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Belmont Heights

Condo For Sale
Long Beach California

Peek-A-Boo Ocean Views

JUST LISTED

3935 E Livingston Drive

Offered at: $419,000

Recently Sold

Bluff Park Historic District

Luxury Home

Long Beach California

Sold - Represented Buyer

Offered at: $679,000

Sales Price: $682,000

Spinnaker Bay

Luxury Waterfront Home

with Boat Slip

Long Beach California

SOLD - Represented Buyer

Offered at $2,225,000

Sale Price $1,755,000

Why Hire an Internet Savvy Realtor?

Over 80% of all home searches start on the internet. Your Long Beach home needs to be online, and findable, when buyers begin their search. Have the Realtors you interview show you their ability to market your Long Beach property on the internet. Step back; pick keywords that should bring that item to the front page of Google; keywords like Long Beach Real Estate. Are any of the sites that your Realtor is using to promote your property coming up at the top of the engines? No? Keep shopping. Better yet, call the Realtors on the front page of Google, they already know how to get there and you can cut right through the unlikely candidates.

Over 25% of all Home Buyers FIRST saw the home they purchased on the internet. If your Long Beach homes are not heavily marketed on the internet, you are missing thousands of potential buyers.

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Chasing the Market Down - Are You Guilty?

Chasing the Market Down is a very serious situation in todays real estate market. Many sellers are doing this across the nation. The clear majority of them never sell. The expired, cancelled and withdrawn listings on the MLS reflect far more properties than the Solds do. Unless you actually need to sell your home this is not the time to be on the market.

If your Long Beach home is currently on the market or if you are thinking of placing your home onto the Long Beach Real Estate market...

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Buying Fixer Upper Homes in Long Beach

Many buyers who are searching for homes in Long Beach express interest in purchasing a "fixer upper". It is always interesting to hear what their idea of a "fixer upper" is. There are so many levels of fixer upper it is necessary to clarify what the buyer has in mind.

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Buying Long Beach Homes

Issues for the "First Time Home Buyer"

With so many Long Beach homes on the market at affordable prices one would think it should be really easy to find a home and get a great deal. So why are so many first time buyers having trouble finding a home that suits their needs at a price they can afford?

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Long Beach Mortgage Rates Reports

Stay up to date with Long Beach Mortgage Rates Reports. Get the latest breaking financial and real estate news. Read More>>>

FHA Loan Limits

FHA loans are available to a maximum loan of $729,750 with a minimum 3.5% down payment (up from 3% as of 10/1/08) until January 1, 2009 when they are currently scheduled to drop the maximum loan amount to $625,000, this could change.

FHA Lending Limits for LOS ANGELES COUNTY (LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-GLENDALE, CA METROPOLITAN AREAS):

Single Family Home or Condo: $729,750
Duplex: $934,200
Tri-plex: $1,129,250
Four-Plex: $1,403,400

Jumbo Loans are currently requiring approximately 30% down payment and start at $729,000, also currently scheduled to drop concurrently on 1/1/09 to $625,000 unless something changes between now and then.

7 Steps to Pre-Home Purchase Preparedness

1-Choose a Lender
2-Checking Credit Scores Prior to Starting the Purchase
3-Be Pre-approved Prior to Searching
4-Have A Solid Financial Plan
5-Insist on a Lock-In Letter
6-Demand a Loan Commitment
7-Waiting to Sell Your Home

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Long Beach Homes and Condo Sales

8 Deadly Selling Mistakes

Overpricing Your Property
Confusing a Re-finance Appraisal with Actual Market Value
Not Staging Your Home
Sellers trying to "Hard Sell" while showing
Showing to Unannounced Buyers
Not Qualifying Buyers
Not Reading and Comprehending Contracts
Not Hiring an Internet Savvy Realtor®

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The 7 Dangers of Overpricing Your Long Beach Homes and Condos

Overpricing Your Long Beach Homes and Condos, is not a good idea. Thinking that raising the price to leave wiggle room for negotiation is the first trap to avoid. That game is old and played out, buyers aren't interested in playing. They want to offer you less than asking price and they want asking price to be at or below market. They want "a deal" and if they don't get it, they aren't going to buy.

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Long Beach Homes and Condos Market Report-Jan-Dec Home Sales 2007

Recent Long Beach Real Estate Market Reports and Updates

Long Beach Neighborhood Sales Statistics

Long Beach Real Estate Sales-Market Update

January - August 2008

The Long Beach Real Estate Market has been shifting a bit this year. After a very slow start in January, Long Beach home sales are up by over 100% on a monthly basis as of August. Long Beach Condo sales, still very weak, have been increasing on a monthly basis, almost doubling by August. Downtown Long Beach is home to a great many condominium complexes; clearly 25% of all Long Beach condo sales this year have been in the Downtown area. This makes sense, Downtown is still very affordable and affordable sells in this market. The redevelopment in Downtown Long Beach has made living there very desirable.

Downtown Long Beach Home Sales

Seller Information and Statistical Analysis

A must read for Sellers of Downtown Long Beach Homes

If you are a Downtown Long Beach Homeowner and are thinking about selling your home these statistics should interest you greatly. So far this year only 7 Downtown Long Beach Homes have closed escrow; 5 of those were bank owned foreclosures and 2 were conventional sales. These sales ranged in price from $118,000 to $400,000; 3 of them were under $200,000.

There are 5 homes in Downtown Long Beach currently in escrow; 2 of these are short sales which may or may not actually close escrow and 3 are bank owned foreclosures. These range in price from $144,900 to $381,800, 2 of these are under $200,000.

Of the 21 Downtown Long Beach Homes currently on the market 14 are...

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