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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Diane and I have been going to the Festival of Books for the past 24+ years. If memory serves me correctly, we only missed the first two... Now with that said this year we did not get a new coffee mug. Usually, we get one every year commemorating our visit to the Festival of Books. This year was a total disappointment.The marketing was too vague and too discouraging. In the old days if you wanted to see an author you did not have to pay to enter. This year the message was mistakenly focused on, that you cannot get to see a panel or an author unless you pay for a ticket. Really??? False messaging. Sadly, many bought into this message including us.I told Diane it was just poor English and not clear messaging... we disagreed... on a side note I was right.So, with that said, let me tell you...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Friday Funday: I thought how about a fun dinner.... I always cruise the Internet, and I saw someone post a recipe for baked cabbage. Loved the idea and it so happened I had cabbage in the fridge as well as I always have olive oil.Now I thought this would go well with bake Argentinian Red Shrimp.Then I figured how about some great Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Bisquists to accompany the dinner Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficult properties that no one else could, please reach ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
2401 San Marco Dr. Los Angeles CA 90068: Accepting Backup Offers...Directions : Head East on Franklin Ave to Cahuenga BLVD (N) first right (E)on to Dix St and first left (n) on Holly Dr. to the end turn (L) to San Marco, land is just past 2407 San Marco Dr.Remarks: Best priced vacant land in the Beach Wood Canyon area. Truly a fantastic opportunity to build your dream home in the highly desirable Hollywood Dell section of the Hollywood Hills East. This lot is equally desirable for a developer to build for spec. The house next to this lot on a more difficult upslope with smaller frontage was built recently. This up sloped lot has about 58 ft of frontage with panoramic canyon views. Just imagine being surrounded by nature and multimillion dollar homes and still be minutes from the city an...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
As most of you who read my posts, we have been supporting the Los Angeles Festival of Books for the past 24 plus years. We missed the first two and then we became loyal supporters year after year. Yesterday we went and you can read my post of what I thought. Now with that said we did not go this year the second day, like we always did two days in a row. Ironically, I had an easy day with real estate today.Well, not to dwell on it here are a few Fotos that I did not post yesterday.No matter what I wish you a wonderful week ahead and if you have time enjoy reading books. Please buy and read books. Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you ach...
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By Rebecca Chambliss
(Vista Sotheby's International)
The Los Angeles city council voted almost unanimously to mandate spaying and neutering in Los Angeles.  It became law last October (2008) and was passed with the assurance that all residents of the city would be able to comply because the city made free and low cost spay/neuter vouchers available to low income, disabled and senior citizens. The law was passed with no extra funding for spay/neuter, and no funding for enforcement.  The city controller, Laura Chick found after through investigation that the law should never have been passed, it was essentially unenforceable and made a mockery of "law." Just this week, the city quietly ended the voucher program stating budget concerns left them unable to provide the promised vouchers for the rest of the year and eluded to the fact that they...
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By Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager
(Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging)
If you follow my blog, you may have seen my post a couple of months back about a Low Income Housing development in Los Angeles that we "Staged" at the end of 2008. Today was the Grand Opening event for Hobart Heights. Hobart is the 3rd low income housing community we did the interior design work for (see projects #1 and #2 here). They are always great projects, due in large part to our wonderful client American Communities. They are a joy to work with, and we look forward to many more projects with them. Today was the first time I attended one of the Grand Openings, and I was blown away by what I witnessed. For starters, Herb Wesson was there.  Herb is the LA City Councilman representing the 10th District. He was instrumental in advocating for this and other similar developments meant t...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
   Buying a home is an exciting time in one's life. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your new home and community meets your needs. Our services and experience range from financial aid to helping you find the home that best suits you and your family. For your convenience, we also provide listings by email. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why. How we Can Help  Before you start looking Closing Costs $8000 Tax Credit Info  Dom Naidoo Josh Barre 310.459.8191 info@wsprops.com   Copyright © 2009 Dom Naidoo & Josh Barré . All rights reserved.    
