Hold onto your Birkin because Airbnb is reportedly planning to launch a new ultra-premium tier called Airbnb Lux. According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, Lux will be for mansions, penthouses, and mega-homes that will be inspected to make sure they meet certain criteria. News recently circulated that Airbnb is planning to launch a new tier called Select, which […]
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The Top 25 Realtors for Q2 2017
‘Time and tide wait for no man’, nor apparently does the forward progress of JohnHart Real Estate Agents! As is tradition, at the end of every quarter we publish the list of our Top 25 Realtors in Los Angeles, Valencia, Sherman Oaks, Glendale, Burbank, Palmdale, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, and La Canada! The long list […]
The best time to sell your home
Happy Spring! It’s that time of year again, spring has sprung, flowers are blooming like crazy and people are in full spring cleaning mode. As the renewal period of nature kicks in, more and more people are ready to make changes in their lives as well. For many, spring cleaning means making some moves as […]
The best way to use your tax refund to invest in your home
Now that you’ve utilized the great tax breaks your home has provided, what are you doing with your tax refund? Are you going to splurge on the expensive sunglasses, shoes or bag you’ve been eyeing or will you reinvest it into your home and increase future resale value? I know I know, you REALLY want […]
The Mid-Year Mark In Real Estate
We’re almost at the mid-year mark and we’ve already seen the impact of the Fed’s second, of a predicted four, rate hikes of 2017. The new rate brings on a wave of changes including the baseline used to calculate interest rates for credit cards and home loans. For the past 10 years, we’ve seen our […]
Book Request Scam with Zillow and Trulia
Realtors heed our warning, the big bad Hackers, Spammers, Phishers, and all around Scammers, are coming to get you! Last week we saw the massive hack of Docusign.com, which controls most of the electronic signatures for the real estate industry, and if they can be touched anyone can. We’re going to start posting what we […]
JohnHart breaks Top 15 in Los Angeles Business Journal
There’s a drive, a passion, a push, to do more every day, month, and year. It’s in our bones and it can’t be ignored. After all, the defining principle behind JohnHart Real Estate is that the status quo is never good enough! Last year was the first time we made The List. I remember it […]
What if Bill Belichick was a Real Estate Agent?
How do you win the Super Bowl one day and the next day say you’re already FIVE weeks behind other teams for the 2017 season? Seems a bit crazy that instead of celebrating the most record breaking Super Bowl of ALL TIME, Bill Belichick is worried about next season. He not only has FIVE Super […]
The Top 25 Realtors in Q4 2016
At JohnHart we’re big believers in lists. We make lists for everything. Days, weeks, projects, goals, you name it – we list it (real estate pun intended ;-). While we love all of our lists, and do our best to make sure all of our lists receive equal attention and care, one of our favorites […]
The 2016 JohnHart Real Estate Awards
Much the way a parent feels that all of their children are special and unique, we feel the same way about all of our Realtors. That being said there isn’t enough time in the day to recognize every agent, so we’ve nominated a handful of agents for each category and we’re letting all of you […]