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FREE Summer Concerts in the Park 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Summer is about being outdoors, enjoying activities with friends and family and of course, heading over to your favorite park for a concert. If that concert is free, well... that's even better.
So, without further ado, here's a list of Summer Concerts in the Park.
ALHAMBRA, CA
Location: 2nd Street, between Main Street & Commonwealth Avenue
Time: 6:00 to 10:00 pm (Headliner Ba Read more:Summer
Overbid of the Month - 1522 Wembley Road, San Marino 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's always interesting to see what homes sell for as compared to the home's asking price.
When I start working with a new buyer, I recommend that we set them up to receive home listings directly from the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) inclusive of homes that go under contract and homes that just sold.
Why? Because getting information on home sales show how quickly these h Read more:Marino
, Month
Pasadena Mortage Rates Report: July 25, 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Pasadena Mortgage rates for July 25, 2008. Loan amounts up to $417,000:
3/1 ARM 5.625%
5/1 ARM 5.750%
7/1 ARM 6.125%
10/1 ARM 6.375%
30 Yr Fixed Read more:Pasadena
, Rates
Sierra Madre Real Estate Market Report 0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you are living in Sierra
Madre or are thinking about relocating to Sierra Madre, you've come to the right place.
This post will be updated monthly, around the first week of the month, for the previous month and will give you key real estate market indicators for Sierra Madre California. Bookmark this page and visit it each month to see how Sierra Madre homes and condos ar Read more:Estate
, Market
, Real Estate
San Gabriel Real Estate Market Report 0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you are living in San Gabriel
or are thinking about relocating to San Gabriel, you've come to the right place.
This post will be updated monthly, around the first week of the month, for the previous month and will give you key real estate market indicators for San Gabriel California. Bookmark this page and visit it each month to see how San Gabriel homes, condos and townh Read more:Estate
, Market
, Real Estate
Custom Property Brochure and Marketing Your Home For a Quck Sale 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Over the last couple of days we loooked at a Formula for Selling your Pasadena Home in 30 days or less. It all comes down to getting your home ready for sale, pricing your Pasadena home correctly and marketing exposure. In my second post in the Selling Your Home series, we reviewed how best to showcase your home listing in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) a Read more:Marketing
Alhambra Real Estate Market Report 0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you are living in Alhambra or are thinking about relocating to Alhambra, you've come to the right place.
This post will be updated monthly, around the first week of the month, for the previous month and will give you key real estate market indicators for Alhambra California. Bookmark this page and visit it each month to see how Ahambra homes and condos are faring in today's real es Read more:Estate
, Market
The Power of Words to Sell Your Home 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Okay, a quick Quiz: What sells Pasadena Homes?
Location, Location, Location!
Correct Pricing!
Condition and Staging!
Sales Words
Used in the Multiple Listing Service!
Huh? Words sell homes? That's something new...
Well, experienced and successful Pasadena Real Estate agents have known this for quite awhile. Now, there's an article in The Seattle Times by Ann Brenoff&
San Marino Unified School District Named #1 in the State 0000-00-00 00:00:00
For the straight five years, San Marino
California has the distinction of being in the top 5 rated California school districts. The scores are out and San Marino (SMUSD) has earned the highest Academic Performance Index (API) score in the state - 944 out of 1,000!
The API is a single number, ranging from a low of 200 to a high of 1000, that reflects a school's performance leve Read more:District
, School
, State
, Unified
What Can You Expect from a Great Pasadena Real Estate Agent? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was reading a post earlier today by Jennifer Allan about the definition of a good real estate agent. Jennifer is an author of five books about the business of selling real estate. She is a real estate coach and contributes regular articles on real estate related subjects to many different on-line venues.
I run into many different real estate agents on a daily basis. Some Pasadena
real estate age Read more:Agent
, Estate
, Expect
, Great
, Real Estate
Pasadena Schools: Find the school that is right for you. 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Another school year is getting ready to start this Thursday, September 4, 2008 in Pasadena
, but being the local Pasadena real estate resource, we've been getting a lot of emails about available public schools in Pasadena.
Here's a comprehensive list of all PUSD (Pasadena Unified School District) schools and their contact information. PUSD also encompasses Altadena.
Pasadena school boundary Read more:Schools
Monterey Hills: Bradley Court 0000-00-00 00:00:00 There are two things that make BradleyCourt
stand out in MontereyHills
.
First, it's the only PUD (Planned Unit Development) in Monterey Hills. It consists of 16 spacious homes with their own garages and their own individual style.
Second, built in 2001, Bradley Court is the last property complex built on the hill, making it the newest.
Read more »
Pasadena Mortgage Rates Report: August 29, 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 by Brian Brady
Weird things are happening in the mortgage-backed securities market. Strong
buying, in the 30 year-fixed rate loans, has dropped rates .25% since my last
report, The ARM rates, however, have RISEN. A weird phenomenon, indeed. I'm
only quoting two loan programs (the others make no sense):
PasadenaMortgage
rates for August
29, 2008. Read more:Rates
South Pasadena Real Estate Market Housing Report - August 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Single Family Home Sales in SouthPasadena
for the month of August
2008 sold at 96.34% of their original listing price. Even though more South Pasadena homes sold in August vs. July, the average price point was significantly lower in August. The average sales price of South Pasadena homes in August is also significantly lower than the average sales price for active listings - homes cur Read more:Estate
, Housing
, Market
, Real Estate
San Marino Real Estate Market Housing Report - August 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 San Marino
real estate housing status has remained pretty stable in August
2008. We did see an increased number of homes listed by real estate agents that have expired - meaning the sellers decided to take these homes off the real estate market. Both June and July of this year had an average of 4 San Marino homes expire, but in August we saw 11 homes that were taken off the market Read more:Estate
, Housing
, Market
, Real Estate
Pasadena Mortgage Rates Report: September 19, 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 by Brian Brady
Hold off on that Pasadena
mortgage rate lock. The government is here to help.
