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Market Forecast for 2009 by CAR
It's time for the annual California Association of Realtors' market forecast which always consists of many more Powerpoint slides than what is shown here.For the buyers and sellers of the next year, it's time to think, if not act. The trends already ...
Water Wise Landscaping in Southern California
This is the time of year when thoughts turn to outdoor lawns and gardens. This year, some planning, and awareness of new laws, can save you some money.Water conservation is a growing focus in a land that used to be a desert before all the swimming po...
Long Beach/Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Homeowner Vacancy Rate
Some markets, such as Florida, have been hit harder than others in the current market. Each quarter the U.S. Census Bureau publishes renter and homeowner vacancy rates; the 2007 4th quarter rate for homeowner vacancy of 2.8% is the highest since it...
California Median Prices are Down and Up
The most recent California median prices, as reported by Dataquick for November, 2007, vary by area (figures reflect houses and condos together):In Long Beach, zip code 90803 which is Bluff Park, part of Belmont Heights, Naples, Belmont Shore area, t...
CAR's Annual Expo and Tradeshow
You've probably read in the news headlines by now that the median price in California is projected to fall by about 4% overall in 2008, a figure presented by Leslie Appleton-Young in her Wednesday 2008 forecast (112 slides linked).Having heard presen...
Southern California's Hot Weather Breeds Mosquitoes
Last year's news on the West Nile virus is really still with us, so much so that the Department of Public Health for the State of California recently published a bulletin about standing water and green pools. It's mainly directed towards real estate...
CAR: July's California Median Home Price at $586,030
While the sales volume continues to decline, the median price in this state remains strong. July's median price for single family homes (excluding condominiums) is even a little higher than this time last year, according to the California Associatio...
Not All Pricing Trends Are Down ...
. . . in fact, some are up. Writer Kenneth Harney, based in Washington D.C., reported August 12 about median price increases in Chevy Chase-Bethesda areas, by zip code.In today's Los Angeles Times, a convenient interactive zip code finder is an inter...
