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Enjoy beach living at the "Pacific Ocean Condos" in the Belmont Heights neighborhood of Long Beach California, just adjacent to Belmont Shore.
Located within a short walk of Belmont Shore shops and restaurants this lovely Long Beach condo is just 2 short blocks to the sand and the Belmont Pier. Walk over to the Belmont Brewing Company for a great sunset dinner or to La Palapa for dinner and light entertainment. Head into the very trendy Belmont Shore for shopping, entertainment and the many great restaurants on Second Street or walk up to Broadway for a fantabulous java fix at the Library Café, it's all just a short walk from home. Not in the mood to go out? Swing by the nearby newly renovated Vons supermarket and pick up fixings to barbeque on the patio for a nice quiet dinner at home.
Just a couple of short blocks to the beach; walk down to enjoy one of our beautiful sunsets, take a walk on the beach, or bike into Downtown Long Beach on the bike path. This complex is comprised of 8 condominium units, built in the 1950's retro style, these units are very appealing. Most have separate entrances and are quite private from each other. Many homes and condos close to the ocean, here in Long Beach, do not have air conditioning; we just don't need it most of the time. This condo does have a wall unit air conditioner in the living room, which the seller plans to leave for the new owner. The seller will also be leaving all window coverings. Have you been dreaming about moving down to the beach? Are you craving clean ocean air? Looking for a walk-able neighborhood? Long Beach offers some of the friendliest, desirable and most affordable beach living in all of Southern California.
If you are thinking about Relocating to the Long Beach area you will find this Relocation and City Resource Guide very helpful. This lovely condominium is being offered at $399,000. This is NOT a short sale and it is NOT bank owned, it is a conventional sale and is priced to sell. It is the lowest priced 2 bedroom condo, with any kind of ocean view, currently on the market in the Belmont Heights and Belmont Shore neighborhoods.
Co-listed with Wendy Rich-Soto Call Laurie (562) 212-5420 or Wendy (562) 606-4040 today to view this lovely Belmont Heights Condo.
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Posted on January 08, 2009 23:34:53 by Laurie Manny Professional Group
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Long Beach California Real Estate Sales - December 2008 UpdateLong Beach California Real Estate Sales - December 2008 UpdateLong Beach California Real Estate Sales - December 2008 Update
Several years from now we will look back at this time in history and reminisce. Many people will be saying "I should have bought then".
Interest rates are at their lowest in 50 years, FHA loans are attainable with small down payments, prices are at their lowest in years. Buyers, 1st time buyers and investors are writing offers and purchasing homes. New inventory will be coming onto the market in January and the buyers are gearing up now to be out shopping as that happens. Buyer contacts are up dramatically the last couple of weeks, they are being approved by their lenders now in anticipation of shopping the new inventory, as it hits the market, in January. This is a golden opportunity for many to achieve home ownership.
While interest rates have dipped and created yet another incredible opportunity for some 1st time buyers to become homeowners, loan terms have become more stringent. I have witnessed the pain of several buyers who were looking for a while and decided to wait. They are no longer able to procure a loan and will have to remain in rent. Do you think they will have another opportunity to purchase? Maybe! In a few years when the market turns around lenders may lighten up on the terms and provide another opportunity, but then both prices and interest rates will likely be higher. Waiting did not work out for 100% buyers with less than stellar credit. Bank owned/foreclosure/REO properties in good condition are receiving multiple offers with the best offer often all cash from an investor who can close fast. The banks want to get these homes off of their books so they can reduce their inventory and turn it into cash, investors make that easy to do. This makes competition for 1st time buyers tough on the more desirable Long Beach homes and condos. 1st time buyers often find themselves losing bid after bid. There are several reasons for this.
You know that saying, "If it sounds too good to be true, it's usually too good to be true"? That is often true of the pricing in today's market. When a listing is priced there is usually a selling strategy attached to it. While we still have our fair share of sellers who have their properties overpriced, we are seeing more homes and condos in Long Beach entering the market at very attractive prices - priced to sell - at or below current market, sometimes as low as 30% below market. Once in a while a short sale will be priced at a ridiculously low price that has not been approved by the bank and likely will not be. Buyers and investors are competing heavily for these properties as they become available.
