Los Angeles & Ventura Counties Real Estate & Mortgage News & Info

I'm really looking forward to hosting this open house this weekend.  Weather is supposed to be a little cooler (hopefully below 100) and this gorgeous local is the perfect place to hang out at on a Sunday afternoon. If you're looking for a lovely, remodeled condo in a sought after neighborhood i...

Earlier, I read a post by Loreena Yeo titled, Title Companies Expected to Perform in 15 seconds about the unrealistic expectations placed on title companies to close transactions.  Loreena went on to discuss two really stressful closings she had this week.  Good grief!  Could I ever relate to tha...

For those who are not familiar with Westlake Village, around here, it's often referred to as the Beverly Hills of the Conejo Valley.  The North Ranch area is also one of the most gorgeous areas in Westlake Village. The Signature Collection estates is an absolutely beautiful gated community in No...

  I just recently completed the 30 day challenge (30 posts in 30 days) and while I'm a little shocked I actually did it (didn't think I would last that long), I wanted to blog about what I learned from the experience.  First and foremost, I learned that all those bloggers who practically live on...

Well, it's always interesting reading all the great bloggers and their posts here on AR.  This week was no different.  First and foremost, I want to give a big shout out to both Paul Slaybaugh for his post All Stocked Up On Lions, Send More Christians  and Tom Bashe for I want PROOF you submitted...

As kind of a follow-up to my post yesterday on Approved Condo Lists, where so many Fannie Mae HomePath condos are in complexes that are not on Fannie Mae's approved condo list, I wanted to now discuss some condo complexes here in Simi Valley that are on the approved condo lists.  There are 29 con...

I wanted to reblog this for Ken Barker in an effort to bring in more exposure to his listing.  Th Canoga Lakes condo complex is truly an oasis in the middle of the city.  A phenomenal and desirable west valley location with so much entertainment, shopping and restaurants that are all walking dis...

I wanted to re-blog this listing for Ken Barker, with Coldwell Banker in Westlake Village, because I recently did an open house with him and really wanted to give the property as much exposure as possible (for some reason, I rank higher on google than Ken does). It's really a great home with a g...

The other day, I got a call from a prospect who asked about Fannie Mae's HomePath program and wanted to know if I offer it.  I answered I did and immediately went into my "HomePath speel" of where I educated the prospect about the benefits and challenges of this particular loan program.  Then he ...

Right now, there are more than 70 4bd properties in Simi Valley that are eligible for up to $200,000 in down payment assistance.  Furthermore, these are not like those run-down, dilapidated dumpy REO's that the market is saturated with.  No way, more than half of these properties are totally move...