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Welcome to the South Bay "The only place to live; friendly neighbors, great beach weather and fabulous restaurants. A unique lifestyle. I was born here...let me show you around."-Robert
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Find a terrific Publicist (Real Estate Agent) who knows how to create some pizzaz, a unique attraction around your home. You may not realize how special your property is, only your agent appreciates what a jewel you have. This is what goes through his mind as he takes steps to  present this for s...
01/12/2008
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The 2007 National Housing Pulse Survey from October 2007, indicates that 59 percent of Americans think .And yet, these are the figures that are completely out of sinc with logic :    = Existing Homes Sales dipped to 4.97 million in October, the lowest since 1999    = New Homes Sales counted 728,...
11/30/2007
Can it be described as "A market condition characterized by an abundance of goods available for sale”...a reasonable description of a buyer’s market? Is a decline in pricing reflecting a buyer’s market?Well its a buyer’s market, or was, in terms of availability. This condition has been changing. ...
11/06/2007
Not if you believe everything you read in the press. These writers present only what appears on the surface. Yes, Housing Starts plunged last month. Does this mean the Housing Market is in the toilet?The government has just released September 2007's Housing Starts data for the country. A "Housing...
10/19/2007
Yes, come January, smoking will be banned in all restaurants and bars in France. In theory, the ban has been in effect since 1991...a ban except for specified “smoking” areas. Of course the majority of space in each establishment became the smoking area. It looks like one of the last poignant cha...
10/15/2007
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Things are starting to look up in real estate from what recent reports and the NAR indicate. It may be a temporary positive glich, but with widening credit availability and low interest rates holding steady it sure does look like a recovery is slowly under way. I’m sure this is no news to anyone ...
10/14/2007
It seems that partnerships are the way of the future. Why? I’m a loaner myself. I sure don’t want to check-in with a partner every time I make a decision. So what’s the advantage? Businesses—successful business— are run like a business even if there are no partners. There’s a structure to a busin...
10/03/2007
Not that long ago, outbidding on properties was common practice with “jumbo” loans—over $417,000. Homes on the market now have became abundant, the sub-prime meltdown has led to tightened lending even for credit-worthy borrowers, including shoppers in their price range who needed so-called jumbo ...
09/24/2007
Even Alan Greenspan didn’t realize the danger to the nation’s economy as a result of faulty mortgage loans. As Chairman of the Federal Reserve, wouldn’t mortgage fall under his watch? His explanation is in “Fed Speak,” as are all communications from the Federal Reserve.As I understand it, the ide...
09/17/2007
Chicago? (Kind of hard to get around in the snow with a bike. And the humidity without A.C. might be unbearable at times.) How did the South Bay (So California, USA) overlook this opportunity to put a major dent in the areas of horrendous gas consumption, and to help get the absurd gas guzzling v...
09/13/2007
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Welcome to the South Bay "The only place to live; friendly neighbors, great beach weather and fabulous restaurants. A unique lifestyle. I was born here...let me show you around."-Robert