Graham's Blog - Your Real Estate Specialist

Yucaipa is truly blessed with some of the best community programs of any small city. This Summer is no exception with a variety of activities for all ages.Get Active! “Explore Summer” – The possibilities are endless! Featuring a variety of summer activities and events for all ages! Summer Sports ...

The fact that residential home prices are increasing substantially in most regions of the country is music to the ears of homeowners. However, if you are in the process of selling your home, make sure you realize the major challenge a hot real estate market creates.Each house must be sold twice; ...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released their Pending Home Sales Index Report and revealed that it is at its highest level since April 2006.The Pending Home Sales Index is “a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings”. The higher the Pending Home Sales Index number...

The spring and summer months have always been known as a very popular time for homebuyers to start the search for their dream home. This year is no different!We all learned in school that when selling anything, you will get the most money if the demand for that item is high and the inventory of t...

In addition to all the new Micro Brewery's popping up, Yucaipa now has its own Micro Winery producing some excellent award winning wines.The micro boutique winery with an annual production of roughly 500 cases allows them to offer fine hand crafted wines in the absence of commercial influence. Fr...

At the end of June, in every region of the country, hundreds of homeowners have a tough decision to make. The ‘listing for sale agreement’ on their house is about to expire and they now must decide to either take their house off the market (OTM), For Sale by Owner (FSBO) or list it again with the...

There has been recent press regarding whether or not it makes better financial sense to rent rather than buy in today’s housing market. As an example, the recently released June Summary of the BH&J Buy vs. Rent Index reported:“…as of the end of the first quarter of 2015, the housing market in the...

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) latest Existing Home Sales Report revealed that first time homebuyers made up 32% of all sales in the month of May; marking the highest share since September 2012 and up from 27% the same time last year.NAR’s Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun, cited “strong...

Summer is here! The temperature isn't the only thing heating up right now, so too is the housing market! Here are four great reasons to consider buying a home today instead of waiting.1. Prices Will Continue to RiseThe Home Price Expectation Survey polls a distinguished panel of over 100 economis...

Most Americans still think getting a loan is very difficult, according to a new survey released by Wells Fargo and Ipsos Public Affairs. While fewer Americans think it’s difficult to get a loan in comparison to last summer, the survey shows those perceptions are changing very slowly. In April, 57...