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By Michelle Minch, Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
(Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA)
Home Staging Consultations by Los Angeles Times Featured Home StagerOur Comprehensive Home Staging Consultations act as a 'road map' to prepare your home for sale. We assess your home and tell you everything you need to do to get your home in prime selling condition. You can do all the work yourself, do some of the work and hire us to do the rest, or hire Moving Mountains Design to stage your home to perfection. Some of the items a consultation covers are:*Paint color choices*Carpet choices (if needed)*Furniture layout and arrangement*Which features of your house to accentuate*Curb appeal*Organizing and decluttering*Pre-moving check list (our staged homes sell quickly and we want you to be ready)*Closet organization check list*Open house prep*Suggested items to purchase (we even tell yo...
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By Carlos Arvizu, (R.V. Zoo)
(Carlos R. Arvizu Sr. with Prudential California Realy)
To whom it may concern, My name is Carlos Arvizu Sr., I am a realtor with the Rancho South East Assoc. Board. I am considering running for Congress of the 34th District, which consist of Downey, parts of Bellflower, Lakewood, Norwalk, Montebello, Downtown Los Angeles, SouthGate, Huntington Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, and Maywood.  This is for the 2010 Congressionnal bid.  I am a long term Realtor, and we need someone who wants to fight for Real Estate Interest and the well being of the average American, young and old, pre senior and senior citizens.  Lets stop the erosion of our economic health.   That's why I want to run to help fix some of the problems we have been facing.  I need your help and support.  If you think some of these suggestions make sense to you, please help me get electe...
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By Monique Carrabba
(The Carrabba Group/Keller Williams)
What's amazing is that I live in Picfair Village, not the Inland Empire or Palmdale where these things have been happening since late 2007. Not in my backyard! I purchased my home when the market was falling 1 year ago. Who would have thought it would go down so much?? Now, I remember this happened before, around 1980, 1988 and 1998. Going further back, we have had 12 recessions in the US since the 1940s.  I am a 5th generation Californian and have heard the same stories time and time again. Real estate always goes up in Los Angeles! In the 1970s, when I was a kid, there were a lot less people. When my Mom was a child in LA, you could ride horses in the Valley pretty much anywhere and there was plenty of open land for peach and orange groves. Not anymore. And people keep moving to this ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
  Well here we are February 2009 is in the history books. So let's see how it fared compared to January as well as last year.  The Active inventory has had a slight up tick, compared to the previous month. Currently there are 55 Active Listings compared to 51 Active Listings in January. I consider this interesting, since it is a 9% increase. Some would consider it insignificant. To put it in a different perspective, if your income would increase by 9% then I am sure you would consider that significant.(see last months Market Report http://activerain.com/blogsview/917511/Playa-Vista-CA-Market-Report-for-January-2009 )  Now let us look at the number of properties that are in Escrow:  There are 4 accepting back up offers vs. last month there were 2 that were accepting back up offers. Let u...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
Westside Living March 2009 Newsletter PACIFIC PALISADES SANTA MONICA MALIBU BRENTWOOD BEVERLY HILLS WESTWOOD/CENTURY CITY MARINA DEL REY VENICE TOPANGA CULVER CITY PLAYA DEL REY PLAYA VISTA WEST L.A. BEL-AIR BEVERLY HILLS PO BEVERLY CENTER/MIRACLE MILE BEVERLYWOOD Happy Sunday and Happy March to everyone! I honestly cannot believe that it's already MARCH!!! Here are some of the L.A. Westside highlights I found on MSN this month: •·Lady Gaga - Friday, Mar 13 8:00p Featuring: Chester French, Lady Gaga Venue: The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA) •·     The Pretenders - Tuesday, Mar 10 8:00p Price: $49.50 - $65.00 Featuring: The Pretenders Venue: The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA) •·     The Pink Floyd Experience - Friday, Mar 13 8:00p Price: $27.00 - $36.00 Featuring: The Pink Floyd Experience Venue:...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
I feel the need to try to clarify the new $8000 Tax Credit for First Time home buyers. As I was chatting with my Accountant today we started talking about the New and Exiting incentive to get first time buyers into the real estate market.  As we were discussing the benefits we had a few questions that we could not answer:  Why did the politicians pick a date of December 1, 2009 vs. the end of the year? Does the December 1, 2009 date mean Opening of Escrow? Or does it mean the sale must close by December 1, 2009?  Now I must admit we were both confused and did not have a clear answer. He is an Accountant and I am Realtor. If we are not clear, then what about the first time home buyer?  I promised him I will get to the bottom of it relatively quickly, before too many people will be approa...
