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Great New Listing off of Old Topanga in Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 10, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Video Blog

Designers own, contemporary style home with warmth and desirable special touches inside and out. Upgraded stainless kitchen, slab counter baths, gorgeous new master shower. Dark wood and flagstone flooring throughout with step down living room and floating staircase up! Den and breakfast room off the kitchen, formal dining room. Large grassy front yard and huge trees create a barrier from Old Topanga. Landscaped sizeable rear yard with unique bath/soaking tub. Downstairs bedroom/office, and three upstairs bedrooms. Listed by Steve Tipp – Ewing and Associates – Sotheby’s International Realty

Condos for Sale in Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 10, 2010

in Calabasas Blog

Showing properties 1 - 11 of 11. See more city of Calabasas real estate.
(all data current as of 9/10/2010)

  1. 3 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,772 sq ft
    Lot size: 3,777 sq ft
    Year built: 1970
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 80
  2. 4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 2,317 sq ft
    Lot size: 2,395 sq ft
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 38
  3. 3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 2,009 sq ft
    Lot size: 8,624 sq ft
    Year built: 1989
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 25
  4. 3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 1,595 sq ft
    Lot size: 880 sq ft
    Year built: 1981
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 31
  5. 2 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,068 sq ft
    Lot size: 2,535 sq ft
    Year built: 1988
    Parking spots: 1
    Walk Score™: 60
  6. 3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 1,280 sq ft
    Lot size: 1,603 sq ft
    Year built: 1973
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 88
  7. 3 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,388 sq ft
    Lot size: 1,738 sq ft
    Year built: 1973
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 89
  8. 2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 1,054 sq ft
    Lot size: 1,965 sq ft
    Year built: 1972
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 85
  9. 2 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,011 sq ft
    Lot size: 1,738 sq ft
    Year built: 1973
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 89
  10. 1 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,006 sq ft
    Lot size: n/a
    Year built: 1972
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 95
  11. 2 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,011 sq ft
    Lot size: n/a
    Year built: 1973
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 91

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

How is the Real Estate Investing Market?

by jasonimprota on September 9, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Video Blog, Westside Blog

Missy Improta here with the Improta Group. So a question that we hear all the time from potential clients and clients and friends and at parties and wherever we are is: “So how’s the market?” And that really depends. Are you looking to buy, sell or invest? Those are the questions that you need to analyze and figure out for what is going to be best for you.

Calabasas Homes & Santa Monica Homes for Sale

Summer Goes Out with a Splash at Pool Party

by jasonimprota on September 5, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Latest News

Calabasas, Pool party, back to school. Calabasas swim and tennis

School may be back in session, but kids headed to the Calabasas & Tennis Swim Center on Friday for one last summer party.

The back to school pool party brought children and parents to the center for swimming, water games and other activities. A few hundred people filled the center’s pool area with the sounds of music and laughter.

Jennifer Sandoval, who recently moved to Calabasas from Hermosa Beach, came to the center with her children unaware that there were any festivities taking place, but was pleasantly surprised.

“It’s awesome . . . it lets kids go out and enjoy their summer,” Sandoval said. “It is kind of like being in Mayberry.”

Lifeguards stood watch and helped coordinate and orchestrate an array of games that included hula-hoop contests and wet noodle races.

Waving their hands in the air and dancing along with the kids, the guards encouraged participation and brought smiles to lots of faces.

Anne Star and Marin Kokin chatted as they waited in line at the Pool Side Café while their children played poolside.

“It makes it less painful for the kids . . . as school starts,” said Star, smiling. “It’s great what they do.”

In addition to swimming, games and music, participants had a chance to win school supplies and other prizes as raffle tickets were handed out.

The party gives people a chance to visit with friends who they don’t get to see often and helps build a sense of neighborhood unity, said resident Marsha Barker said.

“It’s the best . . . I love the city of Calabasas,” she said.

By Reza Gostar (CalabasasPatch)

Single Family Homes Listed for Sale in Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 5, 2010

in Calabasas Blog

Showing properties 1 - 50 of 203. See more city of Calabasas real estate.
(all data current as of 9/10/2010)

