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Kids going back to school in a few weeks? Planning that last family summer get-away? Well, don’t leave home without reading through these tips to keep your home protected and secure.
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Every week we answer your real estate-related questions.
Our highlight for today: “What sellers could do before they list their home”
Although, repairs can vary from home to home based on its current condition, here are a list of basic repairs a seller can do prior to selling the home to maximize the value of your home.
1. Curb Appeal
2. Declutter and Clean your Space
3. Paint your Walls and Cabinets
4. Reglaze Bathtubs and Shower walls
5. Change out the countertops
Call 714-476-4637 for a private consultation at your house or for a customized list of repairs in order to get you the most for your home.
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If you haven’t already set your travel plans for the 4th of July in SoCal, consider heading to one of these spectacular fireworks shows with friends and family conducted by trained professionals, happening in every corner of the state.
Aliso Viejo
Aliso Viejo Community Association
Buena Park
Dana Point
St. Regis Monarch Beach Golf Club
Irvine
Woodbridge VIllage Association
Ladera Ranch
Laguna Hills
Laguna Hills Community Center and Sports Complex
Laguna Niguel
Laguna Woods
Lake Forest
Lake Forest II Sun & Sail Club
Mission Viejo
Rancho Santa Margarita
Lago Rancho Santa Margarita Beach Club
San Clemente
San Juan Capistrano
Santa Ana
Seal Beach
Tustin
Yorba Linda
Keller Williams Pacific Estates hosted an awesome kick-off party to start off 2017! As always, we were blessed to be in the presence of our hard-working leadership team, office staff, partners and fellow Realtors. There’s always something invigorating when you get in a room full of like-minded leaders, who are passionate about God, family and their businesses. We not only left feeling encouraged, but we left feeling excited for what 2017 has in store for us all.
The Awards ceremony started off with the Most Inspiring Award honoring our very own, Christine Almarines. Although it was an unexpected recognition, it is a well-deserved one! With the battles she faced of a breast cancer diagnoses mid-last year, Christine was relentless in pushing forward in her business and utilizing the team to finish off the year successfully. She is a true inspiration in showing us that what you focus on expands. With that, the Christine Almarines Real Estate Group was awarded Team #6 Top Group!
We are honored for this award and truly thank God for His provisions and to all of our clients who make this possible!
We share this award with you – THANK YOU!!
2017 is here and we are nearly halfway through January! Before we get knee deep into the year, we wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year and also thank you for making 2016 another memorable, successful year for the Christine Almarines Real Estate Group. It was a year of transition, growth and unexpected bumps. As we closed out the year, we had so many reasons to celebrate and be thankful for!
To hear more about it, please listen to this heartfelt message from Christine Almarines.
Our holiday client appreciation event was a night full a fun, laughter and holiday cheer! The holidays are a special time to spend with those we cherish. What better way to ring in the season with a trolley ride full of families and friends, hot cocoa, sugar cookies andSanta hats with beautiful sights of Christmas lights along the Alamitos Bay and Naples Island canals.
We truly appreciate all of our clients and we especially love spending time outside of contracts, inspections, appraisals, and so on. Our business has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and we could not be where we are today without your loyalty and referrals. We extend our full hearts of gratitude for each and every one of you!
Thank you to all who attended and made this night memorable! We certainly missed those who could not make it, but we will look forward to seeing all of you at our next client appreciation event.
May you and your families have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017!
Christine Almarines Real Estate Group celebrated a milestone this past Saturday aboard the Pacific Spirit for our First Annual Client Appreciation event. We were in the company of some of our dearest clients from both past and present – all of whom we are extremely grateful for.
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to cruise the Long Beach harbor while listening to tunes from our favorite musician Timo, along with a live painting from his wife Kristi. It was a breathtaking sight to see and hear.
The most exciting part of the day was the raffle prize giveaways! Congratulations to our grand prize winners, the Abutal family on their 32” smart TV and our other winners, The Syed, Melchor, Douesnard, Miramontes families. A special thank you to our sponsor, Allan Almarines from Paramount Residential Mortgage Group for donating the drinks and prizes.
