If you're planning on selling in the near future, its very important to prep your landscaping before putting your home on the market. Curb appeal is a HUGE selling factor, and many people won't even bother looking inside if the outside is underwhelming.    For a relatively low cost, you can transform your home's exterior by adding new flowering plants,, new mulch, ...

• calendar_month October 20, 2022
• category Community, home owners, Real Estate
• post Bruce Real Estate, California, Community, Home Sellers, Home Values, Housing, Janie Bruce, landscape, Los Alamitos, Orange County, Rossmoor, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor real estate, Selling

Don’t miss your chance to see this darling 3-bedroom, PLus Office and 2-bathroom home in a charming and highly-sought-after Rossmoor neighborhood! I’ll be opening the doors for you to tour it at your leisure this weekend! 11272 Wallingsford Rd. Rossmoor, CA 90720 Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 2-4PM Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 2-4PM  Call Janie for details (714)...

• calendar_month October 21, 2022
• category Community, JANIE BRUCE, Real Estate, SELLERS
• post 2022, Bruce Real Estate, Buyers, California, Community, Home Sellers, homeowners, Homes for Sale, Housing, Janie Bruce, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor real estate

Don’t miss your chance to see this darling 3-bedroom, PLus Office and 2-bathroom home in a charming and highly-sought-after Rossmoor neighborhood! I’ll be opening the doors for you to tour it at your leisure this weekend! 11272 Wallingsford Rd. in beautiful Rossmoor, CA 90720 Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 2-4PM  Call Janie for details (714) 310-4982 janie.j...

• calendar_month October 23, 2022
• category Community, JANIE BRUCE, Open Houses, Real Estate, SELLERS
• post 2022, Bruce Real Estate, Buyers, California, Community, Home Sellers, home value, homeowner, Homes for Sale, Housing, Janie Bruce, Open Houses, Orange County, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor real estate

Who's up for a fun evening at the Sunset Saturdays Farmers Market meets Street Fair?                                      ☀️ Join family friendly street market every Saturday! Food, Vendors, Games, Music and Beer Garden Photo source; Los Alamitos site Farmers Market meets Stree...

• calendar_month October 25, 2022
• category Community
• post 2022, Bruce Real Estate, California, Community, Entertainment, Janie Bruce, Los Alamitos, Orange County, Vendors

Numbers don’t lie. We wish we could say the same for headlines. In our quest for transparency, we’re going to be bringing you monthly updates on the health of the real estate market with our series Absorption Rate Analysis. We hear a lot about “fewer homes hitting the market”, but this hasn’t been our personal experience. We still see a very healthy market in ...

• calendar_month November 5, 2022
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Absorption Rate, Bruce Real Estate, California, home prices, Home Sellers, Home Values, Janie Bruce, Lakewood 90712, Selling

After a summer that had its fair share of scorching moments, we’re deep into fireplace season here in California. True, we don’t have to ignite the ol’ fireplace too often here in the southern part of the state. But when we do, nothing can quite match that cozy feeling. Perhaps you’re shopping for Los Angeles houses with fireplaces. Or maybe you just want to up the value...

• calendar_month November 30, 2022
• category Home Design & Decor
• post Bruce Real Estate, Buyers, California, California Law, Home Decor, Home Design, home renovations, Home Sellers, homeowners, Janie Bruce

In Lakewood, Zip Code 90712 there are 18 active and 27 homes sold in November 2022 with an average 9 days on the market, at a median selling price $751,000.  That's an absorption rate of 66%. Anything over 20% means a healthy market.    

• calendar_month December 7, 2022
• category Absorption Rate
• post 2022, Absorption Rate, Bruce Real Estate, California, Home Sellers, Home Values, homeowners, Janie Bruce, Selling

Los Al Bucks are eligible for use at participating businesses commencing on Monday, September 19, 2022 through Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Click here to view the list of Los Alamitos Businesses enrolled in the program.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Double your Bucks" at these part...

• calendar_month December 16, 2022
• category Community
• post 2022, Bike Friendly Community, California, Community, Janie Bruce, Los Al Bucks, Los Alamitos, neighborhood, Orange County, Vendors

Top reasons people move include: They need a larger home for a growing family and entertaining Retiring and downsizing to move to a new area and having their new home built Working remotely has changed what is needed from their home They want to avoid making repairs on current home  They want better school districts for their children  Here's something to t...

• calendar_month January 9, 2023
• category Real Estate
• post 2023, Bruce Real Estate, Buena Park, California, Cypress, homeowner, homeowners, Housing, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Janie Bruce, Janie Bruce real estate insights, Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Orange County, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Rossmoor real estate, Selling, Torrance

It’s never been an easy feat to make it into JohnHart’s Top 25 Agents of the Quarter. Yet, just as these agents have made an art of redefining real estate, the market itself has redefined “difficult.” It’s been a long time since the road to the Top 25 was strewn with so many obstacles, so many distractions, and so much general resistance. Not a single one of these ...

• calendar_month January 17, 2023
• category JANIE BRUCE, Real Estate
• post 2023, Bruce Real Estate, Buena Park, Buyers, California, Cypress, Home Sellers, Huntington Beach, Janie Bruce, Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Rossmoor / Los Alamitos, Torrance