With the Manhattan Beach Fireworks show taking place this past Sunday, it is safe to say that the South Bay is now in full holiday season mode.
In the blink of an eye, we will be kicking off 2024 a...
We are wrapping up the final month of 2023.
Before you know it, we will be kissing goodbye to 2023 and starting 2024 anew.
The past few years in real estate have been a wild ride, and the result of my annual best and worst performing home...
If you can believe it, we have just one month left in 2023. It is truly amazing how fast this year flew by!
The end of the year always brings about a few annual blog posts.
One of those annual posts is recapping my “Fearless Predictions...
As my avid readers know, I eagerly await the ever important California Housing Affordability Index number released from the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) each quarter.
I hope after following these quarterly affordability blogs ...
I am on a short week to enjoy time on vacation with my family. So, the blog this week will be concise.
This week I cover:
1. A new California law regarding security deposits
2. And, a South Bay beachfront sale at a big loss
If you fol...
In the South Bay, an always heightened topic of conversation are “off-market” home sales.
If you are unfamiliar with the term “off-market,” it is a home sale transaction that occurs without the property ever going to the MLS, thus th...
My South Bay residential real estate blog is approaching its eighth year as a full-time weekly publishing.
Every so often, I go through the 300+ past posts for ideas or submarkets that have not been covered in a long time. After doing so thi...
The smallest city I cover in my weekly real estate blog is the wonderful city of Hermosa Beach.
Also known by its motto, “The Best Little Beach City,” I can attest to Hermosa being a fabulous beachside community as a former longtime resi...
Fall has officially arrived. After one of the rainier summers in recent memory, autumn is ready to bring about its crisp cold by the beach and Palos Verdes.
Surging home mortgage rates and lack of affordability in the South Bay might also br...
Before next week’s blog where I will post the latest Q3 South Bay home numbers, I am going to highlight rather large price swings in the local marketplace.
I’ll share three examples throughout the South Bay that are actively listed right...
The number of homes for sale (or “inventory”) as real estate professionals call it, has been the topic du jour over the past few months.
Thanks to golden handcuffs of low interest rates held by current property owners, too few housing un...