  1. 6 beds, 4 full baths
    Size: 7,500 sq ft
    Lot size: 22.96 ac
    Year built: 1999
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 9
  2. 6 beds, 8 full baths
    Size: 2,782 sq ft
    Lot size: 4.69 ac
    Year built: 2009
    Parking spots: 6
    Walk Score™: 14
  3. 6 beds, 8 full, 3 part baths
    Size: 15,177 sq ft
    Lot size: 39,285 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 5
  4. 7 beds, 8 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 12,670 sq ft
    Lot size: 38,507 sq ft
    Year built: 2008
    Parking spots: 5
    Walk Score™: 3
  5. 6 beds, 11 full baths
    Size: 12,210 sq ft
    Lot size: 10.48 ac
    Year built: 1998
    Parking spots: 38
    Walk Score™: 2
  6. 6 beds, 8 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 11,127 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.15 ac
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 6
    Walk Score™: 3
  7. 6 beds, 7 full baths
    Size: 9,214 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.28 ac
    Year built: 2005
    Parking spots: 6
    Walk Score™: 3
  8. 5 beds, 6 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 8,620 sq ft
    Lot size: 42,546 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 5
  9. 7 beds, 5 full, 4 part baths
    Size: 9,215 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.83 ac
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 9
  10. 6 beds, 3 full baths
    Size: 3,968 sq ft
    Lot size: 20.85 ac
    Year built: 1974
    Parking spots: 75
    Walk Score™: 6
  11. 6 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 9,000 sq ft
    Lot size: 34,037 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 5
  12. 9 beds, 5 full, 7 part baths
    Size: 9,700 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.85 ac
    Year built: 1983
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 15
  13. 9 beds, 12 full baths
    Size: 15,045 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.54 ac
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 22
  14. 7 beds, 7 full, 3 part baths
    Size: 8,900 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.06 ac
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: 5
    Walk Score™: 51
  15. 5 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 10,000 sq ft
    Lot size: 35,680 sq ft
    Year built: 1997
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 3
  16. 4 beds, 3 full baths
    Size: 4,286 sq ft
    Lot size: 6.60 ac
    Year built: 1986
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 23
  17. 6 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 7,329 sq ft
    Lot size: 38,903 sq ft
    Year built: 1993
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 15
  18. 5 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 6,797 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.05 ac
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 8
  19. 5 beds, 3 full, 5 part baths
    Size: 5,968 sq ft
    Lot size: 19,407 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 3
  20. 7 beds, 7 full, 3 part baths
    Size: 9,725 sq ft
    Lot size: 10.04 ac
    Year built: 2004
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 3
  21. 4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 4,132 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.36 ac
    Year built: 1978
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 3
  22. 4 beds, 6 full baths
    Size: 6,635 sq ft
    Lot size: 16,256 sq ft
    Year built: 2004
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 18
  23. 8 beds, 8 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 8,907 sq ft
    Lot size: 38,646 sq ft
    Year built: 1999
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 8
  24. 5 beds, 6 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 8,640 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.10 ac
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 22
  25. 6 beds, 7 full baths
    Size: 7,400 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.70 ac
    Year built: n/a
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 2
  26. 6 beds, 7 full baths
    Size: 7,400 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.71 ac
    Year built: n/a
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 2
  27. 3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 3,396 sq ft
    Lot size: 3.01 ac
    Year built: 2003
    Parking spots: 15
    Walk Score™: 2
  28. 4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 4,892 sq ft
    Lot size: 17,570 sq ft
    Year built: 2004
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 18
  29. 5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 6,480 sq ft
    Lot size: 19,963 sq ft
    Year built: 2005
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 15
  30. 7 beds, 3 full, 3 part baths
    Size: 9,690 sq ft
    Lot size: 33,323 sq ft
    Year built: 1993
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 31
  31. 4 beds, 2 full, 4 part baths
    Size: 5,300 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.27 ac
    Year built: 1969
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 5
  32. 6 beds, 6 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 7,325 sq ft
    Lot size: 30,965 sq ft
    Year built: 1998
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 6
  33. 4 beds, 4 full baths
    Size: 4,532 sq ft
    Lot size: 21,976 sq ft
    Year built: 2004
    Parking spots: 5
    Walk Score™: 5
  34. 5 beds, 6 full baths
    Size: 7,544 sq ft
    Lot size: 21,624 sq ft
    Year built: 1993
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: n/a
  35. 5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 6,284 sq ft
    Lot size: 40,864 sq ft
    Year built: 2009
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 8
  36. 6 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 9,010 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.18 ac
    Year built: 2004
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: n/a
  37. 6 beds, 6 full baths
    Size: 7,239 sq ft
    Lot size: 41,552 sq ft
    Year built: 1994
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 12
  38. 5 beds, 6 full baths
    Size: 6,100 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.39 ac
    Year built: 2007
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 3
  39. 5 beds, 4 full baths
    Size: 3,692 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.44 ac
    Year built: 1998
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 2
  40. 5 beds, 5 full baths
    Size: 6,837 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.45 ac
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 2
  41. 5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 4,754 sq ft
    Lot size: 2.48 ac
    Year built: 1997
    Parking spots: 8
    Walk Score™: 5
  42. 6 beds, 2 full, 5 part baths
    Size: 7,078 sq ft
    Lot size: 18,095 sq ft
    Year built: 1990
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 6
  43. 6 beds, 6 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 7,239 sq ft
    Lot size: 39,670 sq ft
    Year built: 1997
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 11
  44. 5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 7,317 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.62 ac
    Year built: 1985
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 23
  45. 5 beds, 5 full baths
    Size: 7,317 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.62 ac
    Year built: 1986
    Parking spots: n/a
    Walk Score™: 23
  46. 5 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 5,662 sq ft
    Lot size: 11,475 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 9
  47. 6 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 7,329 sq ft
    Lot size: 19,323 sq ft
    Year built: 1993
    Parking spots: 4
    Walk Score™: 15
  48. 4 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
    Size: 3,147 sq ft
    Lot size: 1.10 ac
    Year built: 1977
    Parking spots: 2
    Walk Score™: 2
  49. 4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 5,150 sq ft
    Lot size: 18,002 sq ft
    Year built: 2006
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 6
  50. 5 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 5,000 sq ft
    Lot size: 25,439 sq ft
    Year built: 2001
    Parking spots: 3
    Walk Score™: 28

