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Renaissance At Avellino

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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">is the area's fastest selling new home community!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>$10,000 Realtor Commission</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><u>Homes are available for immediate purchase for your buyer</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Almost 80% of sales are with the help of Realtors; see what the Realtors are so excited about!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Broker Luncheon, Wednesday, July 10th</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">11 AM to 1 PM</span></div>
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<b>3,184 to 3,810 square feet (approx.)</b></div>
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<b>4 bedrooms, 3.5-4.5 baths, 2-3 car garage</b></div>
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<b>September & November move-in's available! </b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>From only $492,390</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Prices and terms are subject to change and prior sale without notice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Artists rendering of model offered is not the actual home featured. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">DRE#00974168  3/11/17  </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Realtor must accompany their claim on the first visit.</span></div>

Renaissance at Avellino is the area's fastest selling new home community! $10,000 Realtor Commission Homes are available for ...

Buying a Three Bedroom VS a Four Bedroom New Home

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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><b>In the long
run you're better off buying a four bedroom new home even if you never use that fourth
room at all.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://homebuying.about.com/od/sellingahouse/qt/0207WhyMove.htm"><span style="line-height: 115%;">About.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> says most people sell their homes
within five to seven years. As you try to sell your home, more and more people will
be looking for four-bedroom homes than looking for three-bedroom homes. So even
if you don’t ever use that fourth bedroom for the five to seven years that you
live in the home, that fourth bedroom may come in very handy when you turn
around and try and sell the home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Think of the
question this way: Isn't it easier to try and sell a home that is a little bit
too big versus a house that is a little bit too small? Most people say “Well
it's a little bit bigger than we need, but we'll take it.”  But if it's a little bit too small, you've got
no hope. Interest rates are so low right now that why not pay a little bit more
for a four bedroom?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Dynamics are
always changing. Maybe you’re single, or you have roommates or a partner, or you
get married or you don’t. Maybe you have children. Regardless, of your current
situation, families change.  Parents,
friends, siblings, or grown children may come to stay at your home or even live
there indefinitely.  Maybe at some point
in time, you even decide to rent out the fourth bedroom. Things are always
changing, and you can always adapt to too much space. But it’s very difficult
to adapt to too little space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">There are a few advantages to a
three-bedroom home over a four-bedroom home:</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a three-bedroom home costs less money</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a three bedroom home  is generally less effort and money to maintain</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">lower square footage often means lower energy costs, which brings us right back to the idea that a three bedroom home costs you less to maintain than a four bedroom home</span></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">How many three bedrooms homes are
being built versus four bedroom homes?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">According to
USA Today's article entitled “</span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/08/houses-bedrooms-family-size-homes/2390141/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">New Homes Still Getting Bigger</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;">” by Greg Toppo, June 8, 2013:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Three-bedroom homes still dominate overall housing: 47% of buyers of new
and used homes picked three-bedroom models last year, while 26% bought four or
more bedrooms, according to the National Association of Realtors. Data for new
homes tell a different story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The share of new homes with three bedrooms dropped from 53% in 2009 to
46% in 2012.New houses with four or more bedrooms snagged 41% of the market
last year, their highest share ever. Smaller houses — two bedrooms or fewer —
accounted for just one in five new homes in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have
your choice, and the three-bedroom is all that's being offered and what you can
afford, then that’s what you should buy. If you're in a position to choose
between a three bedroom and a four bedroom home, and the price difference is
not huge, then I would almost always pick the four-bedroom.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Agent Builder Palooza

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Join us for Agent / Builder Palooza 2013, Thursday, May 2nd. No registration needed, just show up.  But get here early because it’s crowded!</div>
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Seven years ago at the height of the real estate
market,  broker participation averaged
40-50%  at new home communities.  Today, broker participation  is between 80-90% due to lack of resale
inventory.  Seven years ago most new home
builders made buyers sign an “Occupancy Addendum”,  stating that they would live in the home for
at least one year.  Today there is no
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Wouldn’t it be helpful to know where new homes are being
built, what the floor plans look like, if they offer single stories, what the
commissions are,  how to register a
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The Agent / Builder Palooza 2013 is an event that gives agents and new home
builders an opportunity to network
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If you’re working with investors, many agents forget that
new homes offer tremendous opportunities for their clients.  Price increases with each new phase release are similar to the price increases we saw seven years ago.  If you’re working with first time or move up
buyers, wouldn’t it be helpful to know where a builder has communities or is
planning on opening a new community? The new home builders will be bringing their standing inventory list
with them. How important is that to know?</div>
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Large NEW Single Story Homes

