Here is your latest Newport Beach Activity Report, analyzing data as it affects a specific market area. The Market Summary below offers a look at sales activity for the prior month and year, along with current and past year-to-date statistics. The graphs cover several different aspects of the real estate market. Note how some of the graphs break out trends by price increments. Please contact us if you would like more information on the current market
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Costa Mesa Monthly Activity Report – All Activity For June 2023
Here is your latest Costa Mesa Market Report, analyzing data as it affects a specific market area. The Market Summary below offers a look at sales activity for the prior month and year, along with current and past year-to-date statistics. The graphs cover several different aspects of the real estate market. Note how some of the graphs break out trends by price increments. Please contact us if you would like more information on the current market.
Eastside Costa Mesa Market Report (July 15, 2023)
This Market Report contains detailed information about properties currently for sale or that have recently sold in Eastside Costa Mesa. This data will help track and assess values and trends in Eastside Costa Mesa. The report is based on current information from the regional Multiple Listing Service. If you need clarification on any of the figures or if you wish to take additional steps toward your property sale or purchase, please let us know. We are happy to help.
Coldwell Banker Welcomes Devin Lucas and Courtney Lucas to the Number One Producing Newport Beach Office
We are thrilled to be part of the Coldwell Banker Newport Beach office.
1031 Exchange aka the Like-Kind Exchange – An Overview and How To
A detailed article on the like-kind exchange aka the 1031 exchange, including requirements and discussions on use with personal residences, and interplay with the IRS section 121 exemptions. There may be no better tax incentive than the 1031 Exchange, available exclusively to real estate investors.
Prop 19 Action Alert!: “Repeal the Death Tax” Bill Introduced in the Legislature (To Remove The Death Tax Increases Imposed by Proposition 19)
Exceptional news (but don’t hold your breath just yet) – a bill has been introduced in the California Legislature to repeal the costly property tax increases imposed on property owners’ heirs by Proposition 19 (which causes, in most cases, a reassessment of real estate upon the death of the owner, no longer allowing for the long-standing parent-child exclusions)
Landlord-Tenant Refresher: The Implied Warranty of Habitability
People have all sorts of personal definitions of what is “habitable” when it comes to their rental home. No, tenants, the blinds being askew is not a breach of the warranty of habitability. Likewise, landlords, the lack of hot water is not ‘no big deal’ to be fixed sometime later in the week. For better or worse, California law is very clear when it comes to rental property habitability.
New Year, New Real Estate Laws – Legal Update From The California Association of REALTORS®
2023 NEW LAWS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE… Here is a summary of just a handful of the new 2023 laws impacting real estate….
California Temporarily Waives LLC Initial Filing Fees AND First Year’s $800 Minimum Tax – A Excellent Way to Hold Real Estate Just Got Even Better
Effective until June 30, 2023, California is waiving the traditional $70 filing fee to form a California Limited Liability Company, or “LLC.” Even better – The annual minimum $800 tax to the California Franchise Tax Board is also waived for the first year.
Proposition 19 Repeal Efforts Fall Short For November Ballot Initiative
Efforts to repeal Proposition 19’s costly Death Tax On Inherited Property have fallen short for the November ballot initiative. Over 402,000 signatures were obtained to repeal those provisions of Prop 19 which wiped out former Propositions 58 and 193 (those propositions allowed parents to transfer their ‘prop 13 basis’ or ‘proposition 13 basis’ to their children; now no longer due to Prop 19’s changes, thus causing a substantial ‘death tax’ on California inherited property).