Category: Edge For Buyers
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3 Compelling Reasons To Buy Right Now
Spiraling home values, soaring inflation and increased interest rates are three huge reasons to buy right now. The house you can afford today will likely be out of reach tomorrow. Prices are not coming down anytime soon, even with these other factors weighing down the sector. Read on for the…
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5 Reasons The Highest Offer Doesn’t Always Win
It’s no secret that buying real estate right now is more like a contact sport than the leisurely transactions of yesteryear. Low rates are driving high demand and there isn’t so much supply. How do you compete if you don’t have unlimited sums of cash in the bank you want…
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The Trendline – Venice – August 2021
The MLS dropped its August listings data this week and I’m seeing a continuation of interesting trends in Venice. Trendline says → still a solid buyers’ market but shifting decidedly toward sellers. New listings were down in August. Fewer listings in Venice will contribute to an equilibrium in negotiating power…
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The Trendline – Westchester – August 2021
The MLS dropped its August listings data last week and I’m seeing a continuation of the super-tight inventory situation in Westchester 90045. Trendline says → super sellers’ market continues. Westchester home owners have not been wanting to move and that continued into August. At 1.5 months of inventory, we are…
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The Trendline – Manhattan Beach – August 2021
The MLS just dropped its August listings data and I’m seeing a continuation of interesting real estate trends in Manhattan Beach CA residential real estate. How’s the market in Manhattan Beach? Trendline says → definitely leaning in sellers’ favor. That Spring sprout that started in February was a nice uptick,…
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Is There Still Time To Buy Before Rates Rise?
Two big things surfaced from the pandemic so far – a deep-seated need to nest and a chaotic economy giving rise to historically low interest rates. Both phenomena led to a huge demand for home buying. People know they want a home or a bigger home or a home with…
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Want To Buy A Silicon Beach Property? Do This First
So you’re following the news and interest rates and you know it’s time to buy your first home, next home, vacation home or rental property. What are the first three things you need to do? Hint! Looking at listings online is a distant fourth on our top three list! 1.…
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Last Call For The Biggest Equity Gains
Houston, We Have A Situation Our economy was on a big roll in 2019 and along came this little thing called coronavirus. Nobody saw coming and I don’t have to tell you what happened next. We were all there. And locking down for an extended period of time is never…
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Attention Buyers! This Is Your Light Bulb Moment!!
Still wondering if now is a good time to buy real estate? Stop wondering. Your light bulb moment has arrived. I’ve been talking for weeks now about how the stars have been aligning to buy real estate with super low interest rates, but another star joined the constellation and this…
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Writing A Real Estate Offer In California, Part 3
In Part 1 of this series, we set the stage for making a real estate offer in California and we described the financing provisions and contingencies. In Part 2, we walked through the rest of the contract and briefly described electronic signatures. Here, in Part 3, we’ll talk about the…
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