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The Valerie Fitzgerald Group and The International MLS [IMLS] Establish Joint Marketing Venture

By Lisa M Loeffler on April 27th, 2012
The International MLS [IMLS] and Internationally Known Los Angeles HGTV Personality Create Unique Marketing Alliance The International MLS [IMLS] has announced it has reached an exclusive licensing and marketing agreement with Valerie Fitzgerald, CEO of The Valerie Fitzgerald Group in Beverly Hills, CA. As a Preferred Partner, The Valerie Fitzgerald Group will have the ability ... [Continue Reading]

Listings Decline More Than 5% in December, Reports Survey

By Lisa M Loeffler on January 24th, 2011
The number of home listings within 26 major U.S. metropolitan areas slipped 5.27% in December 2010, compared to a month prior, according to a monthly report of homes listed for sale on Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in the markets surveyed by national real estate brokerage, ZipRealty. Inventory grew at a steady pace year-over-year for the ... [Continue Reading]

Happy Holidays from Valerie Fitzgerald

By Lisa M Loeffler on December 29th, 2010
Greetings! As 2010 comes to an end I would like to wish each one of you who have been a part of my life the very best holiday season. We all have so much to be thankful for: our families, friendships and our health. While we have all experienced “real estate challenges” over the past ... [Continue Reading]

New Hollywood Blvd project slated out of economic ashes

By Lisa M Loeffler on November 18th, 2010
From Curbed LA View from Hollywood Blvd, looking towards hills Barring any lawsuits, New York-based Clarett Group is looking to break ground on its Blvd6200 project this January, Benjamin Reznik, lobbyist for the developer said yesterday following a city hearing regarding the apartment and retail complex. Clarett recently filed building permits with the city for ... [Continue Reading]

New home sales rise 6.6% after dismal summer

By Lisa M Loeffler on October 27th, 2010
Sales of new homes improved last month after the worst summer in nearly five decades, but not enough to lift the struggling economy. The Commerce Department says new home sales in September grew 6.6 percent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 307,000. Even with the increase, the past five ... [Continue Reading]

Real Estate Sales Turning Upwards on Wilshire Corridor & Venice Beach/Marina Del Rey

By Lisa M Loeffler on October 19th, 2010
Bloomberg reported US housing starts rose to a five-month high this week. Westside Los Angeles residential sales have also been showing strong signs of real estate life and have been picking up in recent months. Two developments represented by Valerie Fitzgerald The Carlyle Residences, located on the Wilshire Cooridor, and Latitude 33, three blocks from ... [Continue Reading]

Site of Former Beverly Hills Robinsons-May Department Store Sold to Asian Investors

By Lisa M Loeffler on October 5th, 2010
The site of a former department store in Beverly Hills widely considered one of the most desirable pieces of real estate in the country sold for $148.3 million Tuesday to investors from Hong Kong and Singapore who intend to develop condominiums on the property. The eight-acre parcel at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica ... [Continue Reading]

A housing rebound? Yes, it’s possible.

By Lisa M Loeffler on September 17th, 2010
At a time of slumping home sales and a glut of unsold inventory, it’s hard to imagine how anyone could form a bullish take on the troubled U.S. housing market. Even though home prices have risen slightly in recent months, experts in charge of Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index, a crucial indicator of the health ... [Continue Reading]

Housing Market Holds Its Own: Life after the Tax Credit

By Lisa M Loeffler on July 21st, 2010
The tax credit brought a lot of buyers out last fall and again this spring, which gave a real shot in the arm to real estate. While that heightened volume cannot be sustained, home sales and prices still remain higher than last year due to interest rates at historically low levels and the lowest home ... [Continue Reading]

Optimistic Outlook for Housing, But Challenges Remain

By Lisa M Loeffler on May 25th, 2010
Economists participating in a recent NAHB Construction Forecast Conference Webinar agreed that the housing market is on the road to recovery, but cautioned that several factors could contribute to a bumpy ride in the coming months. ... [Continue Reading]
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