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...
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...
Each week, I normally like to write about cold hard numbers or analyze recent comparable sales.
Numbers do not lie and comps formulate home values. Plain and simple.
That said, for this post, I am going to highlight a few brand new listin...
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...
Some argue that the most prestigious Manhattan Beach addresses outside of The Strand are the coveted walkstreet locations west of Highland surrounding the pier. Others counter that notion with a Hill Section address as more prestigious.
I sa...
Every quarter I eagerly await the ever-important California Housing Affordability Index number released from C.A.R. (California Association of Realtors).
If you are a real estate numbers nerd like me, then I hope you are as excited to study ...
It has been a long time since I have covered new construction townhomes in North Redondo Beach.
There are typically two types of new construction we see in the northern part of the city: 1) three-on-a-lot, and 2) two-on-a-lot developments.
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