July 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

What is a NORMAL Housing Market Anyway?  I’ve been in the real estate business since January 1995 (when I got my license) and as much as I can tell, the real estate market is constantly changing.. According to the sources at Buffini and company, a Normal/Balanced market is when neither the seller nor the buyer…

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June 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

Can I get Fire Insurance for my home?  Good question in California. State Farm was the most recent insurance carrier to stop accepting homeowner insurance applications in CA. (citing the growing risk of fire damage and the rising cost to rebuild). This being said, there are other insurance carriers that do offer homeowners insurance (ask…

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May 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

Spring Market Heating Up: With all the wet weather and cold temperatures earlier this year, the spring housing market was a little late getting started. As you will see, there is much more activity and home prices are on the rise again. As mentioned in an earlier newsletter, I felt that January of 2023 was…

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April 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

Spring has Sprung! The Poppies are up but the inventory on homes for sale is down. At the writing of this newsletter (3-28-2023), homes for sale in The Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors (GAVAR) are only at 600. To give you perspective on how low this is, we had 1,137 homes for sale on…

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March 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

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Spring’s Around the Corner: I posted a video the other day on my Facebook page referencing the current real estate market. On November 17th 2023 there were 1,137 homes for sale in the Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors (GAVAR). Today, 3-1-2023, there are 631 homes for sale. This is approximately a 44% decrease in…

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February 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

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2023 Spring Market Forecast: According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) the Pending home sales improved in December 2022 (up 2.5% from November 2022) for the first time since May of 2022. As I mentioned in an earlier newsletter, May 2022 (Approx.) was the high point last year. Since May of 2022, there has been…

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January 2023 Real Estate Newsletter

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2022 Recap: Well, that was a bumpy ride wasn’t it! The year started out with mortgage rates at approximately 3% and ended up at almost 7%. We know that the Federal Reserve Chairman (Jerome Powell) is trying to slow down inflation by raising rates. The thing is, he needs help from all the other parts…

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December 2022 Real Estate News Letter

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Traditions are Great. We have a special one that I’ll share below, but first, I want to say that new traditions are good too. Beginning a new tradition can be the start of something Big. The main tradition that I have is that we invite our family over for Christmas Eve Dinner. We have a…

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November 2022 Real Estate Newsletter

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What’s an iBuyer and is it right for you? Over the past 10 years or so there have been quite a few companies popping up stating: “We’ll give you an offer in 24 hours and buy your home for cash”. On the surface, this may sound like the perfect fit. You may think… Let’s see,…

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October 2022 Real Estate Newsletter

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Did I miss the Market? Recently I’ve had a few friends ask me “Hey Ron, Did I miss the opportunity to sell my home”? And I say “No”. Here’s why. I haven’t done this in a while, but I’m going back to my sample area… from Avenue ‘J’ to Avenue ‘K’ and from 20th Street…

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