Palos Verdes Real Estate

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New Lease — Valmonte Family Home — Reduced!

Just listed at 112 Via Las Vegas is this lovely about 3000 square foot one-owner family home in the coveted Valmonte neighborhood of Palos Verdes Estates!  4 bedroom 3.5 baths, gleaming re-finished hardwood floors and new wall-to-wall carpet, 2-car garage + tons of off-street parking, huge laundry room and storage space galore.  This house has a living room, family room, rumpus room, storage room, dining area, and is located on 1.5 lots (lots of yard) on a cul de sac --...Continue Reading!

New on Market on El Rodeo

This 2750 square foot 4 bedroom + office 3 bath home has just come on the market. Completely remodeled, it features island kitchen with granite counters, high ceilings, family room off the kitchen, 2 bedrooms on main level, 2 more (including master suite) upstairs. The private rear garden includes a barbeque and lattice patio cover. 6710 El Rodeo in New Los Verdes. $1.2 million and should be a gonner at that. [nggallery id=30]Continue Reading!

Pocket Listings

Whenever the market gets hot, the subject of pocket listings comes up.  A "pocket listing" is a signed listing with an agent who, for whatever reason, does not put that property on the general market.  The reasons might be that the seller doesn't want hordes of people tromping thru, or that the agent would like to see if his buyer will buy it before exposing it to other agents, thus ensuring the agent of a bigger commission.  While the first...Continue Reading!

July, 2013, Newsletter

Dear Neighbor:  As I said in my March newsletter, “it’s just a matter of time (and not much time) before rates rise”.  Well, that time arrived last week as you probably heard on the news.  30-year fixed rates on loans over $730,000 have shot up to nearly 6% from around 4% a month ago.  Though it may look high, 6% is still low by historic standards (my parents loan on Pleasant Hill Drive was 6.25% in 1963), and it’s a pretty...Continue Reading!