Heather Farquhar, Southern California Real Estate

Southern California home sales rose slightly in November ignoring the normal for the holiday season, probably due to bargain shopping and a slight upward trend in new-home sales. Okay that was the good news. November sales were the slowest in 20 years and the median sale price posted a record 10.3 percent year-over-year decline. According to ...

On April 11th, L.A. City Council passed a measure that could eliminate the lowest cost entry level housing in the City, condo conversions. The new city ordinance is so imposing it may as well restrict condo conversions by apartment building owners completely. increase relocation fees that owners of apartment buildings must pay ...

There are two hundred and sixty four active listings in Sherman Oaks, California right now (Nov. 2007) and 10 of them are listed under $600,000. A few of them are well under $600,000, as low as $524,900. Not that long ago homes in Panorama city and Van Nuys were going for that price, but not homes in Sherman Oaks. There are twice as many homes on ...

Home Sales Down, Yet Median Price RisesThe Southland Regional Association of Realtors reported that a total of 552 single-family home sold throughout the San Fernando Valley during August, which is a 33.1 percent drop from the 825 sales in August 2006. Condominium sales were 40.7 percent below last year The interesting ...

                                          A Reluctant Investors Lament(Unknown)  I hesitate to make a list of all the countless deals ...