Advice for Sellers When Your Home is on the Market - 03/12/08 10:13 PM
For my sellers in Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo, and other South Orange County areas, here is a list of important, but not totally obvious hints to follow when your house is on the market. If you have an answering machine - turn the volume to either "off" or "0″.  You don't want potential buyers listening to your private messages!  I have actually been in a house with buyers and overheard messages saying things like "Well, Susie, I think it's time we reduce the price, or this will never sell." Keep your house ready-to-show every day!  Make up your … (7 comments)

Lake Forest Market Conditions - Mid March Report 2008 - 03/12/08 10:11 PM
I have some good news & bad news about the Lake Forest real estate market.  Today, there are 74 homes in escrow!  That is more than we have seen for quite a while, so there is hope that the "spring market" is actually coming alive!  Hopefully, with the new loan limits, and the Fed pouring money into the market, we will get back to a more normalized market soon. 
The bad news is that there are a lot of homes that have been foreclosed, or are in the process of foreclosure, or sellers who are "upside down" with their financing.  The … (0 comments)

Message to Lenders - Who is going to buy all your Foreclosures? - 03/08/08 06:18 PM
I just spent several days this week inspecting South Orange County REOs. The quality, condition and pricing run the distance from "Wow - pretty nice!" to "Gag - what's that smell?"   
I saw a lot of REOs back in the mid-1990s and sold more than a few at that time. They also offered a wide range of conditions early on, but as the lenders eventually learned, most of the time they got a faster sale at a higher price by cleaning up properties before putting them on the market. More often than not, they included new carpet and neutral paint, landscape … (7 comments)

 
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