sellers: RE/MAX Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Both Home Buyers and Home Sellers! - 08/09/11 02:17 PM
Results
from the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Home Buyer/Seller Study, recognize
RE/MAX for providing the
highest overall consumer satisfaction for both home buyers and home
sellers.
Home Seller Ratings
Home Buyer Ratings
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sellers: The Country Estates in Diamond Bar - 01/22/11 07:47 AM
For
the wealth elites who desire safety and security in East San
Gabriel Valley, The Country Estates in Diamond Bar offers guard
gated entrances, 24 hour security with continuous vehicle patrols
by well-trained guards, lighted tennis courts, clubhouse, swimming
pool, children’s playground, walking trails, and a 134 acres of
untouched wilderness
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sellers: Does Sellers Save More Money By Paying Less Commission? - 10/11/10 12:21 PM
In
a typical home sale, agents for buyers and sellers each take a
commission of roughly 2.5% to 3%, for a total cost of 5% to 6%,
paid out of the seller's proceeds.
It
is nature for sellers to save money by negotiate a lower commission
with their agent. But, does
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sellers: Market Report - October 2010 - 10/11/10 07:56 AM
Sales
remains very strong in Phillips Ranch, Chino Hills and Chino while
it slows down in Diamond Bar and Walnut for the month of September.
Here
is the latest price changes for August 2010 according to Dataquick:
Walnut
-7.3%
Diamond
Bar +9.1%
Phillips
Ranch +21.1%
Chino
Hills +13.1%
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sellers: Overbuilt Home Value - 10/05/10 09:21 AM
Often
times we see a large 2-story home in a single story neighborhood.
In an attempt to increase the value of the house, homeowners may
make improvements to the house that fall outside of the neighborhood
norm.
A
home is consider overbuilt when it has been expanded or improved
to a
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sellers: For Sale Or For Rent? - 09/14/10 01:22 AM
Homeowners who relocate or move up to another home often wonder
whether to sell or to rent the old one. Here are 2 questions to
ask:
I.
Do you making money if you sell your home?
First
thing you need to consider is whether you are making profit from
the selling
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sellers: Sales Remains Strong In Phillips Ranch - 09/06/10 09:06 AM
Sales Remains Strong In Phillips Ranch
Sales remains strong for the month of August in Phillips Ranch.
27 properties for sale, of which 8 of them are short sales, 21
pending, and 16 houses sold. Inventory
level is still very low at 1.3 months supply.
Phillilps Ranch is highly sought after
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sellers: Interest Rate Sets New Low - 08/22/10 05:50 AM
Freddie
Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey
on 8/20/10, and for yet another week, the fixed-rate mortgages
reached another low.
30-year
fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.42 percent with an average
0.7 point for the week ending August 19, 2010, down from last
week when it averaged 4.44 percent.
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sellers: Why Buyers Prefer Move-In Ready Homes? - 07/16/10 08:35 AM
Home
buyers today are educated and press for time. Buyers prefer homes where they
can just move-in and start enjoying life in their new homes. They will pay a
premium for this.
Houses
with outdated decor will take longer to sell and sell at a deep discounted price
depending how much
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sellers: Where Do The Riches Live In East San Gabriel Valley? - 06/01/10 07:14 AM
Ever
wonder where is the most popular city for the rich to live in
East San Gabriel Valley?
The
followings is a comparison chart of houses sold that are over
5000 sq ft from January 2010 to May 2010 in the area.
All 7 properties sold in Diamond Bar
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sellers: Short Sale Inventory Report - May 2010 - 05/10/10 07:52 PM
Short
sales has become a vital part of the real estate market. As of 05/1/10, the
short sale inventory in Chino is as high of 50% of all houses for sale (see
chart below).
For
under water homeowners who are considering a short sale, please contact me.
I am an experienced
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sellers: Cash For Appliances - 04/23/10 06:39 AM
Good
news for new home buyers! California Energy Commission allocated
$35.2 million for the new appliances rebate program begins April
22, 2010. Three
residential appliance categories were selected to be eligible
to receive rebates:
Clothes
washers - rebate $100
Refrigerators
- rebate $200
Window
air conditioners - rebate $50.
To
get
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sellers: Open Escrow By 4/30/10 To Get $18,000 Tax Credit! - 04/14/10 04:28 AM
Great
news for California homeshoppers! A new 2010 state tax credit
program providing eligible homebuyers with credits of up to $10,000
was recently enacted!
That
means if you qualify, purchase a home by April 30th and close
escrow after May 1st and on or before June 30th to receive BOTH
the
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sellers: 2009 Growth API School Reports - 03/23/10 10:19 AM
Buy
a house in a good school district is one of the main reasons for
family looking for a new home. I have compiled the following chart
to assist buyers with school age children to factor the school
info into their purchasing decision.
The
following is a chart of State's 2009
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sellers: Do You Qualify For A Short Sale? - 03/07/10 07:12 PM
If
you need to sell your house and owe more than what the house is
worth, you may consider a short sale. However, lenders do not
sanction all short sale requests. You'll have to find out if you
qualified for a short sale before you put your house on the market
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sellers: How Does Contignecy Removal Work? - 02/20/10 05:41 AM
Can
buyer back out from the deal after escrow is opened? Customarily
in Southern California, buyer has 17 days to back out from the
deal for the following 3 reasons:
1.
Loan Contingency
Buyer cannot secure a loan successfully.
2.
Appraisal Contingency
Property does not appraise to the value of the
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sellers: Market Trend Report - 01/10 - 01/19/10 03:03 PM
Market
remains very strong for the month of December. According to Dataquick,
sales volume was up 31% in 12/09 comparing to 12/08 in Los Angeles
County. The meian price was up 5.9% from $320,000 to $339,000.
First-time
buyers and investors continued to dominate the buy side of the
market last month.
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sellers: Market Trend Report - 12/09 - 12/27/09 06:42 AM
Market
remains very strong for the month of November. Number of houses sold went drastically
up in November comparing to November of the previous 2 years except for Phillips Ranch due
to it's extreme shortage on inventory.
Below
are the charts of number of home sold in the past 3 years
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sellers: Inventory Report - 12/09 - 12/01/09 10:57 PM
Inventory
level remains very low in December 2009. Below is a chart showing the inventory
level in Chino, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, Walnut and Phillips Ranch.
In Chino and Chino
Hills, house supply are both less than one month. Despite
of the higher tax rate with Mellos Roose and
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sellers: Home Tax Credit Extended To Step Up Buyers! - 11/23/09 07:41 AM
The
existing tax credit for first-time buyers, set to expire at the
end of the month, has helped boost home sales. President Barack
Obama has approved the first-time homebuyer tax credit extension
which will extend the tax credit until April 30, 2010 to the first-time
homebuyers and also to the step
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