I initially thought this massive government purchase of defaulted mortgage proposal would lead to higher mortgage rates, but quickly reversed course. Here's me today, on Zillow Mortgage
Blog:
This action is an obvious attempt to stabilize the volatile mortgage market. His ra Read more:Rates
, September
Experience Pasadena in a New Way 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Pasadena Weekly's real estate columnist, Joanna Beresford has written another article. Not only is it a very beautifully written story, but it also mentions a couple of quotes from yours truly. Here it is for everyone's enjoyment.
Barefoot in the park
By Joanna Beresford 09/18/2008
Earlier this week I was walking barefoot through the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Backpac Read more:Pasadena
Altadena California - Mid Century Home for Sale 0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you are looking to buy a home in Altadena, take a look at this gorgeous modern mid-century home that just came on the real estate market today. Built in 1948, it is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with 1,740 sq. ft and sits on a lot over 7,279 sq. ft. per Assessor.
This serene mid-century modern designed by Gregory Ain as part of his Park Planned Homes has been updated as Ain would have wanted. Read more:California
, Century
San Gabriel Real Estate Market Report - September 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 San Gabriel
single family home inventory is on the rise. In September
88 homes were on the San Gabriel market compared to 68 in August. The average days on the market has decreased to 70, but the absorption rate increased to 4.5 months (18.2 weeks) mainly due to increased inventory compared to the stagnant number of homes sold.
The homes that were sold last month ended up closing Read more:Estate
, Market
, Real Estate
Monterey Hills Real Estate Market Report September 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 So what's going on in MontereyHills
real estate market? I find it very curious that in the month of Septmeber no townhomes came on the market in Monterey Hills. New listings of Monterey Hills condos always remained at its lowest at only 2 condos that were listed.
Inventory, overall, is trending down each month from June to September
with the sales at the all time low as well.&# Read more:Estate
, Market
, Real Estate
Then and Now: Economy Comparison 2000 vs. 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I found this Chicago Tribune economy comparison at Pat Kitano's blog. Pat has one of the most insightful real estate/economy and social media blogs on the web today. I read it daily and recommend that you subscribe to his blog in your google reader as well.
As I review this, the outlook for our country is not very favorable. Median household income is lower than
Altadena Real Estate Market Report for September 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 So, what's going on with Altadena? Inventory is increasing and prices are going down. We are in a very strong buyer's market in Altadena. The number of homes under contract has increased which will help the situation if home buyers will be able to get financing and close escrows. Price per square foot of sold homes has increased although the overall Altadena home price has Read more:Estate
, Market
, September
South Pasadena Real Estate Market Report - September 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The inventory of SouthPasadena
homes for sale has increased in Septtember mostly because of homes falling out of escrow last month. The number of newly listed homes has remained consistently at around 10 a month. Even though the average # of days of sold South Pasadena homes is running a bit over 2 months, the homes that are currently available for sale have been on the market fo Read more:Estate
, Market
, Real Estate
, September
Halloween is Upon Us... 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been taking long walks around Pasadena and San Marino and looking at all the amazing decorations that are gracing our beautiful homes. It’s no small feat to put some of these up. I, for one, am not much for decorating - maybe it’s the lack of time or just not enough creativity - I don’t know. My decoration was three huge Read more:Halloween
Buyer's Market or a Seller's Market? Market Action Indicator may offer help. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I’ve been posting monthly real estate market report updates on this site for cities around Pasadena. One of the key real estate indicators that I refer to is the MarketAction
Index or MAI.
What is the Market Action Index ? And, why does the Market Action Indicator
matter?
Residential house prices are a function of supply and demand, and market MARKET ACTION INDEX conditions can be charact Read more:Buyer
, Seller
Arcadia Real Estate Market Report - September 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00 This Arcadia real estate market report is a few weeks overdue. My apologies for the delay, but I was struck down with the worst flu that I ever remember having. Oh well… it’s over and done with. I hope at least. :-)
Single Family Home sales in Arcadia remained at 31 closed escrows just like in August, down from the high of 50 home sales in July. Inventory increased a bit to 129 li Read more:Estate
, Market
, September
Pasadena Mortgage Rates Report: October 27, 2008 0000-00-00 00:00:00
By: Brian Brady
America’s #1 Mortgage
Broker
Friday, Pasadena
mortgage rates jumped from 5.875% to 6.25% as mortgage-backed securities traders joined the world wide sell-off. Global stock markets plunged Friday and the Asian markets were weak for Monday. Investors world wide don’t want to be invested in ANYTHING.
When the world panics, we FLOAT mortgage rates.&# Read more:October
, Rates
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