Last week, I had the opportunity to tour 1649 Lombardy Road in Pasadena California. This gracious home resides among the Pasadena estates that are minutes from the Huntington Library in San Marino and CalTech in Pasadena.
Wallace Neff, the architect known for developing the "California" style of homes excelled himself ...
What really happens when properties finally hit the auction block? Well... here's an interesting chart looking at all the foreclosure home auctions in the state of California from December 20098 through 2009. It shows that most of the properties are bought back by the bank - take a look at ...
San Marino and foreclosures are not synonymous. There were only 2 bank owned homes in San Marino last year. Well, we have a new one on the market now.
There's a lot of talk about the "shadow foreclosure inventory" across the country - homes that are in the pipeline for a foreclosure or have been foreclosed by the bank, but not released or listed on the real estate market and are not part of the existing inventory.
On December ...
I was fortunate to attend the National Association of Realtor's (NAR) convention earlier this month in San Diego. More than 20,000 US real estate agents and over 1,000 international Realtors were in attendance. It's always an exciting experience to meet agents from around the nation and ...
There are more than 1/2 a million real estate licensees in California alone! Department of Real Estate is reporting that as of the end of August 2009, there were 514,320 licensed real estate practitioners. Last month, over 1,500 real estate agents and real estate brokers received their ...
I get multiple phone calls from home buyers and home sellers weekly. Most folks that call me are very courteous and need guidance and advice with their real estate decisions. Some, unfortunately, are not as up front and honest and call me to pick my brain so that they can ...
My emphasis on this Pasadena real estate blog has been to provide both home buyers and home sellers the most up to date data of what is going on in our local real estate market. Recently, I've been mentioning that multiple offers have been prevalant in Pasadena and surrounding ...
List Price: $685,000 MLS#: 22129972
Year Built: 1978 Bedrooms/Bathrooms: 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths
Interior Square Footage Data per Assessor: 1,568
HOA (Home Owner Association) Dues - $431
Parking - 2 car ...
With Station Fire burning for the last week or so, home insurance carriers are taking a strong stand when it comes to providing fire insurance to Pasadena home buyers.
A United States Forest Service air tanker drops fire retardant next to a line of fire as the Station fire burns ...
