Check out the wonderful spread we have in the Argonaut this week! It features our current listings as well as the announcement that we have joined Remax. Pick up a copy around the Marina or you can view it online at http://argonautnews.com/.
Vehicles that are over 6 feet high are no longer allowed to park within 100′ of the intersections between Westminster and Venice on Abbot Kinney. The signage was approved and placed by the LA City Department of Transportation at the request of the Abbot Kinney Merchants’ Association to improve visibility at the intersections.
In addition to improving the safety at intersections, the new signage will also limit the amount of food trucks that will legally be able to park on Abbot Kinney during “1st Fridays”. Then again, if the trucks are not towed after the $58 ticket, the food truck owners may just write it off as the cost of doing business. We will see what happens tomorrow!
While a Range Rover with stock wheels will slide under the 72″ restriction by 1/2 an inch, some SUV’s like the Ford Expedition will not, as they are 77.2″ in height.
- Yo Venice | http://goo.gl/ZXUS4
According to the Travel Channel’s 2013 “Best Beach Awards”, Venice Beach has been voted to have the best boardwalk in the whole country! “Our viewers, as well as our resident beach expert Marianela, were taken with the eclectic vibe of the Venice Beach boardwalk.” – Travel Channel
Contact us if you’re looking for property on the recently named best boardwalk in the US. We have a few properties that might just fit your criteria…
TGIF! Thank God It’s Friday might have another new meaning and this pertains to real estate. Mansion on Friday reported that homes listed on Fridays sold for 99.1% of the seller’s original asking price, the highest percentage of any day of the week.
Interestingly enough, homes listed on Fridays were on the market for the shortest amount of time (81 days). Another daily fact was that homes listed on Tuesdays were viewed the most times with 2.41 home-tour requests, on average, according to an analysis by real-estate conducted by the Redfin brokerage.
Those were not the only aspects of real estate where Fridays and Tuesdays were superior to other days of the week. Here are some recent stats:
Last year, 57.5% of homes listed on Fridays actually sold, the highest percentage of any day of the week. Sundays were at the bottom, at 51.5%.
This next fact seemed a little odd, but when you think about it there is definitely some weight to the theory. Homes listed on Saturdays and Sundays were seeing below average online page views during their first day on the market. Homes listed on Tuesdays fared the best, seeing 8.25% more page views than the average for a listing.
Page views for a listing, shown as a percentage above or below the average page views:
According to the CEO of Redfin, “the only reason sales volume isn’t higher is because there aren’t enough homes to buy, with foreclosures and now even short-sale listings rapidly disappearing.”
So now is the time to sell. The demand is high and the amount of buyers out there with money, who are already lender approved and ready to go, is increasing by the day. Just remember that when you list your home, make sure it’s on a Friday.
Ready for a new restaurant to try in the Venice/Marina Del Rey Area??
Well Barnyard looks like it could be one of the new hot spot restaurants in our area!
Barnyard is located at 1715 Pacific and will open for dinner on February 1st. Entrées will be priced from $14-18. They will start serving lunch on March 1st. Click here to see the dinner menu and click here to see the beer and wine menu. As of right now they will be open from Tuesday thru Saturday from 5:30pm to 11pm.
The restaurant promises “a soulful and rustic menu of small and shared plates, small-production wines and beers” centered around meats and fish with “Mediterranean and Japanese flavors and textures”. They will also offer a variety of house-made sausages, slow-cooked stocks and seasonal produce.
A quick look at the Barnyard website and you can see that the location is “fully remodeled, the space is light, airy and open to the Pacific breeze, with modern, yet rustic interiors. The back patio is surrounded by greenery, with sofas and a community table encouraging groups to gather”.
We’ll see you there!
The second annual VENICE SPRING FLING is here! It will kick off springtime at the beach in Venice with a free day of art and music in Windward Plaza Park on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Live music will be performed on the Ocean Stage from 11am – 7pm.
An offspring of the highly successful and locally loved Venice Beach Music Fest, the SPRING FLING continues the tradition of bringing the artistic Venice community together in a celebration of the historical creative spirit of the beach!
The event will include:
Street Smart, Ya Harissa Belllydance, Fly N Lion , Stephanie Lallouz, ATS Bellydance and Drums, Candygram for Mongo, Delta Nove, Braw, Marc Blackbird, LOONER, Corty Byron, Barry “The Fish” Melton with Michael Hinton * Tony Saunders * Andy Kravitz, Michael Jost, Tracii Guns’ League of Gentlemen and more to be announced.
The Art Show will feature:
Ra Ra SuperStar, Kelly, Joel Harris, Martha Wilson, art by sky, Paris Davis, Kai Martin, Eric Evenson ,Jim Chelius , Alex Avila and many more.
Imagine a locally curated, community-specific website that offers local residents a place to find out everything they’d want to know about their neighborhood from news, to events, to business listings, to photos–you name it! where you could find out local news, events, Patch.com
Imagine a locally curated, community-specific website with information about everything you’d want to know–but only about your community! You’d find news articles, event listings, business directories–basically, the ultimate community resource made by you FOR you!
That’s the idea behind Patch.com, a new breed of community-centered website which serves as a local news and information source to local residents. Patch.com is a way for people to find out about, and also participate in, their local community.
Berman Kandel is honored to be part of the Patch family now, as they’ve teamed up with two separate Patch networks: the Venice-Mar Vista Patch and the Marina Del Rey Patch. Now when you visit Venice.Patch.com, and MarinaDelRey.Patch.com, you’ll see a Berman Kandel banner, placed either at the top of the page, or on the right side bar.
