Is using your Home Equity to Purchase a Second Home an Option to purchase your home in the La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage area? With current interest rates higher than they have been for many years and the increase of home prices over the same time, you may have built up quite a bit of equity in your home – and missed out on purchasing anything else.
The Buyer just Asked you What?? When you have your home on the market in La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage area, some real doozies of a question may be presented to you. No matter how much you want to sell your home, there are some questions a seller does not have to answer. And your real estate agent is there to field those for you. Real estate agents have a fiduciary duty to their clients.
Pricing your home in the Desert combines research, strategy, years of experience, and knowledge of the latest market trends. The initial listing price of your home, located in La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, or Rancho Mirage areas, could bring a quick offer or the kiss of death. Priced right, and it’s sold; price too high, and it could sit on the market for weeks or months, possibly losing you money.
Should You Repair or Replace an Appliance? Doesn’t it seem like the worst time for an appliance to break is when you have a houseful of guests or are gone for the winter? We have all been there, and it’s so frustrating that it seems to take forever to get a repair person out to the house.
How can you still save on interest rates and buy your home? We all have heard the news about the interest rates going up. It’s a hard fact all buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and loan officers have to work with right now. However, it hasn’t been THAT long ago when interest rates were higher than this, and homes still were sold and purchased. Historically low-interest rates are still in our rear-view mirror … so how can you still save on interest rates and buy your home?
Closing up Your Home when you Leave for the Desert. Recently we blogged about how to open up your home in the Desert, but what should you do when you close up your other home for the cold winter months?
The last thing you want to do when coming home from enjoying several sun-filled months in Coachella Valley is to come home to broken water pipes and damage from inside flooding your home.
Here are a few suggestions
Do you lock your doors? That sounds like a strange question, but do you lock your doors when you step out for just a minute? Like when you go for a walk, run to the local gym to work out, or go to the grocery store to grab a gallon of milk? … it’s just around the corner.
Is Your Home Ready for Your Return? After your Desert home has been empty of a while or rented out, you’ll want to line things up ahead of time, so your Desert home is ready for your arrival.
Electric Vehicles are the Future of California as of ban of the sale of all new gas powered vehicles by 2035.
Desert Water Agency Offering Incentives to Your Lawn. Due to the extreme drought we’re in (and it doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon), the Coachella Valley Water District is offer a rebate program to remove your green grass which needs to be watered to survive with native plants or astro turf.