La Quinta California Real Estate

From now - the day after the Superbowl - until the end of April is the home buying season in La Quinta, California. This is when the people from all over America are here golfing, relaxing, and enjoying are warm sunshine everyday.

This year the prices are lower than ever and many beautiful home are available for sale. This is a fabulous place to live full time or even a few months a year. The lifestyle is fun and energizing and the cost of living is low.

To have a home in paradise wonderful. Whether you are looking to spend $200,000 or $2, 000,000 there are many beautiful homes ready and waiting for you.

Do you want to sell your home?

OI am your neighborhood expert in La Quinta, California and I will work to get your home sold.

Your home will appear on over 80 internet websites that will be revised and updated daily.

 I will show up for the showings to get you feedback and work to get an offer and close the deal.

I offer free house staging to make the home more appealing to buyers. The home we live in is not necessarily the home we sell.

I offer professional photos and flyers.

 I do open houses regularly.

I communicate as you wish - email, phone, in person, or text - at least once a week.

I call and email other agents who sell homes in your area for broker tours and to keep your home in front of them.

I put your home on Craigslist and the Canadian site too

 I will do other marketing ideas that you like too.

Each Monday we hold a real estate tour of properties in La Quinta, California and surrounding cities to learn the inventory of the best deals in certain developments and also the amenities and HOA rules for the areas.

October 10, 2011 - Mountain View Country Club - La Quinta, California. This is a development of approximately 400 homes, Most homes are the golf course and are 4-7 years old and 2500-4400 sq. ft. Most homes have a great room floor plan and many offer fomral dining too with incredible fairway and mountain views. The homes include a social memebrship with golf memberships in the private club also available. The HOA dues are approximately $338 a month and the social dues are $344 a month. The dues cover front yard landscaping,a manned gate, calbe tv, internet, phone, fitness, tennis, clubhouse restaurant and events.

Homes on the tour -

50020 Monteloma Ct. - $449,000 - of course location and huge lot 2811 sq. ft.

51949 El Dorado - $785,000 - Santolina model with 3200+ sq. ft. and incredible west mountain and fairway views

80161 Miramonte - $895,000 - Sedona plan -2811 sq. ft. and one of the best south views ever- shows like a model

51277 El Dorado - $1,150,000 Ventana plan - 4400+ sq. ft. - 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths - favorite floor plan and location too

50295 El Dorado - $1,195,000 - Ventana Plan - spectacular views and highly upgraded home

1. I am on vacation and still not only read the ads, I stop at out of the area open houses

2. I answer my phone, texts, and emails on vacation

3. Friends consult me on home and yard improvements to bring value to the house while I am on vacation

4. I review the local MLS on days off and on vacation

5. I want all of my family and friends to have a home and invest in real estate

6. I check Craigslist and Honolulu MLS for rentals for my sons friends in Hawaii

7. I attended a 3 day Tom Ferry Summit for real estate agents in Anaheim recently - my 8th Summit

8. I still show up at the office at 7AM each day

9. I even have my husband watching House Hunters and House Hunters International during our recreational TV time together

10. I rent a home for this winter to a Bay area friend while at her home for dinner

I always have said that real estate is my passion and a way of life. I truly do love real estate.

Here are some helpful tips to get your home sold in La Quinta,Ca.

1.Have your home spic and span clean. This includes the yard, pool, windows and closets.

2. Curb appeal counts so have flowers with pink, yellow and read visible from the street.

3. Declutter - nothing on the counters and closets need to be at least 50% empty. Be sure there is nothing sitting on the floor like vases, statues, plants etc.

4. Price the home at the lowest price you will accept.

5. Allow the home to be shown at all times. Exposure counts.

6. Have a flyer with good professional photos out front of the home with the price on the flyer.

7. Allow your agent to do open houses.

8. Have a list of all improvements and upgrades available inside the home.

9. If you have an appraisal, comps, or home inspection report, have them available for viewers of the home to review.

All of these tips will help to sell your home in La Quinta quickly and for top dollar too.

We have a lender in our area who plans monthly broker caravans to homes in various developments - one Friday AM is PGA West. Another week is Mountain View Country CLub and The Citrus. Another week she does Trilogy.

The caravans start at 9 AM and we meet in one of the homes. We have water and a few light snacks or fruit and then go to view 6-8 homes.

It is a good way to learn the inventory, connect with other agents, and get their view points on various homes and their values. The sellers are happy as they like agents to view the homes. It is really helpful to the agents to connect with other agents and to see so many homes in such a short period of time.

This broker open is very well organized and helpful for so many reasons.

The La Quinta City Council has awarded the contract for the construction of the Adams Street Bridge over the Whitewater Channel. The bridge will be a 525 foot long and 76 foot wide 4 lane bridge.

The project will address flooding and access issue across the Whitewater Chanbnell during rain events asa well as provide a 3rd north-south crossing for emergency vehicles in La Quinta.

Construction is scheduled to start in May or June 2011 and is to be completed by early 2013. Construction is schedule for 8am -5 pm and 2 lanes will be open during construction.

Whatever your pleasure, you will find plenty of reasons to come and enjoy the Gem of the Desert - La Quinta.

Shop, Play, Stay, Dine

Summer golf tour - Enjoy some of the desert's favorite golf courses June 4 - August 27 as a psrt of the Summer Golf Tour. During this 13 week event you will enjoy playing a variety of top course as a single or as a part of team. Greens fees from $30 -$59 a week. Call 760-777-7090 to sign up now.

Certified Farmer's Market - Each Sunday through memorial Day in Old Town La Quinta on Sundays from 8 am -12:30 PM. Each Sunday Main Street is lined with vendors featuring fresh produce, flowers, honey, cheese, bread, and more.

Nature Walk - This Sunday may 21. Meet Shade Shelter at the corner of Calle Ensenada and Avenida Montezuma at 8 AM for a hike of the Bear Creek Nature Trail. Explore natural and historical mysteries of La Quinta Cove on this adult nature walk.

Many sellers are giving in to financial pressures and selling their homes. During the tail end of the boom, long time hoomeowners who refinanced or new buyers who purchased near the top of the market are both in unsustainable positions with the decline of the housing market.

 The average seller in 2010 had owned their home about 4 years. Nearly 1 in 3 home sellers in California in 2010 sold their homes as they were underwater.Sellers are still saying that falling home prices and incomes are causing them to not be able to keep up with their expenses. Half of delinquent borrowers are more likely to rent their next home than to buy.

Over 30% of California sellers in 2010 sold their house at a net cash loss. A glimpse of sellers across California in 2010 continue to face financial hardship.

A seller who sells short typically is selling 10% below the median price. Once the home goes to foreclosure the price is typically 30% below the median.

Do you want your property taxes lowered in La Quinta, California?

Each year at this time Riverside County re-evaluates the assessments on homes in Riverside County. The past few years they have voluntarily lowered property taxes  10-30% based on current market prices.

For owners of property that still feel their property valuations are too high, they can fill out an online form and apply for a reduction of value. The form needs to be accompanied by recet property sales in the area confriming the current value.

Do you want your property taxes lowered in La Quinta, California? File a form to get them lowered now.