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San Fernando Valley Real Estate
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From the sublime to the ridiculous (well, mostly ridiculous) east San Fernando Valley communities and the local and national real estate markets. This includes mainly Burbank and Toluca Lake, but also covers the communities of Studio City, Valley Village, North Hollywood, etc. Hollywood Hills, too. General news and musings as well.
Recent Posts
An NYT explanation of why loan modifications aren\'t working
I always find Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times business columnist, to be very user friendly and readable. Here's her article from yesterday's New York Times about why loan modifications aren't working out so well. An interesting quote:"The terms o...
How to cut your monthly nut by at least one third
Okay, owning a home isn't for everybody. And I know I'll take flak for this. But. The house in the picture is 9953 Aldea. It just closed. I'd been working with the buyers for quite awhile, and they went through the same thing that all buyers are ...
Rumor: stated income loans may make a comeback
I heard a rumor yesterday that stated-income loans may be available again after the first of the year. These are loans eliminate the verification of income requirement, and were popular until the real estate market started to go south. No lender ha...
2400 W. Chandler is in escrow
A full price offer was signed today. Cross fingers....
806 Harvard sold for all cash
This house is 806 Harvard, Burbank. It's a very pretty, nicely maintained two-bedroom that listed last week for $659k. It sold last night for full price, all cash, no contingencies. Wow, where is all this cash coming from? ...
Realtors, forget listing new buildings
If you're a Realtor, you've probably salivated at the prospect of listing an entire new condo project for sale. All those units...all those commissions...but in reality, it's all that work. And it doesn't stop after the units close.My buyer recentl...

