Bel Air Park 1st Quarterly Report 2021
Dear Bel Air Park Neighbor:
Welcome to Spring!Warm weather and blooming flowers arrived just as Spring opened its doors, and
the increasing number getting their vaccines, which hopefully helps all of us spring
into new and renewed life.
As we enter our second year of the pandemic, we find our housing market conflicted — nationally, prices are zooming upward — up 14.4%, but the number of homes sold in the U.S. fell 3.6%. And in Southern California the median sales prices reached an all-time high, jumping nearly 15% from a year earlier, but sales surged 19.1% from February 2020 in Los Angeles County. What is challenging these impressive numbers is that homes are selling faster than ever, and buyers had 13% few options to choose from. Lower mortgage rates are still driving this home-buying onslaught in Los Angeles County, where we have seen a turnaround also in the higher-end market (homes selling for over $5 million) where sales and prices are up significantly over previous months compared to 2020. (See the next SchifferLine for our High-End Sales Report.)
The competition is keen everywhere that I am seeing on the Westside — multiple offers on homes that are competitively priced, and 35% of homes sold are now being sold for over listing price — a clear indication that demand continues unabated. The same situation exists with leases as well. I have a client who is temporary moving here from Mexico City, and every house he likes is gone before he can come here to see it. We are also seeing multiple offers on the leases he and his family are interested in. Incredibly stressful as they are only here for a few days to secure their lease before returning home for a month or two.
From a real estate perspective what is happening in your lovely community of Bel Air Park? In comparing the stats between 2021 and 2020, the numbers are not that different. Currently, there is one (1) for sale which is the same as it was in 2020. Neither quarter of each year brought us a home in escrow, and there was one (1) home in escrow the first quarter of last year, and there are none this year. In a community the size of Bel Air Park, real estate is generally low, but as we know with inventory being low all over, the evidence is easy to see.
I am filed with gratitude for all that life brings to us and really look forward to hearing from you as to how I might assist you with all of your real needs – buying, selling, leasing.. ALL OF IT! Please let me know how I might assist you.. ceschiffer!gmail.com
Cordially,Carole
1 April 2021
Dear Bel Air Crest Neighbor:
Welcome to Spring!
Warm weather and blooming flowers arrived just as Spring opened its doors, and
the increasing number getting their vaccines, which hopefully helps all of us spring into new and renewed life.
As we enter our second year of the pandemic, we find our housing market conflicted — nationally, prices are zooming upward — up 14.4%, but the number of homes sold in the U.S. fell 3.6%. And in Southern California the median sales prices reached an all-time high, jumping nearly 15% from a year earlier, but sales surged 19.1% from February 2020 in Los Angeles County. What is challenging these impressive numbers is that homes are selling faster than ever, and buyers had 13% few options to choose from. Lower mortgage rates are still driving this home-buying onslaught in Los Angeles County, where we have seen a turnaround also in the higher-end market (homes selling for over $5 million) where sales and prices are up significantly over previous months compared to 2020. (See the next SchifferLine for our High-End Sales Report.)
The competition is keen everywhere that I am seeing on the Westside — multiple offers on homes that are competitively priced, and 35% of homes sold are now being sold for over listing price — a clear indication that demand continues unabated. The same situation exists with leases as well. I have a client who is temporary moving here from Mexico City, and every house he likes is gone before he can come here to see it.
So, let’s see what is happening in Bel Air Crest. As is typical all over, our inventory is down. Currently there are three (3) homes on the market. All of them are Custom homes. There are two (2) homes in escrow, one each of Canyon and Custom, and all of the (3) homes that closed escrow this past quarter were Canyon homes. Conversely, for the first quarter of 2020, there were eight (8) homes available for sale, 4 Canyon and 4 Custom. Three homes were in escrow, one of which was a Custom home, and there were ten (10) closed escrows, four (4) of which were Custom homes. In about 2 weeks I will be marketing a lovely Canyon home. At the moment we are getting it ready for its beauty shot. It is approx., 2916 square feet and has a lovely view. Please watch for it. carole@carole@caroleschiffer.com
The external issues we have been monitoring Vs a Vs the proposal to create a high-speed monorail system from the San Fernando Valley through the Westside to LAX continues to ramble along as does the proposal for the construction of the Berggruen Institute. Both of these proposed projects have a fair amount of opposition so we shall see how each of them progresses. I will keep you abreast of what is happening.
I have so much gratitude for all of you and the life we live here in our lovely community. However if you are taking of selling or perhaps wish to purchase something else, please know that I am here to assist you.
Cordially,
Carole
1 April 2021
Dear Bel Air Crest Neighbor:
Welcome to Spring!
Warm weather and blooming flowers arrived just as Spring opened its doors, and
the increasing number getting their vaccines, which hopefully helps all of us spring into new and renewed life.
As we enter our second year of the pandemic, we find our housing market conflicted — nationally, prices are zooming upward — up 14.4%, but the number of homes sold in the U.S. fell 3.6%. And in Southern California the median sales prices reached an all-time high, jumping nearly 15% from a year earlier, but sales surged 19.1% from February 2020 in Los Angeles County. What is challenging these impressive numbers is that homes are selling faster than ever, and buyers had 13% few options to choose from. Lower mortgage rates are still driving this home-buying onslaught in Los Angeles County, where we have seen a turnaround also in the higher-end market (homes selling for over $5 million) where sales and prices are up significantly over previous months compared to 2020. (See the next SchifferLine for our High-End Sales Report.)
The competition is keen everywhere that I am seeing on the Westside — multiple offers on homes that are competitively priced, and 35% of homes sold are now being sold for over listing price — a clear indication that demand continues unabated. The same situation exists with leases as well. I have a client who is temporary moving here from Mexico City, and every house he likes is gone before he can come here to see it.
So, let’s see what is happening in Bel Air Crest. As is typical all over, our inventory is down. Currently there are three (3) homes on the market. All of them are Custom homes. There are two (2) homes in escrow, one each of Canyon and Custom, and all of the (3) homes that closed escrow this past quarter were Canyon homes. Conversely, for the first quarter of 2020, there were eight (8) homes available for sale, 4 Canyon and 4 Custom. Three homes were in escrow, one of which was a Custom home, and there were ten (10) closed escrows, four (4) of which were Custom homes. In about 2 weeks I will be marketing a lovely Canyon home. At the moment we are getting it ready for its beauty shot. It is approx., 2916 square feet and has a lovely view. Please watch for it. carole@carole@caroleschiffer.com
The external issues we have been monitoring Vs a Vs the proposal to create a high-speed monorail system from the San Fernando Valley through the Westside to LAX continues to ramble along as does the proposal for the construction of the Berggruen Institute. Both of these proposed projects have a fair amount of opposition so we shall see how each of them progresses. I will keep you abreast of what is happening.
I have so much gratitude for all of you and the life we live here in our lovely community. However if you are taking of selling or perhaps wish to purchase something else, please know that I am here to assist you.
Cordially,
Carole
