One of my client's contacted me today  and left a voice mail and asked me: '...I have an investment home in Tarzana, Should I sell now or wait until January when there are more intrested buyers?..." You can imagine how interesting this voice mail was to me. I have blogged about the need to sell now vs. later.

Reference: Tarzana real estate market. I have analyzed the data and wanted to share with you. There are some serious price decreases. I have enclosed some of the statistics for your review. In comparison to September 2008 and September 2009 the median Sold Price has dropped by 44%. The Inventory supply is about 14 months. What that means is a long Marketing and Sales process is what we will be facing. 

 Reference: The question of waiting until January to market your house would be a mistake in my opinion, because the prices although are not free falling anymore, they are still decreasing. The serious buyers are still out during the holiday season. The buyers that are out there are generally not lookers; rather they are serious buyers, since the lookers are busy with the holidays. We would have a three months advantage over other sellers who would wait until January to market their home. We maybe even sell it before the end of the year, because some people need to buy for Tax purposes and others need to relocating.

 

If you are a consumer  who is considering buying  or selling  a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 (USA) or email me at EndreBarath@TheMLS.Com  or visit one of my websites at http://www.endrebarath.com  Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of My commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations.

 

15 Comments on I have a House in Tarzana, Should I sell Now or in January??

OCT
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Endre, nice write up for your client.  I agree that clients are better off making the move now rather than waiting.  Prices are still dropping and are expected to continue moving in that direction until the first quarter of 2011.  If you ever have a client in need of short selling their home, let me know.  I have an investor ready to but and negotiate with the bank.  They buy with cash and work with the home owner for a win win scenario.

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Endre: Even though I'm a home stager, I often get home owners asking me if they should sell now or "later" whether that is January, "after the holidays", after July 4th, etc. I always advise to sell now since we don't know what the future holds. I have been told by an asset manager that banks will be putting a lot of foreclosures on the market after the first of the year. That means lower prices for all home sellers.

BTW, thanks for the twitter follow!

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Scott, Thank you for the nice words, I will keep you in mind for short sale help. Lately I have been getting cash buyers and sellers that own their homes free and clear, but as we speak things can turn on a moment's notice.

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Michelle, thank you for accepting the Twitter connection and finding me on AR. I am always amazed how discussions about buying and selling can occur anywhere. There is no other subject compared to Real Estate that gets discussed in parking lots to restaurants....it makes it fun. I agree with you I heared about the same issues from a couple asset managers telling me that there is another wave in January...

2:16am • #4
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Endre,

I just stopped by to say CONGRATS on sticking with it; you'll hit 75,000 this week!  Thanks, too, for reading and commenting on my blog.

Mike in Tucson

7:47am • #5

Endre, I agree with you. It is much better to sell the property now.

Thanks for stopping by. I was jealous seeing great blogs about local market with cool graphs and charts from local experts like you.  So I started using the graphs too.

11:19pm • #6
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Mike, Thank you for the comment, I see you are well on your way to the half a million pts. I remember when Jeff D. said it will not be easy, now I understand:))

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Haris, now we all will be envious of your graphs, color and shape.... thank you for reenforcing my post with your observation.

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Hi Endre:

I agree...put it on the market now.  There are serious buyers out there...

No one knows what will happen in January.

7:59pm • #9
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Put it on the market now! Hi Endre, just dropped by to say hello and hope all is well in your world!

9:14pm • #10
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Hi Russell Thank you for stopping by and commenting. All is well, we just need to keep the Tax incentives to continue.

6:48pm • #11
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I haven't seen yo in foreer and I've been wondering how you're doing?  I just saw you on Rebecca's post!

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Hi Liz nice to see you. Thank you for the visit. Have been busy, trying to finish strong for the  year. I see you  have been busy yourself left the the other company? Drop me a note, have a great evening

1:22am • #13
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Great advice.  In most cases it is an advantage to have your home on the market this time of year.  The competition is less than it will be at any other time.

10:47pm • #14
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My home inspection business sees a significant increase in business between Thanksgiving and Christmas because after doing third-quarter taxes, people realize that the best way to get a significant tax deduction is to buy a home. Close escrow by December 31 and get a significant tax deduction without making mortgage payments, tax payments, etc., for the whole year.

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours!

11:26am • #15

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