Home Improvements and Design Winter Home Improvement Projects Simple DIY Winter Home Improvement Projects In Orange County, we get the luxury of having the sun shine on us all winter long with temperatures that barely dip below 40 degrees. For Southern Californians, anything below 60 degrees is cold. Many of us spend more time indoors during the winter than any other time. That’s […]
Buying A Pet Lover’s Guide to Buying a Home House Hunting with Your Pet in Mind When looking for a new home, we create a list of desirable features that can go on and on. Some things on this list are negotiable, others are not. Before you begin your home search, you should definitely know what you’re looking for in a home. Among some […]
Local Events It’s Still Summer! Your End of Summer Activity Guide There’s still plenty of summer left! We have created a list of our all-time favorite receipts and outdoor entertainment. Click on the links below for features meals, cool drinks and backyard games and crafts. In the link below you will find: Summer eats Delicious drinks Backyard fun Click here: […]
Selling Preparing to Sell: Curb Appeal with Great ROI Curb Appeal Tricks with Great ROI When the time comes to sell your home, there’s some thought that goes in to improving certain aspects of your home before listing. But at the same time you don’t want to pour a bunch of money in to a house that you’re moving out of. It’s no secret […]
Financial Myths about Down Payments Myths to Stop Believing about Down Payments When you’re getting ready to purchase a home, whether it’ll be an investment property, summer getaway or the place where you lay your head every night, you have to have a down payment ready to go. With information flying around from all kinds of sources saying how much […]
Selling Small Flaws that can be a Big Deal Preparing to Sell your Home After living in a space for quite some time, it’s natural that certain quirks in your home become a part of your daily norm. For instance, that spot in the floor that always creaks or the door that always sticks when the weather changes. These little things that to you, […]
Financial The Benefits of Buying with Cash Buying a Home with Cash You’ve probably heard the phrase, “cash is king,” at some point in your life. It’s an old phrase that has been around for ages, and has slowly made its way into the real estate market. Over the past few years, with the increase in foreign investments and the rebound of […]
Home Improvements and Design Have You Been Neglecting These Maintenance Tasks? Home Maintenance Tasks You’re Most Likely Neglecting School is getting ready to start again and households everywhere are gearing up for back to school chaos. Even if you don’t have kids, preparing for fall and getting your home ready for the next season is important. When it comes to home maintenance tasks, there are probably […]
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Local Events The Ultimate Summer BBQ Guide It’s Finally Summer! To show our appreciation to clients and friends, we have put together a flavorful Coldwell Banker® Summer BBQ Guide that places a list of delectable, versatile recipes, crowd-favorite backyard games and exciting Airbnb Experiences conveniently at your fingertips. Use our guide to beat the heat with summer fun and try something new! […]
Selling When to Hire a Home Stager To Hire a Home Stager or to Not Hire a Home Stager? That is the Question When you are thinking about selling your home there are so many different things that you have to take into consideration. From finding an agent to help you with listing your home to marketing your home to potential buyers, […]
Financial How to Pay-Off Your Mortgage Early Paying off Your Mortgage Early Owning a home is one of the biggest financial commitments you will make in your lifetime. With that being said, home ownership doesn’t have to be as long of a process as most mortgage terms indicate. If you make a small adjustment to how you are currently paying off your […]
Home Improvements and Design Gardening Tips and Projects for Spring Spring Gardening Projects and Tips Orange County is getting more vibrant every day with flowers blooming from San Juan Capistrano to Newport. As the weather starts to heat up, it’s the perfect time to start those spring gardening projects you have been putting off. Gardening doesn’t have to be a complex process, so long as […]
Market Trends Millennials Impact the Luxury Real Estate Market Are Millennials Getting a Bad Rap? This generation, born between 1981-1996 has been branded with a “slacker” sticker, busy playing video games and living in their parent’s basements. The reality is that Millennials represent 38% of home buyers, the largest share in this county, according to a survey by the National Association of Realtors released […]
Real Estate Working with a Top Local Real Estate Agent The Benefits of Working with a Top Local Real Estate Agent You’ve made the decision to buy, sell or purchase an investment property in 2019. So now what? Now you have to sift through the hundreds if not thousands of local realtors in the area to find the one to represent you. But when it […]
Local Events Harvest and Halloween Events in Orange County Harvest and Halloween Fun is Here! The weather is starting to turn cooler and the days are getting shorter as we make our way into Autumn. That also means Halloween is right around the corner. This year many traditional events are canceled but there are still some scary and not too scary events planned. Here are a […]
Home Improvements and Design Patio DIY Projects Add Sparkle to Your Summer Be Creative and Have Fun with these Patio DIY Projects Summer is an ideal time to give outdoor spaces a facelift.  Consider these DIY projects and start looking forward to enjoying a fresh breeze on a hot day from the comfort of your upgraded patio. Fresh lighting.  Get creative and brighten up your patio by […]
Real Estate A HOT Summer Market? The Summer Real Estate Market May Be Much Hotter Than Expected An Unexpected Rebound The prognosis for the housing market has not been great. Much like a pause button was pushed on the normally on-fire spring home buying season. But as states reopen their economies, the summer real estate market just might turn out to […]
Home Improvements and Design Trending Outdoor Living Space Upgrades Outside is the New Inside Summer in Orange County means spending as much time outside as you possibly can. Biking down Pacific Coast Highway, body surfing at The Wedge or hanging out at the Dana Point Harbor are all fun activities in the area. But as the days get longer and the nights get warmer, […]
Financial Pressing Pause on Your Mortgage Mortgage Forbearance and Mortgage Deferment Is There a Difference? Many homeowners are in search of mortgage relief and are looking towards mortgage forbearance and mortgage deferment for help. What is the difference? We are seeing the terms being used interchangeably and depending on the lender, there can be subtle differences between the two terms. Both […]
Market Trends Real Estate in 2020 – A New Normal Real Estate – Again an Essential Business The real estate industry, struggling with coronavirus-linked limitations, got a boost with its sales business reclassified as an “essential” industry. The California Association of Realtors said Saturday, March 28, 2020, that commercial and residential real estate services were included on an updated list of essential services from the U.S. […]