Coastal Orange County Real Estate Blog

Advertising Opportunity in the Daily Pilot!

Looking for a seller that would consider a TRADE for another property – either as a move-up or a move-down. The property must be over $1 million. I have an opportunity for 6 properties. Please email me immediately. Short window of opportunity.

For the 22 business days ending March 19 — DataQuick’s freshest stats — Orange County homebuying patterns showed:

• 70 of O.C.’s 83 ZIP codes had losses in their respective median selling price. Overall, prices were -23.8% vs. a year ago.
• 3 of O.C. ZIPs had median sales prices above $1 million in the period (highlighted in green below!) Compare that to 11 million-dollar ZIPs when the county median price peaked in June 2007. Since that pricing pinnacle, there’s been a 41% drop in the countywide median price!
• 56 of O.C. ZIPs had year-over-year sales gains in the period. Overall, sales were +38.5% vs. a year ago.
• 16 of O.C. ZIPs has sales gains of 100% or more in the period.
• For a detailed report on the price moves, CLICK HERE!

Here’s a look at the 83 ZIPs and how they fared in terms of median selling price and total sales for the period:

last 22 days dataquick.doc

For more information about your specific neighborhood, Contact Sandra Carlisle at (949) 689-0934 or Marcus at (949) 751-9600. 

* Sorry for the inconvenience, but email inquiries will only be responded to if they include a valid phone number. 

The National Association of Realtors has released this FAQ’s pdf regarding the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit… 

Click below to download your copy!

first time home buyer tax credit faqs.pdf

Send an email to me at SandraCarlisle@firstteam.com with any other questions.

Join us for The First Team Estates & American Red Cross

LIFE-SAVING BLOOD DRIVE

Did you know that EACH donor can save up to THREE lives?

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

10:00am - 4:00pm

Red Cross Bloodmobile

4 Corporate Plaza, Newport Beach, CA 92660

North of PCH between Avocado & Newport Center Drive

PLEASE BRING YOUR ID WITH YOU!

Click on the link below for further details…

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OPEN HOUSE TODAY!!!

320 Seaward

Corona del Mar, CA 92625

Sunday 1-4

Stop by and see us!!!

Home is available for lease

4bd/3ba

Approximately 4,000 square feet

Single Level Home

Shorecliffs Neighborhood

Private Access to Beach!!!

Call Team Kiwi at (949) 751-9600 for more information or to schedule a private showing!  Super exclusive neighborhood.  This one WILL NOT last!!!  Call NOW!  (949) 751-9600

Fabulous home needs a fabulous tenant!  This is an exclusive neighborhood located in Corona del Mar, CA in the city of Newport Beach.

This is a gorgeous, open, single level, 4bd. home with a 3-car garage.  Front yard, backyard, side-patio and plenty of storage space!!!  French doors, spacious rooms.

Home will be OPEN this Saturday, February 7th, 2009!!!

Call Sandra for details…  (949) 689-0934

Team Kiwi will get your Newport Coast or Corona del Mar home leased or sold!   Call us today!  (949) 689-0934. 

Here’s the latest market update for Harbor View Homes, also known as “The Port Streets”!

For more information about the real estate market in Newport Beach, Corona del Mar or Newport Coast, contact Sandra Carlisle and Team Kiwi at (949) 751-9600!

Insane new tool for our selling clients!

One of the many reason I love hanging my license here at First Team Estates in Newport Beach is the ongoing training we are exposed to as well as the forward thinking and innovative leaders that have created such an amazing Real Estate Marketing & Advertising Company.

I have bought and sold properties in other states as well as another country and I can say with certainty, that there is NO other Real Estate Company that cares as much about it’s clients as First Team Real Estate does.  NO other company that implements strategies to make the market work for them & their clients in EVERY MARKET!

How can I make this statement when other companies seem to do well?  It’s simple, I’ve seen the difference between a company doing a good job (I’ve hired these same companies for the purchases and sales I made prior to becoming a real estate agent) and a company that is always asking, “What can we do to give our clients the best?”, and then taking the question a step further and IMPLEMENTING the solutions.

If you happen to read either the OC Register, LA Times, The Daily Pilot, etc… you will see our “New Rules of Real Estate” campaign being rolled out.  The “New Rule” that caught my attention wasn’t a new rule at all…  It is an incredible new system that I feel I need to share with anyone thinking about selling a home in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach or Newport Coast!  It is the most incredible thing, related to selling real estate, that I have ever seen.

This New Rule is called Pipeline.   A simple name for simple system that will insure that you, as a seller, never have to worry about selling your home below market. 

How is that possible?

• It’s possible because DEMAND drives VALUE.
• It is logical to assume that the job of a real estate company, when representing a seller, is to expose that seller’s home or property to the most buyers.
• Assuming this is true, the real estate company that you hire to expose your home to those buyers should have a system that delivers those buyers.
• Only when you know that you have attracted the most possible amount of buyers to your home can you be assured that you are getting the most money the market will bear for your home.
• But, where’s the proof? 

The Proof is in the Pipeline!

Keeping the explanation simple, our Pipeline is an electronic database of buyers that are entered by First Team Real Estate agents throughout our company.  (That’s 36 offices and almost 2,000 agents throughout Orange County and the Desert.)  Our pipeline also consists of buyers that register for property information through our websites, which have local, regional, national & international presence as well as buyers that call in from our extensive print media marketing.  (Yes, print media still works!)

When you list with Team Kiwi, here is an example of how many buyers, already in the market, that will be notified about your home!

The following numbers are for Single Family Homes only.  We have more buyers looking for condo’s, Residential Income Properties, etc…

• Corona del Mar - 159 buyers 
• Newport Coast - 114 buyers
• Newport Beach - 308 buyers

The numbers show here are in addition to these buyers who we are already regularly showing property to.

For more information about Pipeline and the other tools we use make sure you get top dollar for your home, contact Sandra Carlisle and Team Kiwi today at (949) 751-9600 or by email at SandraCarlisle@firstteam.com.