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Does it matter who you work with?

by jasonimprota on September 3, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Westside Blog

We would like to take another moment to share a story, or plight, of a couple of clients we started working with late in the spring.

After working for quite some time with a different homebuyer, we finally landed on something suitable despite all odds. Given our client’s entry level price point and desire for an FHA Financed condo, the search lasted substantially longer than usual. To illustrate the importance of patience and tenacity combined with choosing experienced agents, we put together a video to encourage others to Hang in There!

We soon received an email from the aforementioned client who had seen our video. They needed help. After looking for over a year and a half and dealing with several offers, they had lost on all of them. They were frustrated and ready to give up. We thought we could help.

There is no question that today’s real estate market is challenging. It is challenging for sellers who have lost home value and remain unable to purchase a new home unless they can get a certain amount for their current homes. Or, who simply can’t sell because they are upside down on their mortgages and likely don’t qualify for a loan modification or short sale.

But, it’s no easier for buyers. On one hand you are unsure of the declining market values and on the other, confused by multiple over asking offers, short sale horror stories, lack of inventory, and unrealistic pricing by sellers. The bottom line is that both buyers and sellers need to work with Realtors who know how to navigate the choppy waters of this market to get results for their clients.

So now what happened with those clients who had contacted us? Well, they had reached out to us some time in late May. Ultimately we discussed their situation and what they had been through. We talked about their wants, needs and goals. We looked at a few properties in June and developed a good idea of what they wanted. At the beginning of July, we got them pre-approved again. By mid July they were in escrow. We closed on their home in early August. Needless to say, they are ecstatic about their new home. They told me that the day we closed was like Christmas morning. They even wrote about us and our lender in their own blog.

Please remember, that Who You Work With Matters. Call us so we can help you too.

Calabasas Homes & Santa Monica Homes for Sale

Hang in there!

by jasonimprota on September 3, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Short Sale Blog, Video Blog, Westside Blog

Calabasas Homes & Santa Monica Homes for Sale

Have you been searching for a home and getting frustrated? Are you tired, feeling helpless and almost over it entirely? One of the most important things you can do in a confusing and quick changing market like the one we are in today is to work with the best agents possible. Once you are ready to buy you are really truly better off with an experienced, knowledgeable, creative and tenacious Realtor working for you.

Still Summer in Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 3, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Latest News

CalabasasWeather.jpg.scaled.500 Still Summer in Calabasas

Well summer hasn’t left Calabasas yet. Sunny and hot!

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Fall Fashion Show at The Commons at Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 2, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Latest News

Fall Fashion Calabasas Commons

Get Ready for the Fall Fashion Show at The Commons at Calabasas on Sunday, September 5th.

Starting at 3:00pm, there will be the Function Show by Lululemon Athletica and then at 3:30pm you will have an opportunity to view fall collections from White House | Black Market, Diane’s Beachwear, M. Fredric, Theodore, Chico’s and Siany

The fashion show takes place next to Barnes & Noble in the Commons Shopping Center. Then, after the show enjoy special offers and complimentary wine at select fashion retailers.

Plus, there will be a silent auction benefiting ACT TODAY!

ACT Today! provides grant money for families that cannot afford or access the treatments their autistic children need. From protective helmets, to social skills groups, to ABA and biomedical treatments, ACT Today! does everything they can to help autistic children achieve their highest potential.

Calabasas Homes & Santa Monica Homes for Sale

Back to School Pool Party in Calabasas

by jasonimprota on September 2, 2010

in Calabasas Blog, Latest News

Calabasas Swim and Tennis Center

The Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center will be hosting a Back to School Pool Party on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. The pool party will feature music, exciting games, prizes, and plenty of swimming fun.  The Waters Edge Cafe will also be open for business during the party.

Admission to the Back to School Party is free so bring the family to celebrate the end of another great summer!  The Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center is located at 23400 Park Sorrento in Calabasas.  Please call (818) 222-2782 for more information.

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