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About the Santa Monica Real Estate Market
 With sunny, palm-lined beaches on one side and the excitement of Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles on the other, Santa Monica has the best of both worlds. Santa Monica is a fun place to live, with gorgeous beaches, an extensive bike-path and pier, over 400 restaurants, and some of the most diverse shopping in the world.
Those seeking to buy homes in Santa Monica have a good range of options. Sunset Park, the College Streets, North of Wilshire, Gillette's Regent Square, North of Montana and Santa Monica Canyon are predominately older and brand new single family homes, with some condos and townhomes. Ocean Park, North of Wilshire and Ocean Avenue are predominately condos and townhomes with some single family homes. Click on the link (to the left) entitled Market Conditions Report. On this link you will find comprehensive Market Statistics which I update daily, Monday - Friday.
Santa Monica remains an excellent place to invest: all neighborhood property prices have risen during the several years and this tendency is extremely likely to continue. For My Santa Monica Market Conditions Report which I update daily, Monday - Friday, go to: Santa Monica Market Conditons Report Despite rising prices, residents still enjoy a wide variety of housing cost options. Santa Monica has a lot to offer the commercial property buyer. Almost 10 million square feet is devoted to commercial use, including retail, office, hotels, and restaurants. Los Angeles County residential property taxes are set at 1.5 percent of the property's current market value.
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Selling Your Home >Selling and Lock Boxes
Having your house on the market involves a certain invasion of your privacy. Real estate agents will be previewing it and showing it to buyers with some regularity. While you want to make your home reasonably accessible to the real estate professionals and their prospects, you don't want to run the risk of stepping out of your shower just as a broker is ushering in buyers.
In many areas real estate agents use a handy little tool of the trade called a "lock box". When a property is occupied, the agent first calls to let the owner know when they will be coming by. If no one is at home, the agent can get into the house with a key stored in the lock box.
The other extreme of accessibility is to require a day's notice before a showing, and to insist that your real estate agent be present at each one. This will eliminate a lot of the inconvenience to you, but it may also eliminate a lot of showings of your house. Whatever arrangements you work out, keep in mind that the easier you make it for real estate agents to open and show your home, the easier it will be to sell it quickly.
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What Newport, Rhode Island mansion was built as a birthday present and incorporates 500,000 cubic feet of white marble?
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The Vanderbilt Marble House was constructed by railroad baron William K. Vanderbilt for his wife Alva, who later divorced him, remarried and moved into a mansion down the street. |
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