Woodland
Hills California Real Estate Spring
is here and the real estate season has started. We
changed our clocks back, we have more day
light into the evening hours, making it easier to see
properties after a work day, buyers like what they
see in this sprig's Woodland Hills housing prices.
Prices
are down by 19% according to the Board of Realtors,
foreclosed and short sale properties are being
placed for sale on the
The
Multiple Listings
daily and investors who were waiting for a buyers market
are buying. New Sellers are realizing they have to price their homes
right to compete with short sales and
foreclosures . There are beautiful homes
for sale on the market here in Woodland
Hills California
at the moment, and buyers can go for the best
ones.
Recently
buyers had the luxury of time when they found a home they were
interested in, this is no longer always true. You
probably read in the papers that home sales for the last 3-4 weeks had
picked up, buyers who think to long lost the homes
they wanted - to buyers who were quicker than they were to
write an offer.. Buyers who have been slower to act
because of the slower market are losing out. 
Strategy
is important
When
you find a Woodland Hills home that you want to purchase go
ahead and write the offer as soon as possible. You
will
have time to continue thinking about it after the offer is
written. Once the offer is submitted to the other agent it
will initially takes a few days to work out counter
offers,
once your offer is accepted you have an additional 17 days to perform
all inspections and approve all disclosures, you can use any
of these to back out of the purchase if it is not up to your
expectations and standards.
Writing
a good offer to be accepted is the other part of the
equation. With good properties in
Woodland Hills now receiving multiple offers it often pays to write
your best offer, in particular when writing an offer on a bank owned
property. Each home needs to be examined on its individual
basis before you decide on how to structure your offer and
the price you will offer.The value of the property is a
culminatin of amenities and condition of the property itself.
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make sure you hire an agent who knows how to do short sales and has the
experience to get the job done. We are doing successful short sales,
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