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Exploring the North Los Angeles County Real Estate Market: A Guide for Millennial and First-Time Homebuyers

If you're a millennial or first-time homebuyer looking to purchase a home in North Los Angeles County, you may be wondering what the current real estate market looks like. With low mortgage rates and a variety of affordable homes available, it's a great time to buy in the area. The median home price in North Los Angeles County, including the San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Vall...

Real Estate Cycle: Understanding the Four Phases

https://www.fortunebuilders.com/real-estate-cycle/ As a real estate investor, it’s essential that you keep a pulse on the real estate cycle, both on macroeconomic and microeconomic scales, and know where we are in said cycle. The housing market cycle is closely tied to the general economy. Still, you can’t assume that the housing market is doing well just because the general...

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You Do ADU, Part 1: Thousands of Californians are building ADUs. Should you?

BY JON HEALEY UTILITY JOURNALISM SENIOR EDITOR  MARCH 29, 2023 8 AM PT https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/newsletter/2023-03-29/how-to-decide-whether-to-build-an-adu-in-california-you-do-adu Accessory dwelling units are one of the hottest items in California’s housing industry, inspiring a slew of companies to try their hand at designing and building t...

Good Time for Investors to Unload

Real estate investors have done well. Rents have risen and home price appreciation has been quite exceptional. In the past three years, the typical rental rate and typical home price have soared by 16.4% and 35.5%, respectively. Over the past five years, those figures are 24.9% and 50.8%. These returns were occurring at a time of low-cost financing. Now it’s time for investors to sell....

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Navigating the California Real Estate Market: A Comprehensive Overview

Blog Written By ChatGPT The California real estate market is constantly evolving, and staying informed about its current status is crucial, especially if you're considering buying or selling a property. In this blog, we'll provide an in-depth analysis of the state of the California real estate market, including key factors such as home prices, interest rates, fire insurance, and...

How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Are Influencing the Real Estate Market

Despite its slow adoption in real estate, digital currency has the power to improve accessibility to homeownership and shorten the home-buying process. Key takeaways: Using digital currency and the blockchain to buy and sell property could be a huge game changer for the real estate industry. Now is the time for real estate professionals and companies to jump on the cryptocurrency and...

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These Are The People Who Should Be Buying A Home!

The ideal home buyer in the Los Angeles real estate market today can vary depending on their specific needs and preferences. Los Angeles is a diverse and sprawling metropolitan area with a wide range of neighborhoods and property types, so the ideal buyer can differ significantly from one part of the city to another. However, here are some general characteristics that might define an ideal home...

How interest rates and economic factors impact housing.........

https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/interest-rates-housing/ 4 MIN READ Published April 20, 2023 Written by TJ Porter The housing market is complex. Prices are driven by a wide variety of factors that are local, regional, national and global. While basic concepts like supply and demand come into play, other things like mortgage rates, inflation and even economic condit...

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6 Different Ways to Hack Your Housing (Find One That Works for You!)

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/6-house-hacking-strategies-you By now, most of us have heard of the term that Brandon Turner infamously coined called “house hacking.” For those of you who have not heard, it is when you purchase a property, live in part of it, and rent out the rest. That way, your roommates and/or tenants are paying a significant portion (or all) of your mortga...

How the NAR Settlement Is Changing Homebuying and Selling

By Aly J. Yale Edited by Dawn Bradbury Reviewed by Liisa Rajala Aug. 15, 2024, at 2:04 p.m. https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/articles/what-the-2-billion-realtor-lawsuit-means-for-homebuyers-and-sellers   A shakeup is looming for the real estate industry as new rules take effect this week that change how agents get paid – and it could mean...