Purchase Your Home at an Affordable Price this Spring

There are many great Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (818) 491-4580 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Is Now a Good Time to Buy?
A client recently asked me whether now was a good time to buy. My answer was fairly simple, and I told this person that now is absolutely a good time to buy. I'm going to briefly list a few reasons why you should consider buying real estate in Porter Ranch.

• From December 2012 to December 2013, property values appreciated by 19.1%. This number comes from the San Fernando Valley, and it is an extremely promising number.

• For this coming year, we are only projecting an 8-11% increase, but those numbers are still very promising.

• One of the other things is that last year at this time interest rates were right around 3.875%, and currently they are sitting at 4.5% with just a little bit of teetering up and down.

• A 1% rise in interest rates on a $400,000 dollar home purchase can cost you upwards of $100,000 dollars on a 30 year term.

So, to answer your question, now is absolutely a good time to buy. Interest is rising and home values are too, so if you want to buy you need to do it soon if you want to do it affordably. If you haven't done so already, you should go ahead and get Pre-approved.

Give me a call and I can set you up with a lender, because even if you cannot buy at this moment it's good to know where you stand financially in the future. These decisions take a lot of planning, so you need to be on the ball.

Call me at (818) 267-7995 or email me at ericdelgado@kw.com

Stage Your Home Properly to Get Top Dollar

There are many great Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (818) 491-4580 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Staging Your Home Properly

With spring and summer comes a lot of activity from the real estate market. If you're looking to sell your home, you will need to prepare not only your finances, but also the way that your home appears to potential buyers. Staging is very important, because it will showcase your home to potential buyers. So, if you're looking to sell your home quickly and for top dollar, definitely take the extra time to do some staging.

Home owners who stage their properties actually increase their net profit by 3-7%, and that can add up to thousands of dollars, so it is really silly not to stage your home. Once you list your home in the correct price range, the goal is then to make your home appeal to the largest amount of consumers possible.

Neutralize your property by repainting any brightly-colored walls over with more earthy tones, and clear away any unnecessary clutter like family photos or collections. You don't want your personality to shine through, you want the potential buyer to project themselves into your home.

One goal you can set for yourself while staging is to have a consumer come into your property and get emotionally attached to your home. Once an emotional attachment occurs, logic goes out the door. This doesn't mean that you can take the buyer for all the money they have, but you will likely be able to leverage with them and get a great deal.

To get you top dollar on your property, we are going to make sure that the home shows well, has the best possible furnishings, and we also want the home to flow well. What we mean by 'flowing well' is that we want everyone who comes into the home to feel comfortable inside of it.

So, the main reason that you should stage your home is that it will net you more money by appealing to more buyers. Also, don't forget about curb appeal, because that is what initially draws buyers to your door. Staging is not only done on the interior, you also have to make sure the exterior of your home is attractive and inviting.

If you have any questions relating to staging or San Fernando Valley real estate, then please give me a call. I am always here to help you, no matter what your issue might be.

You can call me at (818) 267-7995 or email me at ericdelgado@kw.com