Concierge & Property Management Corner

Energy Saving Tips:

Increased energy costs in today’s marketplace calls for increased diligence on ways to save energy and thus save money.  Ask your property manager today on simple and cost saving tips from changing your light bulbs to simply adding weather stripping to your home.

Events:

Let your Concierge create your weekend reservations for dinner and entertainment for events like:

Diana Krall, Dick Fox’s Golden Boys, Rodney Carrington, Grand Funk Railroad, Elvis the Musical, ZZ Top or Foreigner.  Contact your Concierge today!

**For more information contact your Palm Springs Concierge or Property Manager at 760-320-1058.**

Featured Palm Springs Luxury Vacation Rental-Aquanetta

This beautiful home in South End neighborhood of Palm Springs is known as Twin Palms.

This home features a display of modern furnishings among architectural  elements of exposed tongue and groove vaulted ceilings, clerestory windows and a rock fireplace in and open floor plan. from downtown Palm Springs and its night life.

For more detailed information or for your next bookings,  contact us at luxury vacation rentals here at www.beaumondevillas.com or 760.320.1058

The great room features easy access to the  media room, kitchen and ease to the private rear yard and pool.

The spacious backyard has  spectacular mountain views with modern desert-landscape.  A  concrete block wall adds as a focal point in showing the mid-century architecture. This is the perfect weekend getaway home featuring style, luxury, privacy and sophistication,  minutes

Mortgage-Great Time to Buy

Regardless of what you have heard or read, money to purchase or refinance real estate is available.It is also the cheapest that it has been in history, or very close to it.Interest rates on mortgages are near historic lows and with home values bottoming out – now is one of the best times in history to buy real estate.It is also a great time to refinance into a low fixed rate  mortgage.

While buying and borrowing low is not a difficult concept to understand, many people feel that qualifying for such a loan is impossible.It isn’t.Through the course of this year, Palm Springs Mutual Mortgage has lent millions of dollars to borrowers ranging from first time buyers,  retirees, the self-employed and everyone in between.

Eric Bennett is the President and Broker at Palm Springs Mutual  Mortgage.He offers free mortgage consultation, pre-approvals, and credit advice. Eric is currently writing a how-to book on credit scoring. He may be reached directly at 760-861-5626 or eric@ericbennett.com.

Interior Design Follows Current Fashions

HAUTE DESIGN – Interiors follow fashion

It is a fact that new trends in interior design often come from fashion and this is a natural relationship.  Stylistic influence from the runway and fashion houses has created an interest in the marketplace for  consistency in style.

We want to have the latest and the most interesting clothing and accessories from the  catwalks on our  furniture, drapery, bedding and walls. Fall’s Ready-to-Wear collections are already showing similarities to interior trends. For example, white-and-black fur-trimmed jacquard, contrasting black-and-white graphics and florals are also a contemporary theme in interior design. A retro look is popular in interiors and fashion as well.

Neutrals with texture contrast is another trend in both fashion and interior- present in almost all collections for the coming fall season. This very interesting comparison is truly a statement on the global influence on design and designers from the closely related design fields of fashion and interior design.For more information contact  William Miller Designs directly at 760.836.9199 or milleryoungdesign.net

Real Estate in Palm Springs – Is the 2009 Mindset Correct?

Sellers

Sellers are going to become more educated during 2009 and make smart decisions to get their homes sold.There is still going to be a lot of fear pumped in by the   media and housing indicators but sellers are starting to learn that real estate is  local and not all areas are as bad as the large metropolitan areas.Watch for sellers to start expecting upgraded home listings through the use of single property websites, web video home tours and listings leveraged by social media and networking.

Buyers

Buyers are stating that this market isn’t going to last forever and are now making plans to buy a home.  Buyers are waiting in the wood works for a few reasons:Credit and lending issues, fear about the state of the market and hoping to time the bottom to get the best price plus trouble selling their current homes.It’s called a self-fulfilling prophesy.Education by the real estate community is the key to stopping this wait-it-out mentality. Look for more local ‘town hall’ style meetings and Realtors taking awareness out into their community and online.

There is so much more to talk about when it comes to current and future real estate trends from green  building and alternative energy to commercial real estate trends.Check back often for updates on this topic and emerging trends and news.

We are interested in learning what your take is on the state of real estate? For More information contact a member of Capitis Real Estate Palm Springs.