Welcome to our New Family

We just wanted to welcome Kathryn Straps, Booner Boel and Elisa Anula to our Family. Kathryn Straps formally with C-21 Watson will be working out of the Fresno office. She has been in Real Estate for 6 years and will be specialize in Clovis & Fresno area's. Booner Boel formally with C-21 Watson has been selling real estate 5 years before that he sold insurance, he will be working out of our Fresno office and Elisa Anula formally with Monticello Properties. She is a broker associate has been in the Real Estate industry for 20 years...she will be working out of our Clovis Office. Welcome aboard and we are so happy to have you in our family.

Web Site's for Real Estate Agents

I just want to say that if you don't have a web site ...your missing out! Here at London Properties...we provide every agent with a FREE standard web site. In the past 3 weeks I have come across 4 agents that have shared with me that they have gotten buyers just from that free site. Congrats! to Luis Bedford, Karla Pena in our Kingsburg office, Sonia Rogers and Kathi Holland. Good job, keep up the good work.

Another London Office!!!

Just wanted to say congratulations to Leff Lawry and Chuck Dudek, they will be taking over our new office which is located in Atwater, CA. This is our 12th office in the valley. Please feel free to stop by the new office any time. The address is 594 Bellevue Rd. in Atwater. Good job boys!!!

Royal Charter Home Loans

Royal Charter Home Loans, wants to welcome on board John McMillian. John will be covering our Chowchilla, Merced and Oakhurst offices. John, like all of our great loans officers, is doing just an awesome job taking care of all our gents. Thanks Royal Charter!

Kingsburg is having great floor!!!

Congratulations to Karla Pena!!! she told floor last week, and while on floor she pick up 5 leads and has already written 1 offer. Go Karla!!!

Great Job!!! Wanda Fries

Just wanted to share a great success story this week about Wanda Ann Fries. Wanda works out of our Fresno office, and has been selling real estate since 2004. One day about 2 weeks ago she was coming out of a Starbucks and she saw a gentlemen looking thru a real estate magazine. Of course being Wanda she ask him "are you looking at buying a house? " And he said "yes I'am" Wanda replied 'well that's great, because I work for London Properties and I can help you do that.' Wanda has written up 12 offers and 5 are in escrow. The gentlemen has 5 million dollars in the bank and wants to purchase 50 homes. Great job Wanda....it's just another reminder you have to ask for the business...just don't walk on by.

Welcome to our New Family

Just wanted to welcome a new agent to our Fresno Office, her name is Patricia Magallon. Patty is formally of Image Financial and Real Estate. She has been selling real estate since 2003 and she will be specializing in the Fresno, Clovis and Madera markets, Welcome a board Patty.

Great Story from our Clovis office

The power of wearing your name badge. One day last week one of our agents Cindy Reinke walked into a Quicky Stop to pick something up and the guy behind the counter noticed that she worked at London Properties. He told her that he wanted to buy a house. Cindy just like any good agent said "well I can help you do that" The store employee is currently getting pre-approved with our Loan Department Royal Charter Home loans and will be going out this weekend with Cindy to buy a house.

Good job Cindy. Keep wearing that name badge.

Great Story from Our Oakhurst Office!!!

Alex Gonzalez-Bustos received a email from a person who was looking on our London Properties web site last week. The person was looking to work with a hispanic realtor and came across her. They are currently looking for property in Oakhurst and are about to write an offer. Great job Alex. We wish you a fast escrow. Keep up the great work!!!

A Fool's Game?

The following editorial was recently published in the Fresno Bee:

'A fool's game'
"I was reading your article, "Fresno Home prices below U.S. average" and saw that Patrick Conner, owner of London Properties, is quoted as saying that prices are below the national average and that we are not in Nebraska.

He is right about one thing: We are not in Nebraska, because if we were, the home prices would be even lower. He should know that ratio of home prices to income levels in the Valley are still too high.

In that same article, Robin Kane, a real estate analyst, is quoted as saying that guessing the bottom is a fool's game. Isn't this the same group of people who said that real estate prices never go down and that it was the time to buy when the market was overinflated?

I think it's a fool's game to listen to a group of people whose vested interests are pushed ahead of the public they claim to properly inform."

-Carlos Montez, Fresno

Mr. Montez, your opinion is appreciated, but we are very aware of the opportunities and affordability of our local market. As of the first of February, the nation's unemployment percentage hit 7.6%. Fresno is slightly higher, and places in the midwest, like Nebraska and Indiana, have counties where that figure is over 15%. Also, in 2002, the valley's housing affordability index (which accounts for the ratio of wages to housing costs) was at 64%. Then, our market did get out of control and by 2006 that figure dropped to 24%. However, with our market correction, and lower housing prices, the Valley's affordability index is back up to 65%. These are just the facts, your call...