Carbon Monoxide Detectors Now Required

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Effective July 1st, 2011, all residential homes in California require carbon monoxide detectors. Below is a Q&A regarding this new law. Q 1. What is carbon monoxide? A Carbon monoxide is a gas produced whenever any fuel, such as gas, oil, kerosene, wood, or charcoal, is burned.  A person cannot see or smell carbon monoxide.  However, at high levels carbon monoxide can kill a person in minutes. In addition, there are well-documented chronic health effects of acute carbon … [Read more...]

Los Angeles Housing Prices at About 2003 – 2004 Levels

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Wondering where we currently are on the historical housing price graph? Right around 2003 - 2004 levels. As you can see, after the real estate bubble "popped," the housing low appears to have been in early 2009.  From there, we did see an up-tick in real estate prices in 2010. Currently, we are experiencing interestingly low inventory levels in most areas and plenty of demand fueled by low interest rates and reasonably high FHA loan limits in the L.A. area, allowing buyers to put as … [Read more...]

The Arts in Santa Monica

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A Guide to the Arts in Santa Monica A is for Art... Want to discover the art scene is Santa Monica?  Well read on!  Welcome to this week's blog post about the ABC's of Santa Monica and Santa Monica homes.  Santa Monica homes are located in a city rich with cultural and artistic possibilities. Santa Monica is home to some excellent museums such as The California Heritage Museum, The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and The Santa Monica Museum of Art located in hip Bergamot … [Read more...]

TRADE UP! 5 reasons why this is the BEST market to upgrade!

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Have you thought about getting that bigger, better house in a better neighborhood? NOW IS THE TIME! Whether you need more space, want to upgrade your location, or for any other reason, the current real estate market presents a unique opportunity to capitalize by trading up! 5 reasons why this is the best market to trade up! 1. You will make money NOW on the trade! Here's how this works. You currently own a condo that was worth $1,000,000 three years ago, and now it's worth … [Read more...]

Our Approach For Sellers

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Danny Batsalkin believes in creating a partnership with each client, aimed purely and simply at helping you achieve your real estate goals. If you are considering moving, your goals are undoubtedly to sell your home quickly and for top market price, while minimizing complications and issues. To that end, Danny Batsalkin has designed a VIP Seller Program for clients of the Batsalkin Group. The crux of the Program is our proven 21-Point Plan of Action that is followed rigorously on … [Read more...]

The 7 things you better know before listing your Los Angeles home for sale

5 Things to know before listing your home for sale

It's pretty amazing that when consumers need to buy a car, they visit multiple dealerships and spend hours online doing research to save a few hundred, or maybe a thousand dollars. And yet, when it's time to hire a real estate agent in Los Angeles to represent them in a transaction worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, people hire their neighbor or family member without doing any research at all. The truth is that, even with the recent downturn in the industry and many … [Read more...]