Real Estate Blog LA

The National Multi Housing Council projects the number of "households that rent" will increase by  four million over the next 10 years, with half of them renting apartments in properties with five or more units. Looking back at  2007, the group said the number of renters in professionally managed  apartments ...

*Updated March 11, 2008 Investors (Foreign and Domestic): There are some very real investment opportunities in the Los Angeles CA area involving Multi-Unit Residential properties. As a Buyer, if you are not ready to make a home purchase, you can still own a piece of the dream in Los Angeles through an investment strategy. Los Angeles ...

Are Buyers and Sellers waiting out the market? They may be, as evidenced by the latest data regarding SoCal Home Sales Transactions which fell below 10,000 in the month of January. This is the first time this has happened in around 20 years. Clearly, Buyers are waiting, but should they? With interest rates low, supply up, and ...

Riverside, CA just outside of Los Angeles, is on target to see continued Home Price declines for the next 2 years. The odds that this will come true are 94% based on a statistical model by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. This same model applied to the Los Angeles area predicts a 79% chance that home price will decline for the next 2 years. With ...

Does your Real Estate Agent really measure up? As older agents get out of the business and Gen. X'ers (25-37) eschew Real Estate as a career, it may become more difficult to hire a good agent. Here is what I do once my clients decide to make an offer: 1) When I represent a Buyer and show them a home, I always schedule the showing when the ...