Calabasas & San Fernando Valley California Real Estate Climate

I have to give you a little background so you'll understand my comments on this video.  I have mentored Todd Coleman since December 2007.  It has been a rocky road to say the least.  During my career I've had the opportunity to mentor many different agents, some have made it, some haven't, but mo...

Several of my clients called me on Friday about the new, mysterious house for sale in The Oaks at Calabasas with the dramatically low price and no picture on MLS.  I have all of my buyers set up with automatic MLS listings so they are emailed immediately when a home comes on the market that meets...

I was so excited Thursday morning to be heading off to the 4realzEd seminar on Internet marketing.  I'm a huge fan of Rain City Guide and Dustin Luther.  I live in Calabasas, less than 20 miles from the Skirball Center so my decision to attend was a no brainer.  As I inched my way to the Freeway,...

There were thirteen closed escrows in Calabasas during February 2008 with an average sale price of $1,745,692.  Currently there are 174 homes on the market and an additional 28 with open escrows.  If you take a good look at this chart you'll see that the upper end is moving rather well.This brisk...

Developer Victor Girard did his part to improve the appearance of the Far West Valley of Los Angeles and his legacy remains on the winding streets south of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills.  Girard's subdivision in the barren west end of the Valley needed to be dressed up, so he planted 120,00...

I wrote a blog the other day about thriving or surviving in this changing real estate market.  You can read the blog here:  Survive or Thrive - Carpe Diem.In response to that blog, I received the following email:          Right, right, I hear you loud and clear new agent, and my answer isn't pret...

For the first time in five years, the total number of real estate licensees in California dropped slightly in December!The total number of CA real estate licensees dropped from 549,244 in November 2007 to 548,959 in December, a 0.1 percent decline. It was the first monthly decline since March 200...

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January 2008 wasn't such a great month for Calabasas real estate.  But don't panic when you look at these numbers, it's not as bad as it looks at first glance.  As I type this article there are 176 homes on the market in Calabasas.  This translates into about an eleven months supply of inventory....

A funny thing happened to me on my way home from the office yesterday.  I stopped in Trader Joes to pick up a few things.  I was walking down the frozen aisle looking at the desserts trying to talk myself out of grabbing one of those Tiramisu cakes that I just love.  This older man (like 70ish) w...