Monica’s Comments: An amazing deal in Santa Monica which is priced under the average sales price for an exhorbitant amount of space. This sits on a huge lot with a nice backyard for the kids and doggie to play in while you have a nice summer BBQ. This house has an interior that looks like the inside of Sookie’s grandmother’s house in True Blood. The kitchen is magnificent.

SELLER PAID $1,700,000 IN DECEMBER 2006. JUST REDUCED $100,000. SELLER IS RELOCATING AND WANTS TO SEE OFFERS. BEST DEAL FOR MILES!!!! TASTEFUL REMODEL IN A SERENE LOCATION, SITUATED ON A QUIET CUL-DE-SAC IN ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS IN BEVERLY HILLS POST OFFICE. FEATURES VIEWS OF THE CANYON, CENTURY CITY, AND THE OCEAN. HARDWOOD FLOORS, WALLS OF GLASS, STAINLESS APPLIANCES, A NICELY APPOINTED MASTER, AND 3 ADDITIONAL BEDROOM SUITES MAKE GREAT USE OF EVERY INCH OF THE LIVING SPACE. SUNROOM, SIDE YARD, AND TERRACES GIVE A GREAT INDOOR/OUTDOOR FEELING. THE ABUNDANT NATURAL LIGHT AND SECLUDED SETTING CREATE A PRIVATE PEACEFUL RETREAT JUST 1.5 MILES FROM THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL. BRING YOUR TOOTHBRUSH AND MOVE RIGHT IN. SUNROOM SQ FT NOT INCLUDED, ADDITIONAL 250 SQ.FT.

Monica’s Comments: This home is gorgeous because of the large glass windows over looking the city. You don’t have to live in Hollyhood to get a million dollar view. The green folige gives a natural and private vibe to the home. The interiors were kept simple with clean lines and modern taste. A great buy for someone who loves modern style living.

Do you need a Buyer’s Agent? I can help! Call to see this property or any other property in West LA currently for sale or lease: MONICA DER  (310) 924-4737

PRICED FOR IMMEDIATE SALE! BRING ALL OFFERS! Welcome to Villa Paradiso, “A beautiful tribute to the Spanish Moorish Revival” as quoted in A Guide to Architecture in Southern California by David Gebhard and Robert Winter. This stately 5br/3ba home located in the heart of majestic Laurel Canyon features a dramatic, sun drenched living room with original Spanish tile work and wood burning fireplace, a large dining room with adjoining Butler’s pantry, an airy artist studio, romantic archways, and generously proportioned bedrooms with gleaming hardwood floors. The voluminous and thoughtful floor plan allows for gracious living at it’s finest.… This special offering boasts lush privacy foliage, expansive courtyard patios ideal for entertaining, and a two car garage with motor court for additional parking. Centrally located to the best entertainment, dining, and outdoor activities in Los Angeles.

Listed by Matthew Sweeney-Rich Kid’s Real Estate Group.

Today I had the opportunity to view the new W Hollywood Residences

And they were spectacular!

Monica Der’s Comments: These floor plans range from between 500k to over 5 million. The W Hosts a private CLUBHOUSE, CONCIERGE, CONFERENCE, CONTROLLED ACCESS, DOCK, ELEVATOR, EXERCISE ROOM, EXTRA STORAGE, POOL, SAUNA, SECURITY, SPA, SUN DECK, SWITCHBOARD, VALET PARKING which is standard. The most beautiful thing about these residences are the stylized interiors by top designers like Cantoni, Poliform, and Interior Illusions in the models. There are 143 Residences that make you feel so pampered like Drais nightclub, Bliss Spa, Sweat Fitness and W’s Whenever/Where ever services. I even wondered, if you were an owner of one of those spectacular condos, would you go right to the front of the line at Drais?

The Beverly Hills Farmers Market hosts more than 60 farmers and vendors every week. The market offers a wide variety of organic and conventional California-grown seasonal fruits and vegetables. The Market also has specialty food items to eat on site or take home.

1st Sunday each month – E-Waste Round Up
2nd Sunday each month – Cookin’ Kids 2nd
4th Sunday each month – Kid Zone featuring pony rides and petting zoo.

For information on becoming a vendor, please contact the Market Manager, Greta Dunlap.

The tax incentives — offered to both first-time buyers and some current homeowners — are fueling a strong spring selling season and helping home prices stabilize. Real estate agents hope the burst in activity, along with the lifting of general economic gloom, will propel the housing market for the rest of the year.

“It’s been a great thing for us,” said Andrew Dielmann, owner of Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty in St. Louis. “I would love to be a first-time homebuyer right now.”

In Houston, transit mechanic Stan Henderson, 51, is buying his first home, a three-bedroom, $104,995 house from builder KB Home that is still under construction. Affordable prices and low mortgage rates were part of the draw, he said, but the tax credit “was the straw that stirred the drink.”

Congress included the temporary tax credit in the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law a month after President Barack Obama took office last year. The idea was to bring the housing market back to life. Lawmakers, after intense lobbying from the real estate industry, agreed last fall to extend it until April 30.

Nearly 1.8 million households had used the credit as of mid-February at a cost of $12.6 billion, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

The government is offering buyers who haven’t owned a home for three years a tax credit of 10 percent of the purchase price, up to $8,000. Single buyers with incomes above $145,000 and couples who make more than $245,000 are not eligible.

