Category Archives: Thousand Oaks

Pricing Strategies Revealed

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Tim Freund

Pricing your home for sale is one of the more daunting challenges for any home seller. One of the most difficult aspects is taking yourself and your opinion of your home out of the equation. The first step in pricing … Continue reading →

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Relocating To Thousand Oaks And The Conejo Valley: What You Need To Know

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Tim Freund

The first thing you need to know about relocating to the Conejo is that it’s pronounced Koh-nay-hoe not Cone-Joe.  Conejo means rabbit in Spanish.  The Conejo Valley is one of the most beautiful places on earth and arguably the most … Continue reading →

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Housing Shortage: There Are Two Elephants in The Room

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Tim Freund

The Federal Reserve today held rates steady, despite many indicators that the economy and the job market are slowing.  This begs the question, what is pushing inflation higher if we are seeing slowdowns in the job market and higher unemployment? … Continue reading →

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N.A.R.’s Settlement and What It Might Mean     

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Tim Freund

I was on a listing appointment yesterday with the most sophisticated of sellers selling a $2.3M home in Calabasas, CA.  We discussed everything normally discussed on an appointment and confirmed I would be charging a 5% commission which I would … Continue reading →

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Southern California Real Estate Market Update for August 2023 and The Myth of Goldilocks

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Tim Freund

2023 has been a very interesting year for real estate so far.  The first quarter was my slowest quarter on record.  I closed two deals, one of which I sold in December.  The second quarter was as hot as ever … Continue reading →

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Why are Prices Rising?

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Tim Freund

If you are a home buyer today, the real estate market can best be described as exasperating.  The inventory of available homes is at levels last seen in 2021 when home prices were rising exponentially fueled by a tail wind … Continue reading →

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Southern California Real Estate Prediction 2023

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Tim Freund

As the year draws to a close I figured it’s time for a year end prediction…  why not?  Before I begin, let me remind you that all real estate is local therefore this prediction is based on my particular niche … Continue reading →

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All Quiet on the Listing Front (Tales from the Trenches)

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Tim Freund

As we near year end, I figured it was a pretty good time to share some experiences that should help you to understand and get a flavor of what is happening in the real estate market.  As the title suggests, … Continue reading →

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A Choice of Lesser Evils

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Tim Freund

When it comes to making important and difficult decisions, it often comes down to the lesser of two evils.  Think about it, if you are tight on money, and you need new tires, you have to decide on what you’ll … Continue reading →

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Housing, Rising Rents, and the Decline of the Middle Class

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Tim Freund

The end of every month is, for a data hound like me, my favorite part of the month.  Case Shiller home sale report, the National Association of Home Builders data around home-starts and permits pulled and the National Association of … Continue reading →

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