I almost didn't believe the stats, but after looking at it for a 3rd time, it's real. Since October 2020, the median selling price in Palos Verdes Estates has grown by 49% from $1.88M to $2.8M (12 month moving average). In Valmonte, the number is even more staggering where the median price grew 62.5% from $1.6M to $2.6M in the same time period. But what does that mean moving forward? For those that...
It’s human nature to want to know the future, to know what’s coming around the bend. And there are plenty of people out there that make a living trying to predict it. But the reality is, no one really knows. Now more than ever, there’s lots of anticipation, maybe even anxiety, built into the economy, the stock market, and the real estate market. It makes sense. When things are going well...
The real estate market is going through some interesting times this summer. We have low inventory, prices are holding at all time highs, and interest rates are up about 2% from the start of the year. When viewed with my 2021 goggles on, it looks like buyers have gone on vacation this summer. While some may just be on vacation and put their home search on hold, others may have stopped looking...
As we close out the first half of 2022 and celebrate our Great Nation's Independence, let's take a moment to be take a look back on the wild ride that has been this year so far. We started the year off with low housing inventory, and interest rates in the low 3% range. Demand surged as buyers looked to get ahead of the highly anticipated interest rate hikes, and many properties were selling 10-20% over...
2021 Market Recap To put it simply, 2021 was an amazing year if you own real estate anywhere in the US, but especially here in the South Bay and Palos Verdes. For the wider South Bay, Let's take a look at 3 different markets in the South Bay, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Palos Verdes Estates. All 3 markets have seen a significant drop in inventory since late 2008. Meanwhile as inventory has...
Despite what you may hear on the news or read in the headlines, the real estate market has not really slowed down this summer, and I don’t expect it will anytime soon in the South Bay. How do I know? The numbers don’t lie.Let's take a look at 3 different markets in the South Bay, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Palos Verdes Estates. All 3 markets have seen a significant drop in inventory since...
As we get closer to the end of a rollercoaster of a year and one of the more unique holiday seasons we've experienced in our lifetime, home continues to be a central focus of our everyday lives. Where maybe we have taken our homes for granted, I think it's safe to say we all have found more reasons to appreciate the walls that surround us, the yards our kids play in, and the rooms we share moments in. ...
"Are we there yet?" Anyone who's been on a road trip either as a kid or those with kids will know this saying very well. In a lot of ways this sort of sums up 2020. The pandemic, election, second round of the pandemic, and so on. To give you some words of encouragement, "We are almost there."As for the pandemic, news of a vaccine is good news, and it provides a much needed light at the end of the...
Despite a slow first half of the year, 2019 was another year for the record books.
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