There is also a credit of 10 percent, up to a maximum of $6,500, for buyers who already own a home. To qualify, they have to have been homeowners for at least five years. The same income limits apply.

The credit for first-time buyers is believed to be playing a bigger role in stimulating home sales this spring. Sales of new homes surged 27 percent last month from a record low a month earlier; it was the biggest monthly increase in 47 years. Sales of previously occupied homes, meanwhile, were up nearly 7 percent in March and are expected to keep climbing.

Though the number of new foreclosures has come down a bit, it remains near record levels. Nearly 7.4 million borrowers, or 12 percent of all households with a mortgage, had missed payments or were in foreclosure as of March, according to Lender Processing Services Inc.

Still, the housing market seems finally to be regaining its footing after the worst downturn since the Depression.

Numerous government measures have helped. They include: the tax credit, the Obama administration’s $75 billion foreclosure prevention plan, the Federal Reserve’s $1.25 trillion program to drive down mortgage rates, and about $126 billion in taxpayer spending to stabilize mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Obama administration touts its efforts to stabilize the market as a success.

“For most Americans, their house is their most important financial asset,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers on Thursday. “As the financial crisis wreaked havoc on household wealth, the administration moved to protect this critical component of stability.”

Skeptics say that these measures are an attempt to manipulate market forces and that they are leaving housing vulnerable to a dangerous double dip. And many economists say the main effect of the first-time buyer tax credit was to bring would-be homeowners into the market sooner.

“Most of the benefits went to people who would have bought a home anyway,” said Patrick Newport, an economist at IHS Global Insight. He estimates that the tax credits will spark only 350,000 to 450,000 additional sales for 2009 and 2010 combined.

Tasha Brown, 29, of suburban Atlanta, is hoping to seal a deal by Friday. She had no intention of buying as house until a friend convinced her earlier this year that buying could be as affordable as renting. Then she learned about the tax credit.

Source: MSNBC.com

Listed by Joshua Shadid, Coldwell Banker, Hancock Park South (310) 872-0196

Listing agent’s Comment’s:
THIS HOME, LIKE THE PICASSO AND CHAGALL ON ITS INTERIOR WALLS, IS ORIGINAL AND ONE-OF-A-KIND. AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AND ENTER THE OPEN FRAMED CAST IRON ELEVATOR, WHICH CLIMBS THROUGH FOUR STORIES OF CIRCULAR STONE STAIRCASE, YOUR SENSES ARE BROUGHT TO FULL ATTENTION TO BEAR WITNESS TO EVERY EXQUISITE DETAIL. FLOOR-TO-CEILING GLASS WALLS ACCENTUATE THE GRAND SCALE OF THE MASTER SUITE GIVING WAY TO JETLINER VIEWS FROM THE MASTER BED. DRAPED WITH TAPESTRIES, FABRIC AND HANDMADE RUGS, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE SEAMLESS MIX OF LUXURY AND COMFORT. ANTIQUE FOLDING WOODEN FRAMES ENCASE FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, WHICH OPEN UP TO A BEAUTIFUL TILE POOL AND SPA, AS WELL AS AN ENDLESS VIEW FROM THE CITY TO THE WATER. 18′ CATHEDRAL CEILINGS SOAR OVERHEAD, AND DISTRESSED COPPER KITCHEN CABINETS ACCOMPANY AN ANTIQUE STOVE AND CRYSTAL AND CAST IRON CHANDELIERS. WITH THIS TURNKEY, HAILED AS “THE BEST HOUSE IN LA”, YOU ARE RENTING NOT JUST A HOME, BUT A LIFESTYLE.

Monica’s Comment’s: This is an amazing lease in the Hollywood Hills that is truly one of a kind. From several rooms you can see the entire beautiful Los Angeles city lights from far above. You will feel right at home in this elegantly decorated British style dream home. This place has so much personality you may never want to leave!

Listing Agent’s Comments: A Gorgeous Tri-Story House With 50 ft. of Exquisite Beach Frontage!
Architect Jay Vanos designed this five bedroom, six and one half bathroom beach-front home. A large glass arch window and glass balconies create a transparent environment. It boasts a gourmet kitchen, exquisite master bath, and spacious entertainment room. This exclusive showplace offers a premium of appeal for anyone with a truly sophisticated and elite sense of artistic style.

Listed by Ani Dermenjian, Coldwell Banker, Malibu Colony

Monica’s Comments: Finally a home that has some celebrity glitz and glamour! This house was the same house that was part of the official Sex and the City Movie set. Samantha Jones and Smith Jared were living here while she was his PR person and he was working in Hollywood. In the last scene he walks through the door and she tells him that she cannot accept his ring and that she is moving back to NYC.

We went on Caravan this morning and were the first to see the house which is decorated in minimalist style with a modern vibe. The home has three stories and has one amazing crashing ocean view. As you walk through the doors of each room you can tell there is a futuristic beep that goes off, which the listing agent says is just part of the state of the art alarm system which can be turned off. The bathrooms have the most amazing state of the art toilets. One bathroom has a bidet. You truly have to see it to believe it.

Do you need a Buyer’s Agent? I can help! Call to see this property or any other property in Malibu currently for sale or lease: MONICA DER with COLDWELL BANKER (310) 924-4737