Polara Realty

Buying and selling, simplified.

You are here: Home / Archives for Realty

Closing Escrow and Transferring Home Ownership

Closing Escrow by Leave a Comment

Ah, closing escrow, nothing else feels quite like it! If you’ve made it this far, congratulations are in order. After preparing your home, pricing and listing it effectively, you’ve gone through the endless showings and gathered offers. You’ve gone through initial negotiations and selected the best offer, followed by more negotiations and the opening of escrow.

Then you successfully navigated the inspection and appraisal process, provided the necessary documentation to the title company and weathered the waiting period. Finally, the time has come to transfer ownership, and most importantly, to get paid!

[Read more…]

Why You Need to Analyze the Local Housing Market

Local Housing Market by Leave a Comment

Have you ever seen a home sell for a great profit, right before the local housing market takes a dive? It might seem like they practically had a crystal ball telling them when the optimal time to sell was.

Alternatively, have you ever seen a home sell for cheap during a down market, with the market rebounding shortly thereafter? Truly the stuff nightmares are made of!

Luckily, making sure you fall closer to the former and further from the latter is less ambiguous than you might think. Like most things in life, understanding context is key to perfecting a home sale strategy.

[Read more…]

What Is a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)

Comparative Market Analysis by Leave a Comment

Pricing your home correctly is the most important piece of your home listing strategy by far. All of the marketing and networking efforts you and your real estate agent make to sell your home will be ineffective if it is overpriced by a large margin. Any good pricing exercise is based around a solid comparative market analysis, or CMA.

A CMA is a report on a specific property (e.g. your home). It aggregates home values for similar properties within a limited distance that were on the market within a specific time period. The distance is typically within 1 mile of the subject property and the period of time is typically 3 months.

[Read more…]

Why You Should Perform a Home Pre-listing Audit

Home Pre-listing Audit by Leave a Comment

A home pre-listing audit is an important part of preparing for a smooth real estate sales process. With any planned transaction, the more details you’re clear on before you begin, the better position you’ll start in. Of course, the better your starting position, the better your ending position. Thus, it behooves sellers and their agents to collect as much data as possible prior to listing a home for sale.

[Read more…]

6 Common Real Estate Home Selling Myths Set Straight

Real Estate Home Selling Myths by Leave a Comment

For such a massive industry, real estate still suffers from rampant misconceptions and misinformation. It can be difficult for home sellers to discern between truth and falsehood. The real tragedy occurs when these falsehoods cause a seller to make a bad decision that costs them money. Have no fear though, because we’re going to help make sure you aren’t one of those sellers. Below we’ve outlined the 6 top real estate home selling myths we’ve encountered, and the truth behind the myths.

[Read more…]

Contact Us

Call/Text: 949-229-5753
Email: Submit Form

Buying and selling, simplified.

We believe real estate transactions are about more than just completing the sale at all costs. A great experience leaves both the seller and the buyer feeling confident that they made the right choice. For sellers, it's all about providing pre, during and post-sale support to help close sales quickly and for the desired sales price. For buyers, we look at the unique needs and desires of our clients to find the best properties available, and to help them close within the desired price range.

Our Approach

We imagine the above sounds like it can probably get complicated, and it most certainly can! However, we take care of all of the details involved and guide our clients through the entire process, so that they can sit back and enjoy a simple experience from start to finish.

It's what we call our hoLISTic approach to real estate, and it's what separates us from the rest of the crowd.