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Chatsworth Homes Sales September 2008: Volume Up, Prices Down, Days on Market Up

Chatsworth Houses Sold 9/01/08- 9/30/08

In my monthly print newsletter, I give the previous month's home sales in Chatsworth. For the past few months, 21 homes closed each month but September pushed the volume higher to 24 closed sales! I knew it was busy, both from personal experience and from talking with fellow North Valley agents. Alas, the average sales price was lower and the average days on market rose.

For more information on these homes or any other property, call or email Harley.

Address

Bed

Bath

Sq Ft

Sold Price

DOM

10400 Alabama Ave

3

2

1,287

$320,000

191

20101 Citronia St

3

2

1,406

$350,000

164

10803 Independence Ave

3

2

1,056

$375,000

2

19836 Itasca St

4

2

2,164

$384,000

6

10042 Oso Ave

4

2

1,303

$395,000

6

20129 Halsted St

3

2

1,368

$396,000

21

9325 Huston Rd

3

3

2,158

$408,000

137

10051 Hillview Ave

3

3

1,955

$412,000

27

10415 Jordan Ave

4

3

2,042

$420,000

124

9545 Delco Ave

3

2

1,443

$429,000

135

20655 Lemarsh St

4

3

2,271

$445,000

38

9612 Quakertown Ave

3

2

1,435

$474,000

64

10155 Cozycroft Ave

5

3

2,359

$500,000

65

10132 Lurline Ave

4

2

2,236

$500,000

15

10622 Willowbrae Ave

5

3

2,590

$510,000

10

20633 Nashville St

4

3

2,107

$525,000

51

20640 Kingsbury St

3

2

2,010

$540,000

343

9508 Quartz Ave

4

3

2,034

$556,000

50

21025 San Jose St

3

2

2,644

$620,000

108

20481 Nashville St

5

4

3,068

$718,000

59

10830 Owensmouth Ave

4

3

2,328

$750,000

42

22322 Lassen St

4

5

4,041

$780,500

163

22005 Sagebrook Rd

4

3

3,721

$960,000

116

11833 Peak Rd

5

6

5,111

$1,475,000

5

Average

$551,750

81

The information on these properties was provided from the SoCalMLS and represents the sales of all companies. Information deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed and provided for the sole purpose of keeping you updated in your area. This is not intended as a solicitation if you currently have a broker.

Reason #2 Why I Love Chatsworth: Caring Neighbors Support the Keller Williams Food Drive!

Wow, what an amazing and inspiring response to the recent Keller Williams food drive! I picked up 53 bags (and one box) of non-perishable items, and my car was packed tighter than a car when a new grad drives away to college. I was truly touched by the outpouring of generosity from my Chatsworth neighbors.

Many agents in my Keller Williams Northridge office participated in Food Drive '08, and I am proud to be a part of a company that cares! The Valley Food Bank came to our Keller Williams Northridge office and delivered the entire haul to the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission, a very appreciative recipient.

Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated and to everyone who encouraged me as I was stopping by door-to-door with the empty bags during our record heat wave-hopefully next year the weather will be cooler!

If you or someone you knows is looking for a neighborhood with heart, call me and I would be happy to show you some lovely homes in Chatsworth, CA.

Reason #1 why I love Chatsworth, CA: The land of no traffic and open freeways

Okay, that may be an overstatement...and it certainly isn't a warm and fuzzy Reason #1 for loving Chatsworth, but just about every day I'm driving all over the San Fernando Valley and I literally say to myself outloud in my car, "I love the 118 freeway!"

For those of you who don't live in the Valley or the Los Angeles area or a similar metropolitan jungle or its suburb, you might not know what bad traffic is like and my euphoric outburst may seem extreme. Forget about the mocassins, don't judge me until you've driven a mile on the 101 in rush hour. Gridlock traffic drove Michael Douglas crazy in one of his movies (I don't recall whether it was LA traffic, but the bumper to bumper visual is the same). You're just sitting in your car, watching the clock tick forward and the gas gauge tick downward.

I lived for 15 years in Sherman Oaks, near the intersection of the 405 and 101 freeways. I loved Sherman Oaks, my home, and my neighbors, but this particular freeway intersection should have been awarded the dubious distinction of the "most congested intersection in the world"--I swear I heard this once, and if it isn't true the intersection would have been a close runner up.


In contrast, the 118 is typically smooth sailing. The 118 runs along the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley, westwards to Chatsworth, Simi Valley, and connecting with the 23 South in Moorpark; it runs eastwards through Northridge, Granada Hills, and ultimately to the 210 freeway, connecting with the 405 and I5 along the way.

Here is a recent mid-day traffic snapshot showing the San Fernando Valley traffic patterns--love that green along the 118!


There are many factors to consider when purchasing a home, and lifestyle is one of them. Your lifestyle includes your daily commute and traffic tolerance. It also includes neighborhood information, shopping, parks and recreation, and a host of other issues. My website www.HarleyRamsey.com offers neighborhood and community reports, and I would be happy to talk with you about San Fernando Valley living and homes for sale.

If you (or somebody you know) are looking for a real estate agent who will make the process of buying or selling a home feel like an easy drive with green lights all the way, email me at Harley@KW.com.

No More Side-Stepping the Issue of Sidewalk Repair

The City's Attempts at Pushing Repairs onto Future Home Sellers



Do you think the best way to deal with a community’s broken sidewalks is to have homeowners pay for sidewalk repair when they sell their home? I am a homeowner and a Realtor in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, and I am very concerned about the city trying to shift this problem to home sellers. This piecemeal approach to sidewalk repair through a point-of-sale requirement, though, has recently been proposed by a task force convened by the Bureau of Street Services at the behest of the Los Angeles City Council.

A point-of-sale approach is misguided primarily because it is not a comprehensive method of eliminating threats to public safety—it is piecemeal and arbitrary. Suppose you sell your house and your sidewalk is broken, but your neighbor’s sidewalk is significantly worse. You would have to pay potentially thousands of dollars to repair your sidewalk while steps away the problem is even more severe; the adjoining broken sidewalk would not necessarily be repaired until the current homeowner decided to sell. It makes no sense to require one property owner who is selling to fix a moderately damaged sidewalk while risks to public safety on either side with dangerous cracked, uplifted, and broken sidewalks would remain unrepaired.

Realtors are urging the City of Los Angeles to think of a better plan. City officials acknowledge that at the current pace, it will take 83 years to repair already broken sidewalks. In the interest of public safety and livable neighborhoods, the city needs to devise a better plan.



Picture from RubberSideWalks Inc.


In Santa Monica, for instance, they have been repairing broken sidewalks with rubber ones made of recycled tires! The rubber gives instead of buckling and cracking, and the panels are permeable by moisture so the try roots do not need to push up in search of water. Our Westside neighbor, Santa Monica, is pioneering this new idea (as explained in this USA Today article). My San Fernando Valley Government Affairs committee is looking for new and innovative ideas…and I am sure there are some out there on Active Rain. Please let me know!

If you would like more information or have any great ideas, please be sure to comment below. I am on the Government Affairs Committee for the Southland Regional Association of Realtors, and I will relay your concerns and ideas.

If you know of anyone looking for a Realtor that is up-to-date and actively involved in issues affecting the San Fernando Valley, from Chatsworth and the 118 corridor to Sherman Oaks and the prime studio corridor, I would love to help. I can be reached at Harley@KW.com.