listings: What does MLS mean and why does it exist?
- 01/26/13 03:09 PM
MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service and what this means is the Brokers, Realtors and their companies list their homes in a platform that allows all agents to show homes from any agent or company that wishes to enter their listing in this MLS. The MLS exists in order to bring the most qualified buyers in and allow the home to be shown by any Realtor that is licensed in this real estate board. The MLS is the best way to benefit both sellers because they can garner the top offer. It benefits buyers because a Realtor is allowed to (7 comments)
listings: No More Deals, No More Foreclosures, No More Short Sales, Sorry!
- 01/16/13 11:36 AM
How about a dose of Reality? Well, perhaps your Realtor hasn't told you but leave to me to give you the hard but true news. If you were hoping to time the bottom of the market, well that ship sailed 11 months ago. Home Prices have risen nearly 10 percent in that time period and they are expected to rise around 10 percent in the coming year. Just like timing the bottom of the market is virtually impossible timing when the Interest Rates will rise and not drop is also impossible to predict. It took nearly a year to realize that (1 comments)
listings: When is too much of a good thing a bad thing?
- 01/03/13 08:58 AM
Dear Clients, Friends & Fellow Realtors, Plant this under the "be careful what you wish for" column! For three to four years we we praying for more buyers and a decrease in home inventories in Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Saugus, Castaic, Newhall, Canyon Country and Santa Clarita, California. Our prayers have been answered to the extent that it has become virtually impossible to get an offer accepted. Ever since late Winter and Early Spring of 2012 inventories have dropped steadily. It was first noted that a heart pumping 300 homes were available for sale. This was noted as drastically and unhealthily low (3 comments)
listings: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Santa Clarita & So. Cal. 2012/2013
- 11/21/12 04:33 AM
Dear Friends, Clients & Fellow Realtors, Happy Thanksgiving from Tony & Dani Lewis. We count you and your support among our many blessings this and every year, thank you! Dani & I have created this Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Page for you and your family to enjoy! Dani & I have created this Christmas & Holiday Season Page for you and your family to enjoy! Dani & I have created this New Year's Eve & New Years Day Page for you and your family to en We know that your real estate needs can't afford to take a vacation so let (0 comments)
It is my style to work within your comfort zone and never let you feel that I am being pushy or rushing you along. Timing is everything in real estate and your family knows this market better than most Realtors. However this is a time that it is essential that I let you know that there is some urgency.
For the first time in many years the number of sales has increased for 4 straight months. This is an indicator that buyers (0 comments)
Real Estate in my opinion. The idea of this blog is to communicate the current state of real estate and home sales and listing information as it relates to residents of Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Saugus, Castaic, Newhall, Canyon Country, the Santa Clarita Valley and Santa Clarita, California. This information will help people in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and the state of California to see how homes and real estate is progressing in one of Southern California's premier communities!