Long Beach | Southern California

This is a popular price range for many 1st time buyers, the group of people who are among the most active and largest group of buyers looking on the market now.In 2007 in Long Beach, there were less than 350 residential condos, own-your-owns, coops, and single family properties in this price rang...

You might think "HVCC" refers to a heating system, but no, it refers to property appraisals performed under the new Home Valuation Code of Conduct. This Code came about through the New York State General Attorney Andrew Cuomo's agreement with FNMA and Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance A...

                                                                                                                   Six months ago (they've passed quickly), I covered this topic via an article by Pat Zaby complete with payment scenario.Last week's upset in the Treasury bond market , a more complex...

                                                                      Cheerful one-bedroom plus den unit is great for the first-time buyer or a second home--close to                                   Alamitos Bay and ocean breezes. This unit with a more contemporary look has been upgraded to incl...

The buyers have gotten in the Spring action mode in Long Beach's 90803 zip code--and for some buyers, there are issues of multiple offers in certain parts of Long Beach within days of the property coming on the market. This is a result of the combination effect of sellers pricing their property c...

President Obama's $75 billion program for homeowners now has the first six banks or participants, per the Los Angeles Times: Chase Home Finance, part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., will receive up to $3.6 billion, the largest amount among the six companies. The other recipients: Wells Fargo & Co., GMAC...

In spite of the billions of dollars spent and given away to Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae plus numerous other banks and institutions, in spite of the many government loan modification programs and federal homeowner help programs, loan streamlining programs ... but so many buyers are still reluctant to ...

Sellers, are you still thinking about moving? Buyers, Has your idea of a new home taken root? You might find this interesting: The overall picture for Long Beach from February 7-March 3, 2009, is that the inventory for residential properties continues under 6 months, meaning that it would take th...

For more information about Long Beach, and local sales information, contact: Julia Huntsman, Broker Associate All California Brokerage, Inc. 562-896-2609 www.juliahuntsman.com

If you saw the post from earlier in the month, you read about the strong decline inventory in Long Beach for February 2009 to 6 months and under, especially compared to the same time last year (data courtesy of RealDataStrategies and the SoCalMLS). The chart at the right shows the upward movement...