June 1, 2014 Volume 8

Linza LeDuff

Nearby Things to do this Summer • June-September 5th, Every Friday Night

5:30PM - 8:30pm Hollywood - Barnsdall

Art Park will be hosting Barnsdall Friday

Night Wine Tasting brought to you by Silver

Lake Wine. Tickets $25

• Monday June 23rd - 7PM - Jam Sessions

at the Ford: Samba with Viver Brasil

Dance Company - The Viver Brasil Dance

Company dancers will help you pick up the

steps to one of Brazil’s most popular cultur-

al expressions. Wear comfortable clothes

and shoes. This is a free event.

• July 4th 7:30pm - Hollywood Bowl 4th of

July Spectacular with Steve Martin and the

Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie

Brickell. Tickets $12.10 - 148.10

• July 4th 9pm - 9:20pm - Marina Del Rey -

4th of July Fireworks Show on the Beach.

Get there early to get a spot!

• July 26th-27th 11AM-7PM - 19th Annual

Central Avenue Jazz Festival - The city of

Los Angeles Shuts down the portion of Cen-

tral Avenue between 43rd St. and Martin

Luther King Bl. for this celebration of Los

Angeles Jazz History including a live perfor-

mance by Living Legend Gerald Wilson and

many other. This is a free event.

• To find out more about these and other local

events go to www.LinzaLeDuff.com Click on

About The Area, Area Links

June Mortgage Rates: Los Angeles Summary Results Range Bankrate.com National Average

30 year fixed 4.06% - 4.37% 4.34%

15 year fixed 3.11% - 3.57% 3.43%

5/1 ARM 2.77% - 3.41% 3.37%

June Newsletter

W H E R E T O G O N E X T : AR E Y O U U R B AN O R S U B U R -

B AN T H AT I S T H E QU E S T I O N ?

M AK I N G O U R W AY U P V I N E S T . W E S T O P AT

T H E C R O S S S T R E E T H O L L Y W O O D B L V D . “ T H AT ’ S T H E C AP I T A L

R E C O R D S B U I L D I N G O N T H E R I G H T , I S N ’ T I T J E S S I C A? ” M Y

G R AN D P A, G E R A L D W I L S O N AS K S . T H OU G H H E ’ S L O S T T H E M A-

J O R I T Y O F H I S S I G H T AN E Y E D I S E AS E C AL L E D M AC U L A R D E G E N -

E R AT I O N , H E P O I N T S O U T T H I S AN D L E S S E R K N O W N L AN D M AR K S

S U C H AS M I C E L I ’ S I T AL I A N R E S T AU R AN T O N L AS P AL M AS W I T H -

O U T M Y E V E N H AV I N G T O T E L L H I M AT W H I C H I N T E R S E C T I ON

W E ’ V E S T O P P E D . H E H AS T H E M C OM M I T T E D T O M E M O R Y A N D

F E E L I N G . S U C H I S T H E L I F E O F S OM E B OD Y W H O H AS L I V E D I N

T H I S B I G C I T Y C AL L E D L O S AN G E L E S F O R M O R E T H AN 5 0 Y E AR S

( C O N T I N U E D ON P A GE 2 )

Real Estate

Market Watch The pace of home sales

rose slightly in April after a

slow start in 2014. Invento-

ry increased noticeably in

April, meaning buyers

should have more choices

moving into this year’s

peak home buying season

and may have less competi-

tion in certain markets.

While the overall inventory

in the country has in-

creased, there is currently a

great deal of variance in

local markets, with inven-

tory levels in some cities

remaining substantially

lower than the national

numbers and inventory lev-

els varying by price point

within many markets. Pric-

es continue to increase this

year, helping even more

homeowners return to posi-

tive equity. Interest rates

remained below expecta-

tions at the beginning of

this year and have dipped

even further in recent

weeks. With buyers having

more options available and

sellers poised to take ad-

vantage of equity growth,

the summer months should

offer opportunities for all

individuals looking to par-

ticipate in the housing mar-

ket.

Don’t forget…. With every

closed escrow we donate a

portion of our own commis-

sion to helping sheltered,

abused, and homeless animals

find loving, forever homes!!.

Keller Williams Hollywood Hills, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046

Jessica LeDuff & Shelli Linza

Linza LeDuff Real Estate BRE #01932016/#01819475

Call us TODAY!

(562) 544-0366

(949) 981-9005

www.LinzaLeDuff.com

At “Linza Le Duff

Real Estate”

If you would like to ask

us any questions about

the market or to set up a

no obligation home value

evaluation please contact

us.

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Each office is independently owned and operated. If your home is currently listed with another Realtor, please disregard this notice. It is not our intention to solicit other bro-

kers listings.

My grandpa Gerald and Grandma Jo have loved Los Angeles and their lives here. Though, once or twice they’ve admitted that getting older might have been a little easi-er in a small town. Say the suburbs, “Somewhere like Santa Maria, where your mom lives,” my grandfather has said on occasion. And while my grandparents are in the end content to stay put here in the city, it’s a personal decision each of us has to make each time we are looking to move. Urban areas like West Hollywood, Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles (to name a few) are tough due to their high cost of living, generally less living space, traffic and congestion. On the other side of that coin, these and so many other urban areas of LA are so very attractive because they are alive with culture, ideas, people, diverse ter-

rain and night life! We all need different things for our lives at different times. So for some homeowners it may just be time to move up (to a better or larger home) and for others it may be time to move on. Moving up and/or moving on often require you to give something up in order to get something. Is it more im-portant to be able to save money and have more yard space and a shorter commute to your doctor’s office/your child’s school/fill in the blank. Or will you be happier spending a little (or a lot) more to have your home closer to your job in West Hollywood/Beverly Hills/fill in the blank and heading to Barnsdall Art Park/Runyon Canyon/fill in the blank on the weekends? Is it time to sell the house in the city and trade in the season tickets to the Hollywood Bowl for living closer to your grandchildren or your brother in Woodland Hills, for example? Whatever the decision, the goal should be to live the best and happiest life for you and sometimes it takes a little give and take to get there.