Creative ideas for garage conversions

Most home owners with a single family residence have an enclosed garage that many times becomes storage space. Often that storage space contains objects that will never again be used so why not utilizing it for something else? By emptying the garage you will very quickly see that it could ...

Pasadena's Home Selling Season is Here!

Real estate is pretty cyclical, that is, it's pretty cyclical in a normal market.  Our home sales have been anything, but normal in recent months.  Homes for sale are scarce and buyers are struggling to get their offer accepted.

Home sellers that are thinking of selling their property are ...

Pasadena Home Sales Stats at a Glance September 2012

 

Another successful month for Pasadena area home sales.  Prices are stable or up in some areas.  Inventory of homes for sale is definitely on the low side and multiple offers are seen more often than ever before.

Interest rates for home mortgages are below 3% for 15 year loans and ...

Pasadena Homes For Sale - Summer Update

It's hot!  No, it's very, very hot in Pasadena.  With temperatures in the triple digits, the real estate market is heating up as well.  This summer has been spectacular for Pasadena home sellers.  Most well priced and well presented homes are selling within days with multiple offers.

Inventory ...

Pasadena Home Inventory Sorely Lacking

Multiple Offers... Shortage of Homes... Heated real estate market!  

All of the above seem to be the norm in the last month or so.  Pasadena home buyers are finding themselves rushing to be the first one to see a house for sale and hoping that they will not have to ...

Selling Your Home? Generate Multiple Offers!

Selling your Pasadena home?  Why is it that some homes sell immediately and others sit on the market?  What do successful home sellers do to generate offers?

Did you know that if you price your home at market, only 60% of potential home buyers will take the time to look ...

Pasadena Real Estate Market Conditions - May 2012

Let's take a look at what's been happening with Pasadena home sales over the last year or so.  Overall, the real estate market has exploded not just in Pasadena, but in all surrounding cities and neighborhoods.  Home buyers are out in force and unfortunately, property inventory is non-existent ...

Should you Buy or Rent a Pasadena Home?

Should I buy or rent a home in Pasadena?

As long as I've been selling real estate, this question comes up.  Actually, I take it back... it has come up even before I got into the  real estate business.  You hear it at "get togethers", as you're sitting ...

Outlook on Pasadena Home Prices

National Mortgage Settlement's Affect on Pasadena Home Prices

In part 3 of Shadow Inventory and National Mortgage Settlement discussion takes us to the most important question that most Pasadena home sellers and home buyers have.  Will the home prices go up or down?

The price of pretty much anything ...

How Will Shadow Inventory Affect Your Home Price?

A couple of weeks ago, federal government and Attorneys General in 50 states reached a settlement with major banks called the National Mortgage Settlement.  I’m sure you have read and seen from the newspapers and on tv about the current state of affairs in the real estate market and ...