Available Home Inventory In My Little Corner of the World. It's been tough for some of us to find properties matching our buyers wish list. Not that they don't exist, but rather that the number of homes on the market is low, and when we did similar searches several years ago, a REALTOR(R) could c
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05/09/2011
Remembering Mom - Doris Rachielles How fortunate I am to have had such a memorable Mom. The difficulty comes with putting this all into words for this Mother's Day. Remembering someone who was always there with support and love in all of our life activities. Remembering one who gave guidance an
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05/07/2011
April in SoCal. Typified by very little change in almost any category (except closings which dropped substantially), our buyers are having a terrible time finding homes to buy. Inventory is under 4.5 months and almost 60% of that is distressed. Buyers are not qualifying for as much home as they u
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05/02/2011
Red - Yellow - Green. Stop - Caution - Go In today's housing market, the traditional colors may take on another meaning. "GREEN", commonly understood today in this market stands for Energy Saving. But, this faddish designation appears to be more of a marketing catch phrase that has lost it's or
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05/02/2011
Sunday Open House - 6249 Sacramento Av., Rancho Cucamonga, CA., 1:00 to 4:00 PM. You're Invited ...to join me this Sunday, May 1st, to see a very special home. When you arrive, you will be treated to an immaculate two story home rarely found in today's market. If this home were new,
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04/29/2011
WILL IT GET THIS GOOD AGAIN? Nobody knows for sure what the future holds. However, this graph says a lot about the Inland Empire Home Buying Prospects for the first time buyer. Not shown here are the latest average 30 year fixed rates for earlier this month of 4.87% with 0.7 points, a very slig
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04/18/2011
Enjoy the Upland Lemon Festival - April 29th thru May 1. Celebrating Upland's early history of lemon groves throughout the land, the Upland Redevelopment and the Upland Chamber of Commerce again bring you the "Upland Lemon Festival". See Friends & neighbors, enjoy the wonderful foods and art of t
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04/18/2011
Open House - Saturday, April 9 - 6249 Sacramento Av., Rancho Cucamonga, CA - 1 to 4 PM. A Beautiful Two Story Single Family Home in a quiet Cul-de-sac location. Full of Character. Mountain Views! 2559 Sq. Feet of heated space. Lovingly maintained home with pride of ownership. 4 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Ba
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04/08/2011
Wow! Were Your Areas Closings up 30%? Closed transactions were UP 30.1% in the ten cities that I watch in the Inland Empire of Southern California. While that was a phenomenal increase, all is not rosy. Inventory fell to just 4.0 months from 5.3 months. Active listings fell 1.3% and the average s
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04/06/2011
Getting Serious About Short Sales - C.A.R. Specialized Web Site. This morning, I received an e.mail from the California Association of REALTOR(R)S announcing a dedicated web site for Short Sale information. For both consumers and real estate professionals, the site is a wealth of information. Def
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04/04/2011