On the Los Angeles County border line, just South of Ventura, we find the quaint little lakeside town of Westlake Village, well known for its fine dining restaurants.   One of the most notable restaurants in Westlake Village is The Landing Grill & Sushi Bar.    The restaurant has patio dining which looks out over a gorgeous, relaxing view of a lake dotted with the activities of yachts, motor boats, and sail boats, as well as hillsides cascaded with beautiful homes.                A popular saying that describes The Landing Grill & Sushi Bar is, “Come for the view and stay for the food".  If you are a sushi fan, The Landing Grill & Sushi Bar is noted for its scrumptious sushi that can compete with or excel over any Japanese sushi bar in the Los Angeles area.  If you are not really into t... 01/25/2014

June, 2013 Market Report - Westlake Village     The housing for June 30th shows that the market is slowing, and that higher interest rates are having an effect.  We have already seen interest rates rise a full point.  According to Mark Moskowitz, a top Real Estate Agent in Southern California who specializes in Los Angeles and Ventura County Real Estate, the average buyer has seen their payments go up 25-30% for the same loan.  Mark noted that every day, his lenders are sending him revised qualification letters for his buyers.  Clients that could afford a $700,000 home are now qualifying for a home priced in the high $500,000 to low $600,000 range.   This definitely will affect home values.  The reason home prices have risen 15-20% in the first half of 2013 is due to the artificially lo... 07/09/2013

  May home sales remain steady in Westlake Village. The number of single-family homes selling in Westlake Village has not changed much from last month.  Consistent with April, inventory has stayed pretty much the same.  Basically, as new homes come on the market, they are being sold at roughly the same rate as the previous month. Click here to find homes in Westlake Village. There were 80 active homes in Westlake Village at the end of May. The number of homes closing escrow this month was 27, a 13% decrease from April. According to Mark Moskowitz, one of the top agents in the Conejo Valley, we are seeing that the home selling is currently very strong in Westlake Village. Homes priced under $500,000 usually sell within seven days on the market and will sell over the asking price, while h... 06/25/2013

    Homes in Wetlake Village continue to sell at a very brisk pace!     Based on the Conejo Valley Association of Realtors, 31 single-family homes closed escrow in Westlake Village in April 2013. This is an increase of 41% over March and the highest number of sales for the year of 2013. At the end of April, there were 51 homes under contract, one of the highest this year. There were 81 active single-family homes.   According to Mark Moskowitz of The Mark Moskowitz Team, one of the leading real estate agents in the Conejo Valley area who specializes in Westlake Village real estate, the real estate market in Westlake Village will continue to be very strong. One of the biggest draws to the area is the award winning school system.  We see a lot of families fleeing the high cost of private s... 05/24/2013

Valentine's Day Giveaway   For those of you that live in the areas surrounding Agoura Hills, CA and Westlake Village, we have an incredible VALENTINE'S DAY GIVEAWAY!!   A $200 gift card for dinner for 2 at the new PAUL MARTIN'S RESTAURANT in the Westlake Village Promenade. All you have to do is email me by February 12th at "INFO@TEAMJAYMICHELLE.COM" with "VALENTINE GIVEAWAY" in the subject line and include your name and contact number. We will be drawing the winner and you will be notified on February 13th.   We will be having 6 such contests throughout the year and hope you will particiate in all of them.   YOU DON'T WIN IF YOU DON'T PLAY!!   Valentine's Day Giveaway   01/25/2013

If you've clicked this link, obviously you want to give your opinion...and that's exactly what we want! Earlier this year, many of the local Southern California MLS boards merged, leaving us to make sense of their data (If you didn't know it already, there is no data normalization between MLS boards, making this task especially fun). RealtyTech has been working diligently to ensure our clients have the most accurate search results possible. We've also taken this time to update our current IDX search capabilities and layout. There is just one problem... we've had very little feedback from the truly proactive Realtors® out there regarding the needs of an IDX property search. So, with that said, what makes a good IDX property search? What features would your "dream" IDX include? Ease of us... 04/01/2011

Of course you provide your customers' listings with video tours. Of course you place those same videos on YouTube... But are really using the power of videos to their true potential in your real estate business? Are you really? Instead of the usual videos of a home's interior, use videos to market you, the real estate agent, as an expert in your field. Brand yourself as the go-to realty professional in your area. How can you do this? Well, you're already offering useful information in articles, newsletters and blog posts on how to sell a home in a down market, how to give a home great curb appeal, how to figure out if you can really afford a home. etc. (aren't you?) Why not videotape yourself giving such information? In addition to writing an article on home staging, for example, put to... 03/07/2011