• Pool Homes in the Valley: What They Really Add to Value,Herb Rim

    Pool Homes in the Valley: What They Really Add to Value

    In most of America, a swimming pool is a coin-flip at resale. In the San Fernando Valley — where summer runs five months and 95-degree weeks are routine — the calculus is different. Here is an honest, local look at what pools add, what they cost, and how to think about them whether you are buying, s

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  • Single-Story Homes in the Valley: Where to Find Them,Herb Rim

    Single-Story Homes in the Valley: Where to Find Them

    Ask any Valley agent which request comes up most often and you will hear the same answer: "single-story, please." One-level living is the most consistently requested — and most supply-constrained — product in the San Fernando Valley. This guide covers who is competing for these homes, the neighborho

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  • The San Fernando Valley School Guide for Homebuyers,Herb Rim

    The San Fernando Valley School Guide for Homebuyers

    In the Valley, school boundaries move home values as much as square footage does. If you are buying with kids — or with resale in mind — here is how the school landscape maps onto real estate, neighborhood by neighborhood. The Public Standouts (and Their Boundaries) Studio City — Carpenter Community

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