First, the good news : Home sales have stabilized over the last seven months and are expected to increase measurably in the rest of 2008. And the subprime lending crisis is almost past; the balance of this year will be about cleaning up that mess. The bad news is that the current annualized sales pace of [...]

 Yes between 110-115 degrees and I am showing properties and I am selling properties. Two more escrows in last week besides the 6 for the previous weeks.So DO NOT LISTEN TO THE MEDIA !As I said for over a year already, we are a micro market , so different from most of the country where [...]

This is the latest news and the importance of such a law now. This will impact a good number of our deals here in Palm Springs. 

On June 16, 2008, the State of California enacted a law thatallows same sex marriages throughout the state. In view of thisdecision, questions may arise about the requirements to insuretitle.Simply stated, upon [...]

Yeap this is the time of the month…Statistics!! see the page in the site :http://www.claudinereal.com/Area_Sales_Statistics.htm
Here is the update for the sales statistics for May 2008..approx. same number of sales, prices came down a little bit but still it is not STOPPED..I am giving you here the table of sales for May 2008 and May 2007 [...]

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Erica Solvig • The Desert Sun • May 29, 2008April housing sales strongest since September 2005April’s housing sales marked the strongest year-over-year showing the Coachella Valley has seen since September 2005.The 912 homes sold in April reflect a 3.8 percent drop from the year before - a [...]

I would say that if we look at our numbers, it looks like our market (here locally Palm Springs and the area) we are doing OK…Yes we have a larger number of sales, yes prices are low but not catastrophic and yes there is demand. But again we are in a resort  area, this is our [...]

I did not write in my blog because I have been just very busy showing properties and writing offers and getting into escrows.It is exciting and certainly surprising people whom I meet and with a kind of a “pity” or “concerned” voice ask me “So Claudine how are you doing ? especially in this market [...]

Am I living on another planet ? I am just as busy as I have been during the best years of real estate.Running around showing properties, being contacted all day long to answer questions to potential buyers …We are blessed in Palm Springs and the area….The word is out that it is the TIME TO [...]

I could write more about Real Estate but I would like to share with you some numbers I read in  the Real Estate Magazine this month  by Robert Freedman U.S. Population as of Jan. 1,2008 : 303 146.284
Percent change from Jan. 1,2007 : +0.9%
Rate of U.S. births ; 1 every 8 seconds
Rate of U.S. deaths : 1 [...]

To day I decided to “pass” on doing open house the way I have been religiously doing since the beginning of the season….I mean like every year during season since I am in business in Palm Springs area. It is a way to meet potential buyers or sellers. I must admit that 60% of my customers, [...]