“Choosing The Right Realtor DOES Make a Difference”

Whether buying or selling, the most important decision is always choosing a professional consultant. With the average Realtor in California selling approximately 3.5 homes per year, the industry is full of inexperience. When inexperience is your guide, trouble will soon follow. Finding experience is often difficult:  the size or quality of a postcard, a picture on a bus bench or a name on a market shopping cart is a very bad way to make your selection. That being said, the best way is to do your homework.

LOOK UP THE LICENSING INFO: This is very simple.  Just go to http://dre.ca.gov/   and with basic information such as name or license number, you can check status.

TALK WITH RECENT CLIENTS: Ask for references with contact information.

PICK A WINNER: Choosing a Realtor is like choosing a surgeon to perform a delicate operation.  If one does 3.5 per year,  and one does 100 per year, the choice is plain.

SETUP A DETAILED INTERVIEW: When interviewing a Realtor make a list of questions to ask and don’t get caught up in a sales pitch. FOR A LIST OF SUGGESTED QUESTIONS, email me at list@thekirkseys.com.

HI, IM CAROL KIRKSEY, AND TODAY I WANTED TO CLEAR UP THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THE SPRING IS THE BEST TIME TO SELL YOUR HOME.

 

MOST PEOPLE THINK OF SPRING AS APRIL THRU JUNE, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS TRUE THAT IN MANY STATES WITH COLD WINTERS AND UNTRAVELABLE ROADS, APRIL IS THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS CAN COMFORTABLY SHOP FOR A HOME.

 

HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE ENJOY GOOD HOME SHOPPING WEATHER YEAR ‘ROUND WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE INFREQUENT EL NIÑO YEARS.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING A MOVE AND WANT TO SELL IN A PEAK TIME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER JANUARY-FEBRUARY. SELLING AT THAT TIME GETS YOU ON THE MARKET 2-3 MONTHS BEFORE THE SPRING COMPETITION RUSHES IN.

What a Wonderful World Storytime

Special Event, Children’s Event, Storytime (Childrens) 
Saturday March 05, 2016 11:00 AM First recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World” has sold over one million copies, and has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Join us for Storytime featuring What a Wonderful World on Saturday, March 5 at 11:00AM.

If we look back at the last 2 Real Estate runs, we see a certain predictability. Both the1985-1990 and 2000-2005 cycles were almost identical. California’s real estate is typically a 15 year cycle, usually divided into three 5 year sections: one low inventory with high appreciation; one high inventory with depreciation; and one with healthy inventory and approximately 1-3 percent appreciation.

 

The boom of 2014-2019 has started.

 

Is it a good time to buy or sell? If I am planning to move up to a larger more expensive home, the time probably will not be this good for another 15 years.  Let’s look at a hypothetical case: if you are selling a $400,000 home and moving to a $600,000 home, the spread is $200,000. If the market goes up 10% and your $400,000 home is worth $440,000, and, the new home is now $660,000, the spread is now $220,000 or a loss of $20,000.

Positive job numbers for 2015, up 3.5% over 2014, in the Inland Empire are giving optimism for home sales in 2016. According to Rosalie Murphy of the Desert Sun, “In the last 12 months, the Inland Empire has added workers across most sectors — including about 9,000 jobs in trade, transportation and utilities (which includes both warehouse and retail jobs), 9,000 jobs in construction and 6,900 in leisure and hospitality. Government, including public schools, added 8,000 positions, and offices added 6,800 workers.”

If you’ve been waiting for a better economic climate to put your home on the market and look for a new home yourself, this may be the year you’ve been waiting for. For a complimentary home market assessment, please give us, Dan and Carol Kirksey, a call at (909) 481-0656 and we can see if this is your year.

http://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/2016/01/22/unemployment-inland-empire-2015/78847902/