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ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT
HOMEBUYER
SEMINAR
FREE
Statewide Median Price
Posts 17th Monthly Gain
By Sharon Barron, President, and David Walker
Southland Regional Association of Realtors
Home sales increased during July throughout California
as buyers adapted to slightly higher—yet still incredibly
low—interest rates on home loans, while the median
resale price continued to post strong annual gains.
Saturday, September 14, 2013 Southland Regional Association of REALTORS®
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m
7232 Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406
Learn directly from professionals about:
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June’s numbers looked like local and
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How does paying the government 40 percent of profits from the sale of an instatewide sales might slow down as the
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property
sound?
Not
very
appealing.
Right?
How
about
waking
up
to
duel whammy of a tight inventory—a
* City Assistance Programs
realize that a gun-toting cowboy has a right to make daily treks across a freshly
2.9-month supply, which limited buyer
* And Much More!
choices—and higher rates prompted some purchased multi-million dollar parcel?
buyers
to
hesitate
in
the
hope
that
rates
Those
are
just
two
of
an
infinite
number
of
complications
awaiting
buyers
of
commercial
and
Realtor® Sharon Barron
might fall again to historically low levels,
2013 SRAR President
investment property who fail to plan or follow fundamental, simple precautions, according to
where they hovered for many months.
three of ten speakers at an investment real estate symposium presented recently by the ComMortgage rates ticked up in July, with the 30-year, fixed mortgage
mercial and Investment Division of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. Arnie
Garfinkel moderated three panel discussions and introduced the keynote speaker, Jan Perry,
interest rate averaging 4.37 percent, up from 4.07 percent in June.
To RSVP, call 818-947-2298
or via email at jasona@srar.com
a former Los AnA year ago June the average was 3.55 percent. Rates on adjustable
geles City Council
mortgages were at 2.66 percent during July, up from 2.60 percent in
THIS SEMINAR IS STRICTLY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
NO REALTOR MEMBERS ALLOWED UNLESS ACCOMPANYING A CLIENT
member and curJune, but down from 2.69 percent in July 2012.
rently interim genJuly’s statewide median price inched up 1.2 percent from June to
eral manager of the
$433,760, which was 29.8 percent higher than July 2012, marking
city’s Economic
17 straight months
and Workforce
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building a home on a lot in Topanga Canyon. They noticed “a very unpleasant cowboy with
month of doubleThe Southland Regional AsNight by Monday, Sept. 9 will be automatically entered
a gun driving a pickup across their property.” When stopped and asked, the cowboy said he
digit annual gains.
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you can write off your expenses for the night as a charitable contribution.
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or
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at
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register
and
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other
reports
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