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This weekend Beazer Homes in Rancho Cucamonga at 6th & Archibald is having a grand opening of their newest neighborhood called "<a href="http://bit.ly/XLcN5F" target="_blank">The Vineyards at Harvest</a>". There will only be 15 of these homes total. Prices will start in the low $500k range.<br />
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Beazer pays a 3% commission and if you have any clients looking for a single story, this neighborhood is very unique because there is NO Mello Roos.<br />
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New Homes Offer Big Opportunities for Realtors

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<span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New home sales are a wonderful opportunity for realtors to earn a huge payday without a whole lot of work, at least no contract writing. In a typical market realtor sales at new home tracts average between 40-50%. I like keeping you infor</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">med as to percentages of broker deals at new home communities the Lewis Company is involved with. The builders have a very clear understanding of the importance of realtors.<span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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Mortgage Deductions

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I know that <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">NAR's position is that the mortgage interest deduction is vital to the stability of the American housing market and economy and is opposing any future plan that modifies or excludes the deductibility of mortgage interest. Some of you may have heard of people that realtors and builder’s refer to as  NIMBY’S.  Those are people that oppose growth of any kind and always show up at council meeting and planning commissions speaking out against any type of a housing or commercial development.  We refer to those people as NIMBY’S (not in my back yard).  I have always felt that to blanket all growth as bad, as in environment, traffic, air quality and whatever reason you can come up just doesn’t make sense. Today most responsible citizens and communities want intelligent growth because as we all know growth is good whether it’s Fontana, Los Angeles or even Aspen, CO. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I think NAR’S position on mortgage deduction is wrong. It’s just as wrong as saying all growth is bad.  I think when it comes to fixing our financial problems that no one group or organization should say that they’re programs or deductions shouldn’t be touched. If the real estate community were to make a effort to help the national budget as every organization should, than we need to help also. I support  not allowing second home deductions and placing a cap on primary home mortgage deductions up to $500,000. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Everybody has their sacred cow and reasons why theirs shouldn’t be touched. But if we’re ever going to move forward and put this countries house in order we all need to do some belt tightening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Best, Bob<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Broker Sales

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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Broker sales in an average market at a new home community typically average between 40-60%.  But in today’s market and with the lack of resale inventory you are seeing some unique percentages.  The following numbers are from the beginning of this week:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Avellino in North Fontana has two neighborhoods.  Renaissance starts in the high $300K and Classics in low $300k. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Renaissance 11 sold/10 brokered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harvest is at 6th and Archibald in Rancho, prices start in the mid $300K.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">New home sales are arguably the easiest transaction in real estate. With the lack of standard inventory and the complexity of short sales do your client and yourself a favor; Start your tour with new homes because eventually your client will get there with or without you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p><span style="color: black;">Best, Bob</span></o:p></span></div>
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Leslie Appleton-Young on real estate 2013

