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Steps in the Home Buying Process

Steps to the Home Buying Process

Steps to the Home Buying Process. Here, we have the order of things in the home buying process. The homebuying process is similar to preparing a great meal. First you take inventory of everything you need before you begin, and so is the c...

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Buy a Bigger House now with Low Interest Rates

Rethink the Starter Home Strategy

Beginning homeownership with a "starter" home, has long been the traditional strategy for generations. Part of the logic behind starting with a smaller home; it gives you an opportunity to learn what it takes to maintain a house and helps y...

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Tax Refund Might Open the Door to Homeownership

Your Tax Refund Could Open the Door to Homeownership

Open the Door to Owning a Home One of the silver linings to filing your income tax return is discovering Your Tax Refund Could Open the Door to Homeownership.  Your refund could literally help you buy a home. If you're one of these fortunat...

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Make your 1st Offer your Best Offer

Make Your Best Offer FIRST

  Making your First Offer your Best Offer is a strategy that may be difficult to understand until you've lost a few homes to better offers. The reality of this real estate market is there just aren't many homes on the market.  As co...

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Coachella Valley Real Estate Market Report 2019

2019 Coachella Valley Annual Real Estate Report and 2020 Projections Coachella Valley Real Estate Market Our market has become more year round with the number of sales during the summer months exceeding sales during “season” i...

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Taxable vs Tax Deferred 1031 Exchange

Investment Properties – The 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange is a strategy used by real estate investors to defer capital gains taxes, and is allowed under IRS tax code 1031. By using a 1031 exchange, an investor can defer paying capital gains ...

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Desert Real Estate Market Update

The Coachella Valley Real Estate Market is Strong.  When we look at prices now compared to one year ago, we see that detached home prices are up 4.6% and attached home prices are up 7.3% from last year.  Eight of Nine Valley cities ...

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Desert Real Estate Market Report

DESERT REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT 2018 Year in Review As we start 2019, it’s time to take look back at how the Desert Real Estate Market performed last year and look for developing trends. In 2018, there were 5,836 single family home ...

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The Real Estate Corner Desert Market Update

The Real Estate Corner Desert Market Update NUMBER OF SALES Home sales are up Valley-wide. The total three-month sales are up 2.9%. On a city by city basis, six cities show higher sales, with three; Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs and...

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