Silver Lake CA area News and Views

Who hasn't heard of a crazy cat lady? What about crazy bunny ladies?! With the increase in foreclosed properties over the last few years, Realtors are seeing their share of abandoned pets. We hear of dogs or cats being left behind in foreclosed homes, but what about bunnies? A few days ago I show...

You Know What They Say About First Impressions-  It’s The Same Thing When It Comes To Your Home’s Curb Appeal Most of us are so used to the way our homes look that we don’t give it much thought, but if you are planning to sell, great curb appeal can make the sale faster, easier, and many times, ...

Franklin Avenue Elementary School in Los Feliz is one of the top-rated elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It's in a great location in Los Feliz and parents and the children are huge supporters of the school. They refer to it as a village with the slogan "It takes a vil...

  1973 Redesdale Ave Silver Lake -The Jenkyns House The Jenkyns House, at 1973 Redesdale Avenue in Silver Lake was conceived by Josef Van der Kar in 1960.  Currently on its third owners, the The Jenkyns House is a prime example of modernist architecture and carries many of the traits made famous ...

  The Alcove Café & Bakery in Los Feliz is a great spot for lunch or dinner. The Big Bar, which opened last October is a great addition.  Though there is some indoor seating, most folks opt for the outdoor patio for salads, sandwiches, desserts.  Ah, those desserts!  The establishment is one that...

Los Angeles Short Sales- The bank Can No Longer Come After You for the Balance Owed! If you need to short sell your Los Angeles home, now you can do that without worrying that the bank will come after you for the balance due. A short sale is when the owner of a property owes more on the loan than...

 4321 Cedarhurst Circle , Los Feliz How’s this for a 1962 Los Feliz Post and Beam?  The newly listed property south of Los Feliz Blvd has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths in 2,348 square feet of living space. The walls of windows and open spaces give it a feeling of being much larger. The vertical mahogany...

The Los Feliz Village Street Fair will be held Sunday, July 24 from 11am to 10pm on Hollywood BoulevardbetweenVermont and Hillhurst Avenues.  After two years with no fair, this one should really be great.  There will be many booths and hopefully lots of people out enjoying the selection of foods...

Ivanhoe Elementary School in Silver Lake is one of the best kindergarten through 5th grade schools in the LA Unified School System.  This school draws families into Silver Lake in hopes of being able to buy a home within its boundaries and take advantage of a great public school education. Accord...

The news is full of how it’s a buyer’s market all over and buyers have all the power when it comes to buying real estate.  Is there a buyer’s market in Silver Lake?  A buyers’ markets exist when there are more properties for sale than there are buyers to buy them. Such a situation tends to push p...