Computers have placed pretty much anything you can imagine at our fingertips. So why is it still so challenging to find the perfect house? While the digital world still hasn’t quite figured out how to make more housing inventory, a well-crafted real estate website does make house hunting easier than it was a few decades […]
The moment you pass the California real estate exam, you may feel that the last hurdle between you and success as a licensed real estate agent is finally behind you. And you might be right. But what comes next can often be a rude awakening for the novice agent. In most cases, the real estate […]
In early June this year, JohnHart REALTOR® Kelli Dunaway was likely experiencing a much-appreciated case of déjà vu. It’s then she received a notification from the San Gabriel Valley News that she (for the second time) had been voted a Favorite REALTOR® of the San Gabriel Valley. People from around the region sent in their […]
Featured image credit: Sansculotte When it comes to houses for rent Los Angeles architecture buffs would adore, the supply can be pretty tight. That’s not to say we lack architectural wonders. Few other American cities can give you Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows across the street from a historically significant Craftsman home neighboring a modern brutalist […]
Making it onto the list for the JohnHart Top 25 Agents of the Quarter shows that an agent truly understands their market, their clients, and their community. And while the numbers speak for themselves, they don’t tell the full story. How could they fully explain the strong connections these agents have undoubtedly built in their […]
Think mortgage application can feel a bit like the wild west? Well, the long arm of the law might be stretching a bit further in the coming months. A new bill designed to combat trigger leads just passed the House and is expected to pass in the Senate as well. While there’s still some road […]
When we started publishing these absorption rates every month, we’d never in a million years have predicted we’d hit a point in which the neighborhood with the highest surge toward a seller’s market was also our lowest absorption rate for the month. But here we are. Looking at June as a whole, it sure looks […]
Last August, we had the honor of interviewing one of our own JohnHart Real Estate professionals, the incomparable Jon Barrist, as he was elected to the prestigious President-Elect position of the Greater Palm Springs REALTORS® organization. We expected to follow up with him in 2026 after he’d had time to acclimate to his official presidency, […]
As if to say “keep the challenges coming”, over 20 JohnHart Real Estate agents earned coveted spots on the prestigious 2025 RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Agents List in a year fraught with industry adversity. For those unfamiliar with the RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Agents List, it ranks the top 1.5% agents in the […]
After a meeting closed to the media, the National Association of REALTOR®s (NAR) has agreed to suspend its controversial no-commingling MLS guideline. Alternately known as the “segregation rule”, the guideline was frequently criticized as being insensitive to the client experience by making it more difficult to search for non-MLS listings. Following a June 3 vote […]
