Friday, April 23, 2010

Santa Clarita Realtor Resources

Santa Clarita Realtor Resources are had at Real Estate Television .TV, we have just placed Rentals for Santa Clarita Valley and for All of Southern California at our Real Estate Television .TV site.

We are not property managers – We do have some great referrals though.  As a person that is looking to rent or least – you will want to be careful that you are not “sold” when you truly want to rent.  I say this because desperate times call for Desperate actions.  Although you have made up your mind to Rent – there might be some that do not have true intensions that are are property managers that do Real Estate Resale as well.  (you can see the conflict)

But as some think there is no issue with Dual Agency, where a realtor represents the seller and buyer on the same home, there are those in the world that are ok with Real Estate agents also serving as Property managers. 

I cannot say if it is all bad – I just want to educate the general public as to how the mechanism works in Real Estate.  I know several agents that also do property management that would never steer anyone wrong and are the most upstanding Realtors in their field.  (A Sun behind every cloud…)

Enjoy these Santa Clarita Valley and San Fernando Valley resources by The Paris911 Team and let us know if we can assist you with anything at all that is real estate related.

My BEST – Connor…

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Where do you Search for Homes that are for Sale?

You need up to the minute resources where you can view properties that are directly and readily available.  You can look all you want on the WWW – that in fact is the best source, but how do you make sure you are seeing everything and content that is always up to date?

No third party vendor is going to be as accurate as the Local MLS – in fact, accountability is a very important ideal.  I am not sure who I would call if the data was misleading on purpose when it comes to a Nation Wide Real Estate Search Engine.

But If I saw data that was posted incorrectly by Connor MacIVOR or a member of his team – I would be able to call him and explain how that makes me feel.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Luxury Real Estate Listings for Southern California

http://feeds.paris911.com/LuxuryRealEstateListings

We have the feeds that have been set up – you can view the first of many above with the Over 5 Million Dollar Listings in all of Southern California.

I have posted a video – that covers our http://RealEstateTelevision.TV site.

Developed to handle Short Sales in Santa Clarita

With so many bad sources of information out in the world regarding short sales – Paris and I, in conjunction with our team have developed a short sale process that is kept for our own Clients.

While holding several certifications with regard to Short Sales – That is never enough.  We have a process in place even before the contract is written allowing our Team to Negotiate your short sale without any cost to you as a Short Seller.

Furthermore, the offering of facts, not fiction, is the way in which we have been able to provide for our clients and keeping them protected behind cover during and after the Short Sale is completed.

Our areas of influence are within the cities that compose the Santa Clarita Valley – We also have expanded our coverage base to the cities that surround the SCV.  However, our Short Sale process necessitates a one time meeting in our offices so we can cover the A to Z of the short Sale process – so you are not left hung out to day by your decision to Short Sale your Home.

Visit:  Our Short Sale Website will post and update with the news and information concerning the short sale process including the presentation of Government “assistance” programs that have been implemented.

Here is one of many video’s that The Paris911 Team has completed and uploaded.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Average Days on Market

I have been using Terradatum Market Metrics - it is a fantastic resource for those of us that think the providing of Market Data is the way to provide superior service to all consumers and clients.

If this service were not included as a part of my membership - I would gladly pay for it.

This is an example of the Santa Clarita Data posted on our Santa Clarita Real Estate Blog.

Average Days on Market by Month (AVG DOM)

This chart shows the average amount of time, in days, that it has taken to get a property under contract during any given month. DOM, for any individual property, is defined as the list to the under contract date (either contingent or pending depending on your MLS). The DOM"s of all under contract properties for the month are then added together and divided by the number of properties to get the Ave DOM figure. From a sales rate perspective this metric is an "inverse" indicator, i.e. when the ave DOM is decreasing the sales velocity is increasing and Vice Versa.

The chart subtitle clearly states the percentage change between the first month's value and the last month's value (notice they are the same month but in different years). This "same" month comparison over different years is a popular real estate "yardstick" because there is no "seasonality" involved in the measurement. Thus, any changes that have taken place are primarily due to the market "forces", i.e. the collective behavior of all consumers participating in the market.

Invoking the "linear" trend line helps you recognize whether the rate of sales activity is changing over time or not; and to what approximate degree. An upward sloping rend line indicates an increase in Avg DOM (sales velocity decreasing); a downward sloping trend line indicates a decrease in Avg DOM (sales velocity increasing); and a flat trend line indicates that there has been very little change in the Avg DOM (sales velocity is stable).