The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused Realtors to quickly pivot and adapt the way they do business. Specifically, agents have been forced to rethink how they show real estate. Showings were halted after the issuance of Governor Newsom’s March 20, 2020, stay at home order – sending the real estate industry into a tailspin. The […]
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California Evictions in a COVID-19 World
As the COVID-19 crisis began in California, concern grew among lawmakers of potential widespread evictions due to the potential economic ramifications created by the virus. State and local governments were directing individuals to stay at home and encouraged social distancing. These state and local directives would necessarily impact businesses that relied on people to congregate […]
The Truth About the LA Housing Market
In these uncertain times there is plenty of information and unfortunately, misinformation, about the current state of the housing market. The misleading predictions and status updates about the market apply both here locally in Los Angeles and the country as a whole. Given the potential for ambiguity and confusion, I want to set the record […]
And The Winner Is…
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, this picture is worth $1,000! How marvelous was this Tote Bag Contest! JohnHart started the contest back in March for two reasons: first, to help kids and their parents take their minds off what’s happening in the news and second, to give back to the community. […]
The Top 25 Agents of Q1 2020
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always […]
UNDERSTANDING THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTOR’S “CORONAVIRUS ADDENDUM OR AMENDMENT” AND “NOTICE OF UNFORESEEN CORONAVIRUS CIRCUMSTANCES”
With the beginning of another week living “Safer at Home”, the California Association of Realtors (“CAR”) released the “Coronavirus Addendum or Amendment” (CVA). This is an update to the Coronavirus Addendum/Amendment released last week. CAR also released a companion document entitled “Notice of Unforeseen Coronavirus Circumstances” (“NUCC”). Recently, we discussed the CVA and addressed its […]
The Real (Estate) Ramifications of Coronavirus
Unless you’ve literally been living under a rock or “off the grid,” you’ve heard about how Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been spreading across both the United States and the World. From the stock market crashing and halting all trading for a 15-minute period this morning, to talks in the NBA about playing basketball games without fans […]
Monthly Market Update – February 2020
Welcome to the Monthly Market Update for January 2020! As you all are aware: the market data for each month is not released until the end of the subsequent month, so here we are taking a look at how the year is starting off – and I’ve got to say things are looking like they will become even […]
The Top 25 Agents of Q4 2019
Not only is our Top 25 Agents of Q4 2019 significant because it’s the end of the year, but it’s also meaningful because it marks the end of the 2010s decade. The agents in this list have demonstrated time and time again that they belong at the top. This is the cream of the crop, the […]
2019: The Year in Review
2019 was a year of firsts for JohnHart Real Estate. In this final year of the 2010s decade, we opened our first office in the South Bay (Long Beach), became one of the first Real Estate brokerages to design + create our own CRM (Swarm), landed a monumental deal with Zillow, and organized our very […]