Celebrity Estates & Happy Days

Scott Baio’s luxury estate sells Luxury real estate in California (and the market) remains slightly tepid, however Baio’s fame and celebrity status generated significant buzz around 15901 Royal Oak Road (an exclusive Nicki & Karen listing) the past 5 months. The nature of the property, its unique layout along with hand-crafted Gazebo conceived and built [...]

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Hidden Valley, California

Hidden Valley allure Hidden Valley, California is a luxury real estate aficionado’s dream come true. The savvy real estate investor or the Nouveau riche likely already (likely) know about Hidden Valley, but for the most part, it’s a valley that still remains hidden. Hidden Valley Real Estate Hidden Valley is located in Ventura County, California. [...]

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Top 5 Reasons to live in Thousand Oaks, California

Thousand Oaks, California has been (and still is) one of the continental United States most beautiful cities and regions. Reasons abound. 1The air. The altitude is above sea level. In fact, it is mountainous. The terrain makes you feel like you are in the Rockies or the Smokie mountains… but that brings us to 2 [...]

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Southern California Luxury real estate today

Southern California Luxury real estate market – the good, the bad and the ugly. The good: Lending is alive and well for Southern California real estate. Banks have money to lend and are anxious to approve well-qualified buyers purchasing homes priced at fair market value. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still the primary investors for [...]

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Can Seller’s Bankruptcy Affect Short Sale Offer?

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and real estate Q After much searching I found my dream condo, so I made an offer on this short sale and the seller accepted. I opened escrow with $1,000, but then found out that the seller filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. My REALTOR® advised that this property cannot be sold until [...]

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Staging Luxury Property | The Emotional Quotient

A look through the eyes of the luxury buyer reveals an emotional core. By: Karen Crystal Whether it’s a polite conversation, or a heated discussion, luxury real estate brokers are committed to the value of staging, and sometimes our view of this important marketing strategy may clash with that of our client. The $ million [...]

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The master suite and the contemporary family lifestyle

QI currently have a 5 bedroom home with 4 full baths and 2 half baths. The home doesn’t have a designated master suite. Would taking 1 bedroom and 1 full bath away to make a nice master suite make sense? ~ Margaret AMargaret, this is a common question, especially in neighborhoods of older homes, where [...]

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California real estate on Alltop

NickiAndKaren.com on Alltop. See for yourself here: http://real-estate.alltop.com This is quite a privilege and honor to be syndicated on Guy Kawasaki’s list. . . Also, NickiAndKaren.com has also been in the Top 100 Real Estate Blogs in technorati.com. Indeed, a heartfelt thank you to all of you who read, glance, click or just look at [...]

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Malibu’s memorable moments in Movies and Music

Magical Malibu tour Malibu is a city on the Southeastern coast of Los Angeles, California. The Chumash Indians, the city’s earliest settlers gave the city its nomenclature. Originally, “humaliwo,” translated to “the surf sounds loudly.” For most, Malibu conjures images of the über-wealthy and über-luxury real estate—rightly so—but, it’s also a place of divine beauty [...]

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Westlake Village, California

Westlake Village, California | Certainly a village… though its beauty might surprise you… The City of Westlake Village, set between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains in Western Los Angeles County, combines the beauty of the Southern California countryside with choice luxury real estate. This master planned ‘City in the Country’ enjoys the [...]

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