Per Realtor Magazine, the following metro areas have seen the largest drops in inventories of for-sale homes in the past year (July 2012 compared to July 2011):
1. Oakland, California -59.30%
2. Fresno, California.: -47.81 %
3. Bakersfield, California -44.71 %
4. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington -42.23 %
We expect a lot from our garage doors, and we expect them to open every time, on demand. But, honestly, when was the last time you gave yours a little TLC?
Are you aware the garage door is the heaviest and largest single piece of moving equipment around your home? For the safety of your family, pets, and guests, performing periodic maintenance on your automatic garage door system is a necessity.
There were quite a few homes on caravan today and I managed to see quite a few. Amongst the long list, there were a few bank owned properties that were a bit rough, a beach house with a terrific third story rooftop deck view, a very nice house offered through the city housing program, a downtown view condo, and my favorite of today – a tucked-away vintage home on a 13,000 square foot lot.