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Let’s Get Down to Basics: Credit Scores and You
If you are looking for a home in the Encino, Sherman Oaks, or Studio City area, you are aware that they cost a lot. Additionally, unless you are one of the very lucky few, you do not have enough liquid assets to purchase those homes...
The Market is Hot, Sell Your Home While You Can Maximize Your Profit
If you have been reading our blog consistently, you know that the last few years have been a “seller’s market.” Rates have remained low, which grants buyers greater purchasing power. Paired with a shortage of homes for sale, t...
President’s Day Sales: An Opportunity to Stage Your Home for a Low Cost
President’s day is a severely underrated holiday in that most people only think of it as a day off. However, President’s Day weekend is also good for sales. While Black Friday is the time of year to stock up on electronics at di...
First Time Home Buyer? The Chernov Team Has Your Back
If you are a potential first-time home buyer, it’s only reasonable that you’d rather dip your toe in the water to test the temperature before diving in. The fact of the matter is that in addition to being a highly emotional poin...
Let’s Set the Mood for Valentine’s Day, What You do After That is Up To You
Unless you want the interior of your home to look like a low budget school, or a jail cell before “lights out,” you probably don’t use fluorescent lighting in your home. That previous sentence highlights just how important lig...
Happy Chinese New Year: The Year of the (Pig) House
In the recent past, there were a bevy of reasons not to purchase a house; it has not exactly been a buyer-friendly market. Specifically, the sky-high housing prices, the bid/counter bidding wars, and houses that sell off-market befo...
A Snapshot of this week’s Housing Market
The home loan rates have inched their way up but appear to be on the precipice of a sharp decline in the upcoming weeks as investors shore up their investments in anticipation of low-growth economy during the first quarter of 2019. ...
Muhammed Ali’s Mansion is for Sale, and it’s a Knockout
Boxing aficionados should rejoice, the 11,545 ft2 mansion of the People’s Champion is for sale! That’s right, the Louisville Lip’s home could be yours for $16.9 million. “The Greatest” lived in this mansi...