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Category Archives: Market Conditions
Pricing Strategies Revealed
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 →
Posted in Economics, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Seller Advice, Tax Reform, Thousand Oaks, Tim Freund
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Tagged California, Economics, economy, Home+prices, home+pricing, Homes, housing, Housing+sales, housing-market, interest+rates, investing, pricing, Real Estate, real+estate, Realtor, selling, strategies, Tim+Freund
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LA Fires 2 Months Later
Last month I wrote what I thought was a great recipe for starting the rebuilding of Altadena, and Pacific Palisades. I suggested state and local officials strike a deal in principle with the locally represented national home builders to develop … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, home builders, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Remodeling, Seller Advice, Tim Freund
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Tagged #finance, alta dena, Blackrock, books, California, Eaton, Eaton Fire, Economics, economy, fire, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, Irvine Company, la fires, los angeles, news, pacific palisades, palisades, Palisades Fire, Real Estate, real+estate, rebuilding, Rick Caruso, Samara, SteadfastLA, Tim+Freund, Toll Brothers, wildfire, writing
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Rebuilding LA: A Course Of Action
Looking at the mass destruction from the Palisades and Eaton Fires, it’s easy to say, rebuild. Before even contemplating this however, you need to first answer the six questions: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How? The Who answer is … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, home builders, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Seller Advice, Tim Freund
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Tagged Altadena, California, Construction, disaster recovery, Disaster Relief, Eaton Fire, Economics, economy, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, los angeles, new-construction, Palisades Fire, Real Estate, real+estate, Realtor, Rebuild, rebuilding, RebuildingLA, Theories, Thoughts, Tim+Freund
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A number of people have asked me…
A number of people have asked me what I think is going to happen to the Southern California housing market in light of high interest rates, shortages of inventory and now the fallout from one of the nation’s most costly … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Remodeling, Rental Advice, Seller Advice, Tim Freund
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Tagged California, Economics, economy, gouging, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, Market Conditions, palisades, Real Estate, rebuilding, renting, Tim Freund, wildfire
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What Makes a Good Landlord?
Many property owners have a fear of being a landlord, yet in a time where the real estate market may be in correction, some owners will choose to become landlords instead of sellers. So what’s it take to be a … Continue reading →
Posted in Curb Appeal & Cleaning, Demographics, Economics, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, rent, Rental Advice, Seller Advice, Tim Freund
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Tagged California, Economics, economy, housing, how to, landlord, landlords, Real Estate, real+estate, rent, Rental, tenant, Tim+Freund
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Housing Shortage: There Are Two Elephants in The Room
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 →
Posted in Economics, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Real Estate Correction, Recession, Refinancing, Thousand Oaks, Tim Freund
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Tagged #finance, California, Economics, economy, fed, hedge funds, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, housing crisis, housing shortge, Housing+sales, Inflation, interest rates, interest+rates, investing, Rates, Real Estate, real+estate, shortage, The Fed, Tim+Freund
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N.A.R.’s Settlement and What It Might Mean
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 →
Posted in County Line, Demographics, Disclosures, Divorce, Dual Agency, Economics, For Sale By Owner, Home Buying, Home Selling, Inspection, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Seller Advice, Thousand Oaks, Tim Freund
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Tagged 2024, California, commission, commissions, Economics, economy, For Sale By Owner, FSBO, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, investing, lawsuit, NAR, negotiation, Real Estate, real+estate, real-estate-agent, Realtor, selling, settlement, Tim+Freund, update
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Why are Prices Rising?
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 →
Posted in Economics, home builders, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Real Estate Correction, Recession, Refinancing, Seller Advice, Thousand Oaks
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Tagged California, Economics, economy, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, real+estate, Tim+Freund
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Spring 2023 Market Update
It’s been an interesting exercise watching the current real estate market. Where 6 months ago, having just dropped 8-10%, I would have predicted a continued drop in values of another 8-10%, instead the market has demonstrated surprising resiliency [Contact Tim … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Seller Advice, Tim Freund
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Tagged Buying, California, Dilbeck, Economics, economy, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, leading RE, luxury portfolio, real+estate, Realtor, selling, spring, spring market
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Southern California Real Estate Prediction 2023
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 →
Posted in County Line, Economics, Home Buying, Home Selling, Market Conditions, Market Conditions, Real Estate, Real Estate Correction, Recession, Thousand Oaks
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Tagged California, Economics, economy, Home+prices, home+pricing, housing, Housing+sales, interest+rates, real+estate, The Fed, Tim+Freund
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