Buyer Guide
The First-Time Buyer Playbook
From pre-approval through key handoff, in plain language — including the costs nobody warns you about.
32 pages · PDF
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Winning a Multiple-Offer Market
The seven levers besides price that decide which offer gets accepted — and which ones are worth pulling.
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Buyer Guide
Understanding California Escrow
Every contingency, every deadline, and what actually happens between acceptance and recording.
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Market Pulse
Where the Valley Stands This Month
Inventory across our five communities is up 11% from this time last year, and the pace has cooled from the frantic spring — median days on market moved from 21 to 27. That is a healthier market, not a falling one: sale-to-list ratios are still holding above 99%.
The practical read: buyers finally have room to inspect and negotiate, and correctly priced sellers are still getting their number. Overpriced listings, for the first time in three years, are genuinely sitting.
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Median sale price
$1,412,000
+4.1%
Active inventory
202 homes
+11.0%
Median days on market
27 days
+6 days
Sale-to-list ratio
99.3%
−0.4%
Price reductions
31% of listings
+9 pts
30-yr fixed (avg.)
6.48%
−0.22%
Illustrative demo figures across Encino, Sherman Oaks, Lake Balboa, Northridge and Woodland Hills.
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