http://blogcalabasas.com Calabasas CA Real Estate Information Sat, 22 May 2010 20:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_144" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Calabasas Mulwood children walk to school"][/caption] Walkable neighborhoods offer incredible benefits to the environment, our health, and our communities.  Cars are a leading cause of climate change according to walkscore.com, but your feet are zero pollution transportation machines.  Calabasas is not exactly the city ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/05/22/wonderful-walkable-mulwood-in-calabasas/ [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignleft" width="293" caption="Calabasas Good News"][/caption] You know the old adage, "if it bleeds it leads"...this article isn't about the lurid details of the housing downturn or more foreclosure news.  Today's blog is actually a positive look at the facts.  Of the 8,615 housing units in Calabasas, ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/04/15/news-flash-calabasas-homeowners-are-just-fine/ [caption id="attachment_135" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gulping for Air"][/caption] Calabasas Homeowners will be holding their breath until 2015 according to First American CoreLogic as positive Equity Won’t Return For Most Underwater Borrowers for about five years. First American CoreLogic estimates that the typical US homeowner who has negative equity in their ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/03/30/calabasas-underwater-homeowners-gulping-for-air-until-2015/ The Calabasas housing economy is showing signs of recovery. A whopping 16.7% of the homes listed for sale in Calabasas were in escrow during February 2010 as compared to only 2.5% in February 2009. Affluence and luxury surround Calabasas with the median home price close to $1,000,000. This means ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/03/17/calabasas-home-prices-inch-up-in-february/ [caption id="attachment_120" align="aligncenter" width="635" caption="Calabasas Mulwood Real Estate Sales as of Feb 21, 2010"][/caption] Looking back ninety days there have only been four sales in Mulwood.  Two of them regular sales, one short sale and one bank owned property.  As of today, February 22, 2010 there are fourteen homes in escrow ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/02/22/calabasas-mulwood-neighborhood-real-estate-update-feb-2010/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91N2L2SX6J0[/youtube] http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/01/22/gorgeous-and-gated-built-in-2006/ It looks like housing prices may creep up this spring here in Calabasas, CA. There are only 141 homes on the market as I write this blog and another whopping 74 in escrow!  If you're only counting active listings, that's less than five months of inventory. In The Oaks ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2010/01/09/fewer-houses-for-sale-in-calabasas/ "I'm looking for a steal in The Oaks of Calabasas".  At least once a week I get a call or email from a buyer hoping they can steal one of these McMansions for a song. Yes, yes, there are great deals, but no you're not going to get one ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2009/11/05/im-looking-for-a-steal-in-the-oaks-at-calabasas/ Compared to the surrounding areas, Calabasas Real Estate has survived quite well.  Although there have been some monthly variances, overall the median home price has decreased only 10% from January 2007 to January 2009.  Our neighbors right next door in Agoura haven't been so lucky.  They have experienced a 22% ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2009/02/08/calabasas-real-estate-median-price-down-only-10/ Several of my clients called me on Friday about the new, mysterious house for sale in The Oaks at Calabasas with the dramatically low price and no picture on MLS. I have all of my buyers set up with automatic MLS listings so they are emailed immediately when a ... http://blogcalabasas.com/2008/03/10/foreclosure-in-the-oaks-at-calabasas/