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Las Vegas Home Spotlight: Grab Your Iodine Pills, We're Going to the Underground House

  Located less than three miles from the iconic Las Vegas Strip, but with no traces of its glitter or glamor, stands 3970 Spencer Street. You could easily drive past it without giving it a second glance. But even if you took a long, hard look, you’d only see an unassuming, slightly dilapidated townhouse. Yet, as the old adage goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. An...

How Real Estate Fixture Planning Saves You an 11th Hour Headache

  Real estate transactions are usually so massive that disagreements are commonplace. We try to catch potential pain points as early on in the process as possible. But some home sales are a little more turbulent than others. Real estate fixture disputes are one of the most common sources of discord in this industry. Unfamiliar with fixtures in real estate? In realty terms, a fixture...

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The Smart Home Technology Trends Taking Over (and how you can add them to your house)

Photo by Janie Bruce  The future is here. Smart home technology may seem like something right out of The Jetsons, but these solutions are making life simpler for people today. While these features can be built into homes, you can add many of them to your current home with ease. Here are some of the top trends in Smart Home tech. We’ll also tell you how you can utilize the...

As 22-Year Mortgage Low Report Put Home Affordability Under Scrutiny, Don’t Hit the Panic Button

  Applications for mortgages to purchase homes plummeted 6.5% last week bringing us to 21% below the rates during the same period in 2021. We haven’t seen demand as low as it is now since 2000. That’s a 22-year low! What does this mean for you? Fair warning: at least 95% of this blog is going to sound like bad news for home affordability. But we promise, if you hold on u...

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When Should You Use an Assignment of Contract?

  Real estate is full of all sorts of interesting twists and turns. For many agents, this diversity is all part of the thrill. But no matter how you feel about it, change is the norm and no two transactions are the same. For example, sometimes, in the midst of a transaction, a buyer may need to assign their contract to another buyer. This can even mean adding them to the title or th...

Palm Springs Home Spotlight: The Bob Hope House Mounts the Peak of the Modernist Volcano

In our “Home Spotlight” series, we’ve taken you on a tour of a potential Los Angeles murder mansion. We’ve taken you over 20 feet beneath the scorched Las Vegas ground to a subterranean wonderland. And now we’re taking you… golfing. Okay, it may seem anti-climactic, but did we mention that the house we’re talking about today finds inspiration...

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When Should You Use a Counter Offer in Real Estate?

Real estate transactions are rarely simple, even when buyers see eye to eye. This is through no lack of trying on our part! As real estate agents, we use our expertise and an industry-spanning system to try to keep things as straightforward as possible. But when approaching the escrow process, there are often a few more details that need to be ironed out. This is where counter offers c...

Are You Sure You're Adhering to Fair Housing Laws?

  In our industry, and America in general, fair housing is an unalienable right. That’s why it’s every agent’s responsibility to uphold these values with unimpeachable ethics. This isn’t just a social belief. It’s the law. At JohnHart, we strictly adhere to the Fair Housing and Discrimination Law. Even if this law weren’t in place, we’d upho...

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In a Hurry to Find Your Dream Home? Then You Need Off Market Properties

Photo Credit: Envato In Orange County and Los Angeles, we’re still enjoying a housing market where homes can feasibly spend less than a week on the market. But the market is tumultuous at the best of times. We recognize there’s an urgency to finding your dream home. Maybe you’re searching for your very first property. Maybe you’re ready for an upgrade. Or may...

  There’s an absurd amount of propaganda about the housing market in the news these days. And it’s not just our clients who are absorbing it. Realtors are coming to me in a panic over clickbait-style headlines from respected journalists. I was watching a video the other day in which a journalist stated we could see a “20% decrease in housing year over year.”...