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By Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager
(Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging)
Just ran across an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times Real Estate section. The article brings up a seller strategy that was used during the recession of the 80s. "A reverse offer works something like this: A potential buyer has shown more than a passing interest in your house, and the buyer's agent has indicated his client really likes the place. But for some reason, a week or two has gone by and the buyer hasn't made an offer. Something is holding him back. Perhaps he still wants to look at several other places. Or maybe he's paralyzed because of the news about the current real estate market or economy. It can be any number of things.So based on feedback from his agent, why not make the reluctant buyer an offer? Maybe knock a few grand off your asking price and throw in a 12-...
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By Ro Gu
So now FHA guidelines have been changed and now American buyers have to come up with 3.5% downpayment in order to buy a home.  Loan rules seem to be changing constantly, the internet also I think has changed the way information is exchanged.  The real change started in the year 2000, from realty companies to loan companies making information about all facets of real estate easily available, especially in the areas of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties located in southern California.
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By Associate Broker Falmouth MA Cape Cod Heath Coker, Heath Coker Berkshire Hathaway HS Robert Paul Prop
(https://teamcoker.robertpaul.com)
As the East Coast Hollywood continues to formulate its future, the visionary developers are meeting with international green technologists. Listen to Nigel Tonks and you'll know he's not from Cape Cod. The newest green ideas for building and operating the state of the art 14 sound stages and the 10 acre backlot complex are being explored regardless of what accent they are accompanied by, but this video has Englishmen. The developers of Hollywood East have a vision of bringing a breath of fresh air to the movie production business as well as to southeastern Massachusetts. Here's the latest short video in their daily post of "The Series." Find more videos like this on Hollywood East TV Happy listing and selling!
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By Lupe Soto-Realtor, Listing, Selling Burbank, San Fernando Valley LA
(Premier Realty Assoc)
Bank Owned, REO's, Foreclosures, Short Sales Condos & TOWNHOUSES for sale in Burbank and all San Fernando Valley from $89,000 and UP Lupe Soto, Condo & Townhouse Specialist  is available to help you.  Remember I have NO intention of selling you a condo or townhouse, only helping you locate the one you wish to purchase.  I look forward to working with YOU! (hablo espanol http://www.CasasConLupeSoto.com Please note that most of condos in San Fernando Valley you can buy with with as low as 3% down with HOMEPATH CONDO properties for sale for first time condo buyers, special conditions and restrictions apply, call Lupe for more information.   For other type of condos and townhouses for sale, a min of 10% downpayment will be required to easily qualify for a condo loan.  For investment condos ...
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By COMPASS PALM SPRINGS | Stewart Penn, COMPASS Palm Springs - Broker Associate
(COMPASS)
CNN money.com recently featured an article that highlighted a disturbing trend: "Distressed properties, the foreclosures and short sales that have flooded the market, accounted for 45% of all deals -but these heavily discounted homes have also pushed median prices down." This means that "comps" are not accurate and cannot be relied on since it's difficult to adjust statistics to account for foreclosures and short sales. In turn, property owners (with good credit and verifiable income) wanting to refinance and take advantage of advertised low interest rates, are being declined by banks on the basis that their property has devalued substantially. Is this fair?
