Blog - Angela Iacobellis

June

HOLD THE WATER

Hold The Water June is here and if you live in the Los Angeles area you’re probably aware of the water shortage we are facing. We’re entering the hottest time of the year so we need to do our part to ensure there is enough water to meet our needs. With that in mind, here […]
May

Enjoying The Outdoors

Getting Outdoors Welcome to May, as we enter the height of spring, now is a good time to look around and see what types of activities you can experience this summer. Spring is a very busy season in Real Estate, but with setting up a “bucket list” of things I would like to do this […]
May

Market Trends – May 2022 update

Let’s take a look at the trends in the North and South San Fernando Valley for the last 3 months. Looking at just single family home sales in these markets, I look for trends in price and volume. While each neighborhood will have its own variables that effect the price, with this analysis I am […]
April

Market Trends – April 2022 update

Let’s take a look at the trends in the North and South San Fernando Valley for the last 3 months. Looking at just single family home sales in these markets, I look for trends in price and volume. While each neighborhood will have its own variables that effect the price, with this analysis I am […]

June HOLD THE WATER Hold The Water June is here and if you live in the Los Angeles area you’re probably aware of the water shortage we are facing. We’re entering the hottest time of the year so we need to do our part to ensure there is enough water to meet our needs. With that in mind, here […]

May Enjoying The Outdoors Getting Outdoors Welcome to May, as we enter the height of spring, now is a good time to look around and see what types of activities you can experience this summer. Spring is a very busy season in Real Estate, but with setting up a “bucket list” of things I would like to do this […]

May Market Trends – May 2022 update Let’s take a look at the trends in the North and South San Fernando Valley for the last 3 months. Looking at just single family home sales in these markets, I look for trends in price and volume. While each neighborhood will have its own variables that effect the price, with this analysis I am […]

April Market Trends – April 2022 update Let’s take a look at the trends in the North and South San Fernando Valley for the last 3 months. Looking at just single family home sales in these markets, I look for trends in price and volume. While each neighborhood will have its own variables that effect the price, with this analysis I am […]

April 15 Reasons Spring is a Wonderful Season Spring has definitely arrived! While those of us in Southern California my not be able to relate to all of these reasons, many still apply. Here are 15 reasons Spring is a wonderful season. 1. TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATE Spring marks the end of blistering winter and the transitional period to scorching summer. In many places, the […]

March Market Trends – March 2022 update Let’s take a look at the trends in the North and South San Fernando Valley for the last 3 months. Looking at just single family home sales in these markets, I look for trends in price and volume. While each neighborhood will have its own variables that effect the price, with this analysis I am […]

March Tips for Preparing to Sell Your Home Getting ready to sell your house? Then it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work because there are tons of things to do before listing your home! Selling a home, after all, entails a whole lot more than just planting a “For Sale” sign on your front lawn or uploading a few […]

Real Estate Updates California Housing Laws: Changes January 2022 SB 9 – The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (“HOME”) Act SB 9 provides for the ministerial approval of converting existing homes occupied by a homeowner into a duplex if certain eligibility restrictions are satisfied. It also allows a single-family home lot to be split into two lots, and a duplex to be built […]

Real Estate Updates Market Update & Stats January 2022 2021 was an absolutely phenomenal year for real estate and home values. We saw double digit percentage growth in most neighborhoods. Interest rates have been at all time lows which brought many buyers to the market. It was very common to see multiple offers on all listings as well and most listings went into escrow […]

Remodeling The Finished Product…. It’s been over a year since we finished the ADU and got final approvals. The holidays hit and life/work got in the way of me updating everything. So, in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be updating our house progress. In this post, you’ll finally see the finished project and in the coming weeks you’ll […]

Remodeling SO MUCH PROGRESS! Last I left off, we had just started to see the walls going up on the construction. So, the past 2 months have been super busy. Some days we would see so much progress and then it would be quiet for a few days. That is very typical for construction. Sometimes you’re waiting on inspections, […]

Remodeling Construction Has Begun!! WOW – the summer has just flown by! We’ve been busy with construction and real estate and I haven’t had a chance to update everything. The big news is that WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION! After interview several contractors we finally found the perfect fit! Their name is Fast Track Builders and Luis Huanca is our contractor. […]

Remodeling Why am I so bad at the “before” picture? Ok, so we are moving along…..sort of. We’ve had the gas company out here to begin the process of moving the meter. That was actually less hassle than I thought. Within a week, I heard from the field tech (called on a Saturday) and then by Friday of the next week, we were meeting. I […]

Remodeling ADU – what?? Here I am on a Friday morning in May, while still under our “safer at home” orders, about to embark on an adventure in remodeling. In the fall we made the decision to add an ADU to our home. You may be asking, an AD what?? An ADU is an Accessory Dwelling Unit. These are […]