In Huntington Beach, Zip Code 92646 there are 25 active and 19 homes sold in December 2022 with an average 9 days on the market, at a median selling price $1,263,000.  That's an absorption rate of 76%. Anything over 20% means a healthy market.      For more community info and home décor trends be sure to take a look at my blog!  I have a ...

• calendar_month January 4, 2023
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Absorption Rate, Buyers, Home Sellers, home value, Home Values, Huntington Beach 92646, Janie Bruce, Selling

In Long Beach, Zip Code 90815 there are 23 active and 19 homes sold in December 2022 with an average 8 days on the market, at a median selling price $915,000.  That's an absorption rate of 82%. Anything over 20% means a healthy market.      For more community info and home décor trends be sure to take a look at my blog!  I have a little s...

• calendar_month January 5, 2023
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Buyers, home prices, Home Sellers, home value, Home Values, Janie Bruce, Long Beach 90815

Is now the right time for prospective buyers to purchase that luxury mansion they’ve been eyeing? Well, that depends. But if you’re in the market for Los Angeles luxury homes, you may be seeing a decent amount of them hitting the market in the coming weeks. That’s because Measure ULA, nicknamed the “mansion tax” despite the objection of our own Arthur Chalekia...

• calendar_month January 5, 2023
• category Current Real Estate, Real Estate
• post 2023, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Real Estate

In Lakewood, there are 35 active and 32 homes sold in December 2022 with an average 9 days on the market, at a median selling price $755,000.  That's an absorption rate of 91%. Anything over 20% means a healthy market.      For more community info and home décor trends be sure to take a look at my blog!  I have a little something for ever...

• calendar_month January 6, 2023
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Absorption Rate, Home Sellers, Home Values, homeowner, homeowners, homeownership, Janie Bruce, Lakewood 90712

In Buena Park,  there are 28 active and 22 homes sold in December 2022 with an average 9 days on the market, at a median selling price $715,000.  That's an absorption rate of 78%. Anything over 20% means a healthy market.      For more community info and home décor trends be sure to take a look at my blog!  I have a little somet...

• calendar_month January 7, 2023
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Absorption Rate, Buena Park 90620, Home Values, homeowners, homeownership, Janie Bruce

Top reasons people move include: They need a larger home for a growing family and entertaining Retiring and downsizing to move to a new area and having their new home built Working remotely has changed what is needed from their home They want to avoid making repairs on current home  They want better school districts for their children  Here's something to t...

• calendar_month January 9, 2023
• category Real Estate
• post 2023, Bruce Real Estate, Buena Park, California, Cypress, homeowner, homeowners, Housing, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Janie Bruce, Janie Bruce real estate insights, Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Orange County, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor real estate, Selling, Torrance

You probably already have a home maintenance checklist: Replace the furnace filter each season, shut off water spigots before winter, clean the gutters, etc. That's a good start, but there are jobs that homeowners often forget about, or don't even know about. To turn a daunting requirement into a more easily manageable checklist, we’ve broken down home maintenance tasks that...

• calendar_month January 10, 2023
• category Real Estate, SELLERS
• post 2023, Bruce Real Estate, home maintenance, home renovations, homeowners, homeownership, Janie Bruce, Los Alamitos, Orange County, Professionals, Rossmoor 90720, Tips

The Seal Beach Sun (formally known as the Journal) has been The Local Paper since April 1967.  This keeps neighbors and local residents up to date on what's going on with local businesses, new restaurants, residents and fun and cool events. The famous car show is coming soon with the live music bands on Main Street for the family to enjoy while taking a stroll down th...

• calendar_month January 12, 2023
• category Community, Local news
• post 2023, Bike Friendly Community, Bruce Real Estate, Community, Janie Bruce, news, Seal Beach

Don’t miss your chance to see this darling 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home in a charming and highly-sought-after Long Beach neighborhood! I’ll be opening the doors for you to tour it at your leisure this weekend!    3580 Monica Ave. in beautiful Long Beach, Saturday 1/14 and Sunday January 15th, 1-3pm.  Call Janie for details (714) 310-4982.  For more community inf...

• calendar_month January 13, 2023
• category JANIE BRUCE, Open Houses, Real Estate, SELLERS
• post 2023, Bruce Real Estate, Buyers, Cypress, Home Sellers, Housing, Huntington Beach, Janie Bruce, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Los Angeles County, Open Houses, Rossmoor, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor 90720, Seal Beach, Selling

#1 Moody and Cozy Rooms: I have a room designed almost exactly like the one highlighted as #3 on the list of 15. #2 Dimensional Textures: Why I just thought the hanging light fixtures were the coolest, plus the combination of all the textures are fabulous. #3 Mixed materials in Furniture: Why I have always thought a room comes together better when everything is not all perfectly matched....

• calendar_month January 14, 2023
• category Home Design & Decor, JANIE BRUCE
• post 2023, Design Trends, Home Decor, Home Design, interior design, Janie Bruce, Tips