Casta del Sol, Active Adult Community

I have in the last 2 weeks seen an increase from property owners asking "what can I sell my house for?". These are not distressed sellers. They are wanting to sell and move up! They realize that there are good buys out there and they want to be able to get in on the action. This is GOOD news! The...

I just wanted to share with you what I have been up to in regards to blogging. I started this year with my goal to make my presents on the internet know and to work on it 5 days a week. At first it took a lot of time and now it is easier. I do some work in the morning while I have my first cup of...

Existing home sales went up in Feb 5.1% over Jan. sales. Buyers are taking advantage of the lower prices. Sales had been expected to be lower during this time. Annual rate of homes sold was now at 4.72 million for last month. It is the largest increase in slaes since 2003. Entre level home buyers...

The city of Mission Viejo is located in the southern part of Orange County, CA, to the east of us is Saddleback Mountain and to the west (5 miles) is the Pacific Ocean. It has been named the safest city in the U.S.A. from 2005-2007 but in 2008 we fell to second place. Considered to be one of the ...

Just to give you a web site to shop neighborhoods by cities like Mission Viejo or Lake Forest in CA. You get information on how many rentals or how many owners live there, income for the area, age of properties. This is information everyone needs to know when moving to a new area. http://www.qpmc...

Buyers and sellers have a different view as to what the price should be. Sellers want to sell higher than buyers want to buy. The trick is getting the price to meet in the gap and all parties to the transaction to be happy in the end. Buyers are scared that they will over pay and that prices will...

I just when on the CA Association of Realtors legal site and read this. Sellers are responsible for income taxes in the state of CA for an debt forgiveness that they receive on property in a short sale after Jan. 1, 2009. Make sure sellers are aware of this. The second one is at the bottom about ...

Just did a check on how the market in my area is doing. I work out of Mission Viejo, CA Population is over 95,000 Total Active on the market        2/8/09- - 216 detached houses.               3/8/09- - 214 detached houses. Short Sale Active        2/8/09- -75 out of 216                          ...

We are finding in Orange County that the lower detached homes, priced under $250,000, are being pick up faster than in the last 2 years. Out of almost 7,000 properties available in that price, less than 325 of them are detached. The ones that are priced from $250,000 to $500,000 are the second ho...

How do I sell my house? What do I do now? There are things that have to be done before putting the house on the market. Things like cleaning out the garage. Some of you may have an organized garage but the rest of us don't. A buyer goes though a  nice house then opens the door going from the hous...