Now is the Best Time to Sell Your Escondido Home
April 19, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
It is spring in the Escondido real estate area and the flowers around your Escondido home are starting to bloom. The skies have cleared of rain and the days are mostly sunny. The lawn is looking lush green and is at its very best. First impressions of your Escondido property are always the most important. [...]
Escondido Homes – Life of an Escrow
March 12, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Once you have written a contract on your Escondido real estate purchase and it has been accepted by the Escondido seller, your escrow should start. Hopefully you have chosen to work with a full service escrow company like Pickford Escrow. The following will describe what takes place during the four week escrow period based on a [...]
Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) – Escondido Real Estate
February 1, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The most common question I get as your Escondido real estate expert from friends, family, and clients is “how is the real estate market doing?” That is always a very difficult question to answer correctly because the answer can be case specific. What I mean is it can depend on what type of Escondido real [...]
Cracked Slab – Escondido Dream Home
January 26, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
I just answered a buyers question on Trulia.com and I though my answer might benefit some of my Escondido buyers. Question: We found our dream home and it’s going to auction in a few weeks after not selling as a short sale. Perfect area, etc .. but has a cracked slab. Could we get an FHA [...]
Buyer’s Choice Act and Escondido Real Estate
January 16, 2010 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
AB 957 and How it Effects Escondido Real Estate New legislation was signed into California law in December of 2009 effecting us here in San Diego North County. There are several points that Escondido home buyers and Escondido home sellers should be aware of: A seller of REO residential Escondido real estate with four or fewer [...]
How Escondido Home Buyers Search for Homes has Changed
December 16, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The way buyers search for Escondido homes for sale has changed. In the past few years, the way prospective Escondido home buyers find and purchase Escondido real estate has changed. Forever gone are the days when Escondido buyers came to town, were attracted to the Prudential California Realty sign and stopped into the local Prudential [...]
Spruce Up the Interior of Your Escondido Home
December 16, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
We have concentrated on the outside of your Escondido home and now it is time to go inside and make some changes. Try to look at your Escondido property through the eyes of a potential buyer. Remember, “People buy what they see and not what will be.” Most of the suggestions that follow will help [...]
Prepare the Outside of Your Escondido Home
December 10, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
As we discussed in the last post, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When your potential Escondido home buyer drives up with their Escondido Realtor, things outside need to look their best. The grass needs to be freshly cut and edged. In the summer in Escondido, this might mean mowing [...]
Say Goodbye to Closing Cost Surprises
December 8, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
RESPA Reform on Escondido Home Purchases The government is stepping in once again under a RESPA reform to try to protect the Escondido home buyer. The problem has been where the lenders upfront “good-faith estimate” is way off from what the actual charges are on the Escondido real estate purchase at close of escrow. This [...]
