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Christmas Housing Sales and You
Home sales have increased by 4.5% over the course of the last 3 holiday seasons, this suggests that the number of potential- buyers during the holiday season have increased. This trend is likely to continue, and that’s fantastic n...
Didn’t Finish Gift Shopping? Your Secret is Safe With Us
Chances are you still haven’t gotten all your Christmas shopping done; you’re not alone. Of course, the trick with last minute gifts is making it look like they’re not last-minute gifts at all, but part of a finely crafted pla...
Ring Ring, it’s Your Credit Score on the Line!
Not every article on our blog is immediately identifiable as housing-related, and this is one of those articles. In short, if you have a poor credit score, you will obtain mortgages with suboptimal rates (if you get a mortgage at al...
GOOD NEWS FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS – RATES ARE DOWN FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK
Potential home buyers have received good news for the third week in a row, as home loan rates have been diving. The 30-year Fixed-Rate-Mortgage (“FRM”) dropped to 4.63% during the week of December 13, reaching its lowest point s...
Lana Del Ray: Singer and Real Estate Mogul?
At the Chernov Team, we primarily focus on the Studio City, Sherman Oaks, and Encino neighborhoods, but also like to stay current on all things real estate both locally and nationally. If we’re being entirely honest, we also like ...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Presenting Your Home to Prospective Buyers
Selling your home is a lot like applying for a job, if your cover letter and resume aren’t polished to perfection, you aren’t getting an interview. Keeping with the job application analogy, it’s not enough to be “acceptable,...
A Guide for Homeowners: How to Hone Your Own Home to Perfection
If you have been following our blog, you have already received a significant amount of advice relating to home improvement. Combined with the fact that everybody and their mother has their advice as well, there’s a good chance tha...
2019, The Housing Market, and You
2018 is nearing an end, and many people are preparing for the new year. Call it a New Year’s resolution, or just a new chapter in your life, but many people are curious as to what 2019 might mean for the housing market. If you hav...