It is becoming more common to list Long Beach Homes and Condos below the anticipated sale price. The objective is to create buyer traffic and cause a multiple offer situation which will drive the price up to, or close to, the anticipated sale price and to shorten the days on market. In other words - to sell it fast. This has proven to be a very effective strategy for sellers.
It has never been more important to have an experienced and seasoned Long Beach Realtor represent you through these transactions. Your Realtor will advise you and suggest the best method of moving forward every step of the way.
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Posted on December 27, 2008 23:39:43 by Laurie Manny Professional Group
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Long Beach California Luxury Home Market UpdateLong Beach California Luxury Home Market Update - Attractive to Canadian and other International Buyers
Long Beach California is home to the West Coasts most affordable beach real estate. Set in sunny Southern California we enjoy moderate temperatures year round, sweet ocean breezes and a resort atmosphere. With our purchase prices so reasonable is it any wonder snowbirds are flocking here? Palm Desert, 2 hours inland, is fantastic, but nothing compares to luxury oceanfront property and the beach is just more fun!
Long Beach has an endless array of entertainment to suit any lifestyle or age from water-sports to nightlife, theater and fine dining. This is the perfect place to do everything, do nothing or to just go fly a kite! Yes we have golf courses! Long Beach is centrally located making access to all Southern California golf courses just a short drive. Long Beach is conveniently located just 20 minutes south of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 20 minutes north of John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Irvine, and home to our own Long Beach Airport - which we love. We are also just a 20 minute drive into Downtown Los Angeles - in case you were thinking about catching a Lakers game; attending a concert at the fabulous Staples Center or a performance at our beautiful Music Center. Fantabulous and incomparable, 8 time Grammy award winner, Tina Turner is performing at the Staples Center as I write this, had I known that ahead of time I would be there tonight singing along........What's love got to do with it? La la la... Gotta love that woman! Did I say we were centrally located? A 2 hour drive north will find you in beautiful Santa Barbara. Head north just a little further and enjoy a day, or a romantic weekend, in wine country. A leisurely drive south will take you into lovely San Diego. Catch a Padres game or spend a day at the San Diego Zoo or perhaps SeaWorld with the family then head into the Downtown San Diego gaslight district for a delicious dinner and some relaxing down time. Surfer? 10 minutes to surf city - Huntington Beach, where you will catch some of the finest waves on the west coast. Long Beach is slated to become the new home of the largest movie studio in California. A deal has been struck to take over the Boeing facility near the Long Beach airport. This will infuse new life into Long Beach and will certainly attract celebrities to our lovely waterfront homes and high rise condominiums. How could they resist? You never know who your new neighbor may be! Did you know that Hollywood got its start in Long Beach? Long Beach was known as the motion picture capital of the world until post World War I when Hollywood developed around the glitz of the era. With its perfect Southern California climate, Long Beach afforded the perfect setting for the industry. There were eight film houses, two stock companies, roller-coasters and bath houses at the historic Pike, along the shore of Downtown Long Beach. This was the home of the Balboa Amusement Production Company, the world's most prolific silent-film studio. W. C. Fields and other stars lived in beautiful mansions in the Bluff Park neighborhood along Ocean Boulevard and First Street, many of which remain in the families to this day. Speaking of historic districts, Long Beach has 17 of them, California Heights being the largest. We love our historic homes here. You can find out more about the history of Long Beach here as well. Redevelopment in Alamitos Beach and the bustling Downtown Long Beach communities has birthed fabulous luxury high rise condominiums with endless ocean views, Manhattan style lofts and many fabulous new dining opportunities. The luxury home market is generally a cash market. Brian Brady's 2009 Real Estate Market outlook predicts that disappearing jobs and financing will likely drive the price of luxury properties down in our waterfront and higher end communities. While that is tragic for the owners of these Long Beach properties it is an incredible opportunity to purchase the Long Beach home, condo or vacation property you have been waiting for. The Long Beach real estate market has gone through several tumultuous years, this winter is certain to be a difficult time for sellers of Long Beach luxury homes, condos and income properties. FHA loan limits, currently capping at $729,750 for single family home purchases are slated to be decreased to around $625,000 on January 1, 2009. Decreasing buyer purchasing power is certain to affect prices in the mid-market range of $700,000 to about $1,000,000. What does this mean for
sellers? If you are planning on selling,
you should plan on closing your escrow before the end of the year and should
price it to do so. It would be our pleasure to provide a home value assessment. What does this mean for buyers? This is an incredible opportunity to purchase your new home at an incredible price. International buyers are flocking
to the United States to purchase real estate at our current depressed prices,
there is limited financing for foreign nationals, most are purchasing with all
cash. Long Beach prices have become very attractive
to these buyers. You can start your search for Long Beach homes here. VIP service is provided with the ability to set up custom searches with an automatic email alert system. If you are interested in purchasing a Long Beach luxury oceanfront home or a high rise luxury waterfront condominium, this winter is the time to make that purchase. It would be our pleasure to assist you. Long Beach California City and Relocation Resource Guide
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Posted on October 17, 2008 10:27:20 by Laurie Manny Professional Group
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The Golf courses of Long Beach CA
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Long Beach has many beautiful townhomes, homes and estates backing our lovely golf courses. It would be our pleasure to assist you in your home purchase or sale.
