luxury real estate

Southern California’s Secret Celebrity Enclave

Hidden Valley: Southern California’s Secret Celebrity Enclave Interview and post by : Deidre Woollard & Candice Cerro, REALTOR.com Reality television shows may have given people the impression that celebrities in Los Angeles spend all their time in Beverly Hills or lunching at The Ivy but some of the biggest celebs actually make their home in [...]

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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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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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Social media strategy for real estate

Our tactics for marketing properties on the web Marketing of luxury real estate is increasingly more complex with the digital landscape. Largely, this is because of social media. It’s not something we are afraid of. We can’t afford to ignore it. It is increasingly becoming part of our daily routine and marketing. Of course, the [...]

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When Billionaires Build, it’s time to Buy

Forbes estimates he is the 183rd richest person in the world, with a net worth of 3.3 billion US Dollars, and he lives right here in Thousand Oaks, California.  His name is David H. Murdock, and he is a property developer (among many other things). I have been watching Mr. Murdock carefully with regards to [...]

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Linchpin- Are you Indispensable?

KISS (not the band), but the acronym: “keep it simple stupid. “My USC Business School education was filled with acronyms. I still remember some of them, and I admit KISS has proven useful at times and still seems to work.

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A Life in Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley  is one of those places where you suck in your breath, let out a low whistle and think, “So this is how the other half lives.” Tucked in the away in the northern Santa Monica mountains, Thousand Oaks’ Hidden Valley may be considered the millionaires’ bargain club. Right next store to Lake Sherwood, this [...]

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