Learn About Hollywood Hills Homes and Condos
Finding a Buyer for Your Hollywood Hills Home
Once your Hollywood Hills home is ready to show, your agent will list the property in the MLS or Multiple listing Service. Most homes are sold as a direct result of their listing in the MLS, which today also means the home will get extensive Internet exposure. Other ways that your agent will use to find buyers include advertising in newspapers and magazines, holding open house and signage.
Bitten by the Hollywood Hills Home Improvement Bug?
Money isn’t everything however so that if the most important consideration for remaining in your Hollywood Hills home happens to be the school where your children attend or the proximity to your work or to a particularly attractive recreational opportunity then remodeling may be the best option. On the other hand, if the idea of having your Hollywood Hills house torn up for weeks at a time makes your blood run cold, it really doesn’t matter how much money you might make turning a fixer-upper into a model home. You will be far better off selling the home you have and moving to a home that better fits your needs.
Buying a Hollywood Hills Fixer-Upper
This, of course, depends on the condition of the Hollywood Hills home and the estimated cost of the repairs you must make. Hollywood Hills real estate in a good neighborhood that is priced about 25% lower than others that are in good shape may be a good deal if it simply needs cosmetic or minor structural repairs. If the house is a gut job, that is the entire inside will be torn out and rebuilt the 25% rule may work and may not so estimate your costs as closely as possible.
Shopping by neighborhood makes good sense when considering the purchase of a fixer upper. As a buyer, the more you know about the Hollywood Hills homes in a particular area the better able you are when it comes time to judge whether or not a home your are considering meets the financial parameters you are looking for.
Choosing Your Hollywood Hills Neighborhood
You’ve probably heard about the three major determinants of Hollywood Hills values are: 1) location, 2) location and 3) location. This is not only true about real estate in Hollywood Hills; it is true about real estate in general. If you cannot afford what you want where you want it, give up something inside the house rather than settling on a lesser location.
Rent or Buy Hollywood Hills
In the early years of your Hollywood Hills mortgage, nearly all of every monthly payment is interest. This means you are only paying off a tiny bit of the loan principal, but it is good news in terms of tax savings.
The monthly payment for a $100,000, 30-year, 8% mortgage on your Hollywood Hills would be about $734. In the first year of your mortgage, $7,970 of your $8,805 payment or 91% would be deductible as mortgage interest. Even in the tenth year, almost 81% of your payments would be deductible. What this is worth to you depends on your tax bracket but this tax savings built into the home-buying equation is why you can afford to make higher mortgage payments than your current rent payments without squeezing your budget. There is no similar tax subsidy for renters.
When Hollywood Hills Does Not Sell
Here is where your agent’s expertise and diligence comes into play. A top agent will consider what similar Hollywood Hills have sold for within the last 3 to 6 months and compare those homes condition, features and location with your home. If there are no comparable sales in the area, which is often the case with custom or one-of-a-kind properties, the agent may suggest that you obtain a formal appraisal.
A homeowner who must sell and sell quickly needs to price their Hollywood Hills at or slightly below market to ensure a quick sale. A different homeowner may want to sell but has time and wants to get the top market price. These homeowners will often price the home slightly above current market prices and expect interested buyers to offer a lower amount to start the negotiation.
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