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Posted on October 17, 2008 09:58:43 by Laurie Manny Professional Group
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Buying Your Long Beach Homes - Long Beach Real EstateBuying Your Long Beach Homes - Long Beach Real Estate
Don't we all just love a good sale? Often it means being able to actually purchase something that we have always desired which was just out of our financial reach. That's sort of what we have in the Long Beach real estate market today. The ability to purchase a home which, up until now, has been beyond our financial reach. That doesn't mean that we can acquire any home for any price; it does mean that homes in Long Beach are way more affordable now than they have been in many years.
Once you realize that you can indeed purchase a home, the next step is to contact your lender and become pre-approved. It is smart to become pre-approved before you begin your search for a couple of very important reasons:
By now you have probably been sitting up late at night cruising the many home search sites, looking at pictures, videos, neighborhoods, prices and square footage until your eyes are rolling up into your head. A couple of short easy pointers here:
So you have located a few homes that you would like to see. You have contacted your local Long Beach Realtor®, you have your pre-approval in hand and are ready to go. Congratulations!
Its Saturday and you have appointments to view 5 homes within your price range today. You are excited and apprehensive all at the same time as you pull up in front of the very first home you are going to see.
Heading out to the car your Realtor® calls the listing agent to inquire about the home. While it has been on the market for about 30 days with one full price offer that didn't pan out, and no price reductions, the agent informs you that there are several buyers considering writing an offer, but would love to see an offer from you.
The listing agent informed your Realtor® that all offers are at or near listing price, one offer is strong, one is not. You have a 20% down payment, excellent FICO scores, have written a full price offer, but are worried that you may have asked for too much in closing costs. You instruct your agent to build the closing costs onto the top of the price, fax the changes back to them and send the offer to the listing agent for consideration, hoping that it will be enough. You have not only enclosed a pre-aproval, your lender follows up with a call and informs the listing agent that you have a lock in letter and a loan commitment. This is strong! To the buyer and seller it means there will be no surprises on the loan, short of a lender going out of business or eliminating a loan progam (always possible these days).
This is a strong position for you to be in, few buyers are this prepared. You also have a great Realtor® representing you who is well known in the Realtor community. Heck, the California Association of Realtors invited her to participate in a 4 person round-table which appeared as a 5 page spread in the June/July 2008 issue of California Realtor Magazine and on the CAR.org website; and she just got back from speaking at Inman Connect, a national real estate/tech/blogging seminar in San Francisco. Yeah, she knows what she is doing. So you sumit your offer and you wait? No, your Realtor has shortened the response time-frame and has insisted on a response by the end of the next business day. Mid day you receive a counter offer. The seller really wants to keep her washer/dryer and the contingency timeframe is shortened from 17 to 12 days, there are no other terms on it and most importantly, the multiple offer box is not checked. This means that once you sign and return it, you have an accepted offer. You sign it, accepting the terms and return it immediately. You just went into escrow!
When seeking homes or condos in Long Beach neighborhoods nobody knows the areas better than your Long Beach Realtor. Search Long Beach Homes for sale and consult your Realtor to find out which Long Beach neighborhoods best suit your specific needs.
If you are thinking about purchasing a home in Long Beach, it would be my pleasure to represent you.
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Posted on July 31, 2008 17:06:13 by Laurie Manny Professional Group
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