The event was truly a success and only made possible because of all our clients who have trusted us with one of the most exciting, yet nerve-racking process of buying or selling a home. W
e thank each and every one of you from the bottom of our hearts.
We look forward to more client appreciation events in the future and hope to double our attendance every year! It will only get better and better.
As I always say, client reviews and referrals are the key to help my business grow. And indeed it is growing! If you know anyone buying or selling a home, please send them my way.
My Experience is your key to Real Estate!
For many families, schools are an essential consideration when searching for a new home. However, most property searches only offer property related criteria such as price, beds, baths, and square feet. As such, locating properties that meet the criteria for your family and your child’s education can be challenging, especially when you are less familiar with an area.
For this very reason, this website provides you with the ability to incorporate school ratings directly into your property search as a primary criteria. Additionally, you’ll have access to detailed information and statistics on local schools and neighborhoods on every listing detail page.
In this post, you will learn how to:
When you first start a property search on this site, you will see a menu of search criteria. The Lifestyle section on the right side of the search tool bar allows you to select criteria that reflect your lifestyle preferences. The first option is “School Rating.” Simply select the value that best matches your requirements and the results will instantly update to show only the matches that fit your preferences.
If you are using the map search, hover over any home for summary info; click directly on a property to go to the details page. If you are using the form-based search, click “Search Results” once you are done selecting search criteria. You can then click on any property from the search results page to go to the respective listing detail pages.
To access school information from any listing detail page, just click the “School Information” link in the ‘Neighborhood & School Information’ section of the detail page.
You will have access to detailed information on all nearby schools as well educational statistics such as expenditures per student, students per teacher, and much more.
As you scroll through this page, a great deal of valuable school data can be viewed. To research individual schools, simply click on the school name.
These tools will help you match your ideal home with the educational path of your children. By following these steps and thoroughly researching schools near any potential home, you will be able to pair two of your most vital investments: your new home–and the education of your children.
Buying a home is generally the single largest purchase that we make in our lifetimes and most of us are interested in not only the value of our properties, but also the general value of like properties in our neighborhoods. Whether you have just moved into a new home or have lived there for years, tracking the market value of your property is essential for any informed homeowner.
This website’s property search provides an excellent platform to track property values and market trends in your area. In this post, you will learn strategies for tracking the value of your home by researching similar homes in your area.
The goal is to track for sale and sold properties that closely resemble your own. The asking price (or sold price, if available) on similar properties will give you a better idea of the value of your own home at different points in time.
To begin, navigate to the property search on this site and fill in the search criteria and property characteristics that closely match your home, while setting the price ranges at “Minimum” for the low range and “Maximum” for the high range. Remember that you are trying to find other properties that are as similar as possible to your own. Thus, be sure to include location, property type, beds, baths, square feet, and garage spaces. If you live in a newer home, you may also wish to include a year in the “Year Built” field to filter our older homes.
As you continue to select criteria, you will notice that the number of matching properties will continue to decrease. When you are done entering your property criteria, there should be a reasonable number of similar homes matching the criteria you selected. If not, you may wish to remove some of the less important amenities or add geography to your search in order to establish a better pool of similar properties.
Once you have selected all criteria, run your search to view homes similar to yours. Reviewing the prices of these homes will begin to help you develop a sense of your own property’s value. You may also wish to save your work by saving your searches for future reference. You can also elect to receive email notifications when new ‘like properties’ hit the market.
To use these tools, simply save your search and give it name such as “Comparisons to my home.” You can save your search on the main search page after selecting your criteria by clicking the “Save Search” button. Alternatively, you can save your search on the search results pages by clicking the button “Email Me When New Listings Match This Search.” Both links will take you to the same screen where you will set up your saved search name and email notification preferences.
As you track home values in your area over time, you will also begin to develop a sense of market trends in your area. For instance, if you notice that the selling price of homes similar to your own are increasing, you can typically conclude that the value of your property may be on the rise. If homes similar to yours are on the market for longer lengths of time and have a lower selling price, you could infer that the market value of your property may be decreasing. But, please remember the results of these searches are indicators–not hard science.
These easy, but important steps will empower you to stay informed regarding the value of your home and on the changing marketing trends in your neighborhood.
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