Can an Inland Empire or High Desert house be sold while “in probate”?

The simple answer to this question is yes, an Inland Empire or High Desert house can be sold while in probate. Real estate is typically the largest asset within the estate and experience shows that most Executors and Administrators choose to sell the house during the probate period. Since a California probate on average lasts

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The Four Phases of the Real Estate Cycle: Understanding Recovery, Expansion, Hyper Supply and Recession

I’ve never known anyone who can regularly predict when the real estate market will peak, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to gauge where we are in the real estate cycle. Real estate regularly goes through multi-year cycles of boom and bust periods. These cycles can be broken into four periods: recovery, expansion, hyper-supply,

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The Two Big Issues the Housing Market’s Facing Right Now

“Two dynamics are keeping existing-home inventory historically low – rate locked existing homeowners and the fear of not finding something to buy.” Mark Fleming, Chief Economist at First American. The housing market is facing some challenges, but there’s no need to be discouraged. The biggest issue right now is the low inventory of homes for

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