As 2012 comes to a close, the U.S. housing market remains one of the bright spots of the economy. In November, existing home sales rose 5.9% to an annualized rate of 5 million, beating what experts predicted on Wall Street. Last month was the 17th consecutive month of the housing market growing, and the highest…
Here we are officially in summer and I know a lot of Orange County home owners are thinking about doing some upgrades for the summer. Back three months ago I wrote on “Two Upgrades To Produce The Greatest Return On Investment” and if you have not read that I would recommend you CLICK HERE and…
You’ve sold your Orange County or Huntington Beach home for sale– congrats! Now this is where it get rough. You are probably so mentally and emotionally spent through the taxing process of selling your home, you can’t even handle just thinking about “the move”. A lot of clients ask me how they should handle moving.…
Being a young Huntington Beach realtor I know how important it is to market using other strategies alongside traditional home marketing methods. It is important that we do not abandon traditional marketing as it still is a piece of what needs to be done to finally get your home or Huntington Beach condo sold. I…
I know everyone has heard the real estate term “location, location, location!” But when it comes to a rebuild that saying holds true. Being that I am an Huntington Beach Realtor I’ve seen just about everything when it comes to rebuilds, add-ons, and upgrades. However, there is one truth that always holds true when one…
Being an Huntington Beach Real Estate expert I get lots of questions about real estate market in Huntington Beach and also the Orange County Real Estate market as a whole and if there are any good investment opportunities. People commonly ask me what makes a good investment property, and what they should look for in…
This may sound elementary but it takes two sides for a real estate transaction to work. A buyer has to sign off on the deal and the seller has to sign off on the deal. Both sides have agendas and needs to make the deal work. And rarely does one side come out on top…
Interesting findings from The Orange County Register came out this week about the Orange County real estate market. Jeff Collins wrote a piece about data pointing to 2012 being on pace for the best housing market since the boom of 2005. Here is the data Collins found to be the reason for the “booming market”.…
Whether you are selling a condo in Huntington Beach or selling a home in Huntington Beach. There are certain principles that remain the same when you decide to sell a property. Regardless of what type. A fatal mistake I see with sellers is that they often think they know what buyers are looking for. As…
The term “shadow inventory” is commonly seen on the television, newspapers, and online news outlets. However, a lot of people remain confused about what the term is and what it means for the overall housing market. I feel as though a lot of news outlets have not done a good job actually explaining shadow inventory,…