What Is The Best Thing To Do Now? At the moment, it is difficult to buy anything in Costa Mesa because we continue to have a significant inventory problem. However, when inventory returns to more normal levels, it should still be a good time to buy. Let’s look at this infographic, then compare Costa Mesa realread more
Mesa Verde 1st Quarter Sales 2013
Mesa Verde Continues Upward Here’s a quick look at sales that closed in the first quarter in the Mesa Verde Area of Costa Mesa, see below for commentary: Address Neighborhood Bed/Bath Sq Ft Sale Price 2788 Longwood Ct read more
CostaMesaRealEstate.com is #1
Tops of Local Search Results If you know me, you know that I don’t brag about myself. But I have to call it out when our little website just beat out the giants in local real estate to find our way to the top spot in the rankings. CostaMesaRealEstate.com now ranks #1 ahead of Trulia,read more
Can A Fixer Next Door Lower Your Vaule
Costa Mesa Real Estate Neighbors’ effect on appraisals When calculating the value of a property, an appraiser also factors in surrounding conditions. Neighborhood nuisances like an overgrown yard or a resistant odor could, in some cases, bring down the value of adjacent homes by 5 to 10 percent, according to the Appraisal Institute. This isread more
Costa Mesa Real Estate January 2013 Market Report
Hot Market Continues Costa Mesa continues it’s hot market trend through the first month of the year. As I mentioned in my last post, there is a lot of belief that the ugly market is behind us. Let’s look at the factors influencing the local Costa Mesa rea estate market for the month of January:read more
Is Owning a Costa Mesa Home Still a Dream ?
Is Owning a Costa Mesa Home Still a Dream People still want to own homes, despite what you might be thinking that the great recession brought us recently. So, is owning a Costa Mesa home still a dream for most buyers? Here’s a quick infographic showing what folks are thinking in Costa Mesa and California:
Hello Real Estate Flipper
Flippers Profiting in Costa Mesa Remember this guy Flipper from TV? Well real estate flipping is alive and well in Costa Mesa right now. I try to keep abreast of most of the inventory that hits our Costa Mesa market, and yesterday I got the chance to see six homes on the market right nowread more
Costa Mesa Update September 2012
Lots of Positives, Only 1 Negative I know lots of you are head over heels trying to figure out how to get the new iPhone 5, and you probably missed a bunch of Costa Mesa real estate news lately :), so I thought I would give you a quick summary! #10 – I sold myread more
Costa Mesa Real Estate Orange County Update June 2012
Costa Mesa Continues Hot Trend The numbers are in for the period through June 2012 for Costa Mesa – the hot trend continues locally, and Orange County is seeing an overall increase in resale activity as well. Quick Pic Here’s a snapshot of the Costa Mesa real estate market: Costa Mesa Real Estate Orange Countyread more
How to Trade Up In Houses
Movin’ On Up We are slowly entering our summer in Costa Mesa, usually a time when the market tends to cool a bit as folks take holidays and vacation with family. As I have pounded into your heads in previous posts, there really isn’t much inventory out there to speak of. Why? Lots of folksread more
Real Estate Combat
War Horse I love movies, especially good ones, and I finally got the chance to watch Steven Spielberg’s War Horse the other night with my kiddos. Great movie. I was waiting for some bad language or something to happen (PG-13), but it never happened. Great movie, good message. A must see if you are lookingread more
Costa Mesa Father’s Day 2012
Tips For Father’s Day 2012 I hope you had a really nice Father’s Day this year. I got away from Costa Mesa real estate a bit, I was fortunate to have a friend invite me to join him and his son up at the US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. As youread more