Archive | December, 2009

Quantifying Resale Value of Home Repairs in Los Angeles

by on December 28, 2009 in Blog, Investing, Market Stats Comments { 1 }

A common misconception in real estate is that capital investment projects always yield positive rates of return (ROI). In reality, most home improvements lose money on resale.  In Los...

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Cautionary Note For Short Selling Homeowners

by on December 27, 2009 in Blog, short sales Comments { 2 }

Moody’s Economy.com estimates that 3.8 million homes will be lost in 2009 and 2010 because borrowers cannot make their mortgage payments.  The same story is told all over the...

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3 Keys To A Clean Short Sale

by on December 27, 2009 in Blog, Investing Comments { 0 }

In The New Flipping: Short Sales, the Herald Tribune relates the emerging practice of structuring short sales on distressed properties to the old practice of house flipping.  The rush...

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SoCal Real Estate Market Statistics – November, 2009

by on December 26, 2009 in Blog, Economy, Market Stats Comments { 0 }

The SoCal Real Estate Advisors, Inc. research team will begin publishing monthly real estate statistics for Southern California. Our first publication focuses on the coastal cities of...

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