santa Monica has 3.5 miles of well-maintained California beach locations and enjoys on average 340 d...
12/01/2014