Our team provides home buyers with expert and unrivaled advice, accurate market and property information, prompt access to coveted properties, and the highest level of service and discretion. That’s why we are nationally ranked in the top 1% of all agents.
While every financially significant investment poses risks, the Los Angeles real estate market offers more opportunity than ever before. Whether you are an experienced real estate investor or a first-time home buyer, it’s important to educate yourself on the home buying process, and to understand the unique local market trends impacting your target neighborhoods. It’s also essential that you select a skilled and experience real estate advisor to help you navigate the process.
Our Los Angeles Home Buyers’ Guide provides an overview of essentials you need to understand in order to navigate Los Angeles’ real estate market. We break down for you how to best find a home, how to obtain a home mortgage loan, and how the escrow process works once you have an accepted offer.
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Buyers & Sellers sign purchase agreement
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Listing agent opens escrow
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Buyer place deposit into escrow holder's account
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Escrow holder order preliminary title report from title company
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Escrow prepares instructions & documents
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Escrow holder reviews preliminary title report
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Request demands for payoff
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Escrow reviews demands & documents
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Buyer & Seller sign and return escrow instructions
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Escrow forward "Statement of Identity" to title officer to clear title under general index
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Escrow coordinates with Lender to fulfill all statuses and conditions
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Loan approval is obtained; loan documents are ordered by Escrow
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Escrow holder reviews file to ensure all conditions have been met. New home owner's insurance, HOA information, and data on liens are completed
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Escrow receives loan documents
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Buyer's loan documents are signed and returned to Escrow with remainder of funds
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Escrow requests funds from lender
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Escrow & Title company review title insurance requirements Escrow receives funds from lender
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Deed is recorded, file is closed, funds are distributed to Seller
Our clients have made us the top selling team in the markets we serve, resulting in over $650M of closed real estate transactions. Experience the difference a great real estate team can make.