If you feel like a small diversion from the beach, take a look at many of the
wonderful homes are currently for sale. There are plenty of open houses to take a look at this weekend in the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and El Segundo. Click here to see this weeks open houses in the South Bay.
The June home sales numbers are in and once again it was a very big month for
home prices as many areas reached multi year highs once again. The beach cities saw very high median home prices as many luxury properties sold at prices unseen in the past. Click on the links below to view the home sales for various South Bay cities.
June 2013 Home Sales
El Segundo
Gardena
Hawthorne
Hermosa Beach
Hollyglen
Hollywood Riviera
Lawndale
Manhattan Beach
Palos Verdes Estates
Rancho Palos Verdes
North Redondo Beach
South Redondo Beach
San Pedro
Southwood, West & South Torrance
With the extremely tight inventory of homes for sale in the South Bay, many buyers approach me looking for off market, or pocket listings. Pocket listings and exclusive listings are the hot trend at the moment as eager buyers clamor for a chance to purchase a home without all of the competition. In this market knowing about it first may not ultimately make a difference, but it certainly helps. Many agents seem to be trying to keep listings private as well in the hopes that perhaps they can represent both buyer and seller, which is much easier if fewer agents know that the home is for sale. So what do the terms actually mean? A pocket listing can be anything from a realtor simply knowing about a home that a seller might consider selling and not having a listing agreement, to something coming to the market but not yet on the MLS, to the intentional withholding of the listing from the MLS.
But is it beneficial to the seller?
In terms of price, exposure, etc. the answer is generally no. The more exposure the home gets, the more potential buyers see it, and the likelihood that it will sell for a better price and with more favorable terms for the seller. Eliminate that competition and generally speaking the chances of such favorable terms decrease.
There are very legitimate reasons for exclusive or “pocket” listings and for keeping the property off the market…..work being completed, tenant issues, or simply a seller who doesn’t want the world touring their home. Seller’s just need to be sure that the reasons for keeping a home off of the South Bay MLS are beneficial to them….and not just to the listing agents.
Whether keeping a listing from the MLS is good or bad for the seller ultimately depends on the situation and whose best interest is the primary reason, but working with a top local realtor who has the network and knowledge to seek out these possible opportunities is certainly key for the buyer.
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First the good news for buyers. The number of new listings has continued to increase for the past several months with monthly increases since January (March was an exception). Unfortunately that hasn’t meant finding a home is any easier as the increase in listings has also seen a significant increase in home sales and pending escrows. According to Keith Kyle, Realtor with South Bay Brokers in Manhattan Beach, “the increased number of listings is a good sign, but it hasn’t alleviated much of the pent up demand.
May 2013 was a big month for both the number of home sales and prices in the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa, Redondo Beach and El Segundo. Both the number of sales and home prices were on the rise. The chart below paints a pretty clear picture that the number of homes for sale, as well as pending sales and closed home sales is on the rise. According to local real estate expert Keith Kyle, “as we see the inventory of new listings rise we should start to see the return of a balanced market. We had a very unusual turnaround in which we went directly from a buyers market to a sellers market and never really reached an equilibrium.”
View the homes sales by clicking any of the May 2013 home sale links below.
