We are in the second week of May, and this past weekend we had a winter rain storm.  Now I believe that we are well into the Spring season, and yet we are having some unusual weather.  We had a rain storm in the Los Angeles area, reports of hail in Orange County, and our local mountains had enough of a SNOW fall that the Highway Patrol was requiring snow chains on two-wheel drive vehicles.  Strange weather…  Getting on to real...

The month of May is here, and the market continues at the same pace as in prior weeks.  There are many listings in the area, and, as happened last week, new listings far outpace closings.  As a result, we are finally starting to see an increase in available properties.     

Here are the three new listings tha...

We are entering the final week of the month of April, and it seems that the floodgates have opened.  There is a  significant increase in new listings far out-pacing the number of closings.  If this trend continues, we may finally begin to see an increase in the slim inventory of available properties....

What a peaceful weekend we just had.  For a Realtor, that is.  With Spring break, Easter Sunday and Passover all occurring at the same time, Sunday was a slow day for a change.  I am not used to that. J  On a more serious note, there still continues to be a consistent amount of activity with a good variety of new listings and a number of closings.

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We are almost halfway through April, and we are in the middle of the dreaded Tax Week.  I call it Tax Week, because many taxes are due this week.  Los Angeles County property tax semi-annual payments were due yesterday, April 10th.  Furthermore, federal and state income tax filings for 2016 and any amounts owed are due next Monday, April 17th.  And if that isn’t enough, first quarter estimated federal and state income tax paym...