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
Happy rainy storm patchy sunny foggy Presidents Day! Today was interesting for those of us who had to work. I was fortunate enough to not have to be out in the field all day, which I am very thankful for. Here are the sales for the past week in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Santa Monica: Pacific Palisades 1711 Alta Mura Rd., house - $8,525,000 680 Bienveneda Ave., house - $1,187,950 15923 Northfield St., house - $1,600,000 231 Monte Grigio Dr., house - $2,080,000 18074 Coastline Dr., house - $2,000,000 1101 El Medio Ave., house - $1,550,000 1413 Palisades Dr., condo - $710,000 Malibu 6215 Tapia Dr., house - $2,700,000 6311 Gayton Pl., house - $3,000,000 28904 Boniface Dr., house - $2,200,000 3601 Vista Pacifica #15, condo - $822,000 11856 Beach Club Way., condo - $2,200,000 0 Latigo Cy...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Become a Foster "Parent" or also known as "caretaker' of Under-Age Kittens or Puppies! Most people know and are aware, that loving homes are needed for animals waiting to be adopted at the Los Angeles City's animal care centers. But what about kittens and puppies that are too young to even be adopted? That is where foster caretakers come into playing a major  and very valuable role. Then L.A. Animal Services needs people willing to become "foster parents" and take care of newly born kittens and puppies that are highly vulnerable and need special care and feeding, until they are old enough to be adopted.  For more information, call (888) 452-7381 or visit www.LAAnimalServices.com .  Have a Heart and help out NOW! Thank you and all the kittens and puppies thank you as well! If you can not...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
I have received a ton of inquiries about the Stimulus incentives so decided to post the most recent news article from the San Francisco Chronicle... San Francisco Chronicle: Stimulus' real estate incentives shrinkBy James Temple02/13/2009Although projected by some industry trade groups to help jump-start building and stem foreclosures, the $15,000 tax incentive for home buyers was stripped from the $789 billion stimulus package Wednesday, and was replaced with a tax credit of 10 percent of the home price, capped at $8,000. To preview the finest real estate and the best deals on the Westside of Los Angeles including Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Malibu, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, West L.A., Marina Del Rey & Mar Vista please visit our website: http://www.westsidehomefinder.com/...
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By Lupe Soto - North Hollywood Casas en Venta
(Lupe Soto Agente de Casas Burbank CA)
Lupe Soto, Realtor en Espanol & Agente de Casas en venta, Unidades en venta (duplex, triplex, fourplex 2-4 Unidades)  en Burbank, CA, North Hollywood, Glendale, Valle de San Fernando, Valle del Antelope  (818)968-3718, sirviendo la comunidad hispana desde 1989 en el Condado de Los Angeles CA. Lupe es miembro de NAHREP National Association of HISPANIC Real Estate Profesionals. Califique facilmente con Prestamos FHA para primeros compradores, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, San Bernardino, la consulta es GRATIS!   POR QUE ES IMPORTANTE ESTAR PRE-APROBADO O PRE-CALIFICADO?Es importante que usted sepa el precio de casa que puede pagar. Si solo usted observando la lista de casas disponibles en el internet, esta bien. Pero si usted esta serio en comprar una casa y d...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
1 RES-SFR:   2331 OCEAN AVE , VENICE ,CA 90291 MLS#: 09-346669 LP:  $1,399,000 AREA:  (11)Venice STATUS:   A VIEW:  Yes MAP:   671/H6 STYLE:  Contemporary YB:  1921 BR:  3 BA:  3.00 APN:  4227-007-018 ZONE:  LARD1.5 HOD:  $0.00 STORIES:  1 APX SF:  0/OT LSE:   GH:  Det'd POOL:  No APX LDM:   APX LSZ:  2,700/VN LOP:   PUD:   FIREPL:  1 PKGT:  2 PKGC:  2 DIRECTIONS:  Ocean Ave just 1 block east of the Venice canals between Venice Blvd and Washington Blvd REMARKS:  Totally updated home just 1 block east of the Venice canals - gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances, granite counters, large, open and bright. The very large living room has high pitched wooden beamed ceilings and their are brand new wood floors throughout the home. The master is very private with a large walk in clos...
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