La Quinta California Real Estate: December 2011

The Lori Bowers Group at Intero Real Estate Services in Old Town La Quinta is sponsoring an early New Year's toast to 2012 for the agents of The Lori Bowers Group and the Old Town La Quinta Office today at noon.

Lori Bowers is providing champagne and pizza.

This is the 2nd annual toast to New Year's at the Old Town La Quinta office for The Lori Bowers Group.

Cheers and Happy New Year!

There are only 2 new homes left in Trilogy La Quinta. Now is the time to buy a home in trilgy La Quinta. From the low 300's you can enjoy a fabulous lifestyle with fitness, tennis, events, and more included in your low HOA dues of $288 per month.

Enjoy mountain views, quiet area, friendly residents, and a fun active life at a low cost.

Call me today to view the homes and get started on the wonderful life at Trilogy La Quinta.

Yesterday- Christmas Day about 2 PM - I emailed Amy Jones after researching her on Active Rain and Google. She is a very active realtor in Chandler, Arizona area. I had a referral for her of some close friends of my son looking for a $300,000- $400,000 home.

Just like a top agent would, she responds within 5 minutes. The friends are starting their home search today.

This is another great Active Rain story. Lots of great agents working together to excel in the real estate industry for themselves, each other, and their clients - Active Rain!

Are you no longer interested in retaining your home?

Are you unable to make your mortgage payment?

Do you have a legitimate hardship?

Are you unable to qualify for a loan modification?

A short sale is a cooperative process with the bank ( no foreclosure sale or eviction) that allows the borrower to retain some cntrol and dignity throughout the process.

I have experience with closing several hundred short sales. Please call me with no obligation to have yoour questions answered and to start the process now.

A recent survey by the Bank of Montreal found that one in five Canadians would like to buy real estate in the United States and "sun and Sand" areas like the Palm Springs area are favorite destinations.

Some of the reasons include:

Home prices in Canada have steadily risen the past few years.

The Canadian dollar roughly at par with the US dollar make Palms Springs area real estate a good value for Canadians

The Canadians have the travel bug. 72% lf Canadians vs. 30% of Americans have passports and travel 60% more.

The weather attracts Canadians who want warmth and sunshine. Snow and subfreezing temperatures are hitting in Canada now.

Ther are 123 golf courses in the Palm Springs area.

Roughly 8000-12000 club memberships need to be sold in the area.

Golf has a $1.365 impact on real estate.

About 93 per cent of the golf courses in the past decade have been daily fee courses.

Private clubs lost an estimated 15% of their members last year, costing clubs on average $187,000 in annual dues.

Information from California Alliance for Golf

81705 Eagle Claw in Trilogy La Quintais a great home. This home is a Monterrey Floor Plan with 3 bedrooms ( one of the bedrooms is a courtyard casita) and a den. This is a great room plan with fabulous kitchen and a 2 car garage plus room for a golf cart.

The best feature is the incredible lushly landscaped private backyard with pool and spa and plenty of patio area.

The furniture is decorator perfect and comfortable too.

This home is impeccably maintained and like new condition. This can be your dream home for only $499,000,

Month by month over the past year, we have seen the ventory of homes for sale dwindle in La Quinta, California. It is very frustrating for buyers and real estate agents/brokers to have less and less homes for sale in La Quinta, California.

There are still many distress sales including short sales and foreclosures, but as the months pass, we are seeing an increase in prices. I actually had an appraiser call me today on a listing I had as a short sale about 5 months ago. The bank would not accept our short sale offer when the home was listed at $85,000. The home went to foreclosure and the bank repainted and carpeted and did some landscape work. The home is now in escrow for $105,000.

I do not like having less homes to show buyers, but I am glad prices are starting to go up again in La Quinta, California.

Trilogy La Quinta is a 55+ community of over 1200 homes in a quiet area close to the mountains in south La Quinta.

The prices of homes are lower than in many years. The HOA dues are low too-$288 a month and include front yard landscaping, fitness center with indoor walking and running track, 2 pools, and low cost golf plus many other activities.

The biggest reason Trilogy La Quinta is so popular is the people are so friendly. The people are nice, friendly, and work together to make Trilogy La Quinta fun and beautiful place to live and a good value too.

Lori Bowers has been selling homes in Trilogy La Quinta since the development was started over 8 years ago.

Recently, Trilogy La Quinta, has been more popular than ever with home buyers in La Quinta, California.

Lori has been selling 1+ homes per month for several months. Lori Bowers lives, works, and plays in Trilogy La Quinta. Lori knows the ins and outs of Trilogy La Quinta.

Whether you are looking for a primary residence with comfortable year round living or a 2nd home for the winter months, Lori can help you find your dream at Trilogy La Quinta.