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<span style="font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Today I made a visit to TIGAR (The Inland Gateway Association of Realtors), an Association comprised mainly of Corona/Norco Realtor and Affiliate Members.  I went there to hear Leslie Appleton-Young speak.  Leslie is VP and Chief Economist for C.A.R. (California Association of Realtors). Leslie is an articulate speaker and is highly regarded in the Real Estate Industry for her Economic Forecasts regarding the Real Estate market in California. She along with Bruce Norris are my two favorite speakers. When Leslie speaks you’re not only engaged with her presentation skills but you are absorbing an incredible amount of facts and data and getting them directly from the horse’s mouth. Her profound understanding of the real estate market and the conveyance of it in her presentations is just one of the many reasons she is so highly sought after.   <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A hand-out was not part of her speaking engagement today but allow me to throw out a few takeaways. Leslie started her presentation by saying “The worst is over”,  isn’t that a great way to start! Ca. lost 1.5 million jobs and we’ve recovered about 500,000 so for growth to continue we will need to create more jobs.  Leslie said that “ Confidence” is the one thing that keeps the economy moving forward.  Prices will continue to rise in 2013 and Leslie felt very good about the future of real estate.  She asked everyone if we knew what a OPT was, Leslie said she heard the term for the first time recently.  Answer: Over Priced Turkey.  Leslie also recommended the book “ Being Wrong” by Kathryn Schultz.  It was a very exciting meeting with so much data being presented that I couldn’t possibly keep up and feel confident that I got it right so no  attempt to reproduce her numbers.  <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I left her presentation energized and confident that my new home purchase a year ago was a good investment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In an average year broker participation at most new home communities ranges between 40-50% and 60% would be on the high side.  To give you an example of broker participation in today’s market, Renaissance at Avellino by Van Daele Homes in N Fontana just grand opened about 3 weeks ago.  This is a SFR move-up community with prices starting in the $400’s.  They have had 8 sales so far and 7 were with brokers.  This percentage is very typical of what is happening in new home sales today.  All cash buyers and investors are absorbing what little resale inventory there is and for most home buyers that are actually planning on permanently living in the home a resale typically ties up too much money with any kind of remodel.  New homes make more sense and offer more security when it comes to quality and warranty than any resale.  With more new home communities opening up, don’t waste a lot of valuable time and start showing your buyers new homes first and resale’s second. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is an interesting article in the New York Times business section today with the CEO of the Corcoran Group, which is owned and operated by NRT, one of the nation’s largest residential brokerage companies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She talks about the challenges of selling real estate in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She said that finding inventory in larger units of 4 bedrooms or more was very difficult. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The influx of foreign buyers from the Middle East and China buying expensive condos and driving up values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The average sale for the Corcoran Group in the month of October was $1.6 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>These problems are very similar to what we experience in the Inland Empire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scarcity of inventory,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>investors are bidding up our properties and foreign buyers are having an impact on us as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The biggest difference is in our commission checks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would still rather do business here: than in New York City. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The West End Real Estate Professionals Wine Tasting Charity Event was held last night at the J Felippi Winery on Baseline in Rancho.  I think the rain had something to do with the terrific turnout.  Everyone was looking for a warm spot to mingle with friends. I’m not much of a bar person and I rarely head to a bar on a Thursday night unless it’s for a sporting event or a special occasion such as we had last night.  I’ve had many good times before at WEREP, CVAR and TIGAR events but for some reason last night seemed to me to be the most enjoyable event of the last few years. I know with age comes sentimentality but last night everyone there seemed to be an important component to the happiness of my life. I spoke with many people there and I said that tight groups such as cops, construction workers, large office staffs will have a certain watering hole where they all hang out. I wish there was a bar where the local real estate community would hang so I could get the same vibe when I walked in like I did last night.  When I mentioned that to a friend’s last night, it was funny because some of them looked at me and wondered if I was serious.  People involved in the real estate industry in the IE are the most compassionate, kind, generous and friendly group that anyone could possibly be associated with. If you have a local watering hole that you enjoy going to,  let us know so we can join you there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I attended the annual California Association of Realtors® (CAR) Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center, I arrived at 9am and may have been one of the first ones let in that day.  The usual booth holders such as lenders and home warranty providers were in attendance but what was also great was that there were real estate brokerages too. The real estate companies that were there must have felt that this was the right place and the right time to do recruiting. We know sales of new homes have picked up well over last year’s pace.  Bruce Norris has said “boom times ahead” so maybe not feeling that the convention hall was as crowed this year as previous years is a good thing.   <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I made it a point to visit the booths of all the local real estate associations and chit chat as we are affiliate members with many of them. The atmosphere was very positive and upbeat and I have enough pens to last me till next year’s convention!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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