Lori Dee Doerfler's Lake Havasu Blog

Regardless of what a lender quotes on mortgage rates, the actual rate paid by a borrower is based on a number of variables. Lenders determine whether to loan money and at what rate based on the risk involved with the transaction. Factors that increase the risk that the loan will be repaid will pr...

Great post by Lindsay Hasford, in Minnesota about preparing your home to be on the market...keeping in mind, "all valuables"...you don't want to give anyone the opportunity...Everyone has heard rumors of de-cluttering when it's time to sell your home. But, what does that really mean?  Before goin...

Greetings from Lake Havasu City!Value Priced Homes have been in high demand, and continues to reduce our inventory of Homes for Sale.  We currently have 586 Single Family Homes on the market (range $64,990 to $1,750,000), with only 22 listed under $100,000.February brings a ton of FUN Things to D...

Points refer to prepaid interest on a home mortgage and can be fully deductible by the buyer in the year paid if the right conditions exist. The points must be used to buy, build or improve a taxpayer's principal residence but not all fees charged by the lender are necessarily deductible. Accordi...

Work hard, buy a home, start a family and continue to upgrade your home until everyone has enough room. This has been the blueprint for lots of homeowners for the last fifty years but there is certainly a shift in thinking that could change all of that. Interestingly, Americans live in much large...

Happy New Year!Lake Havasu City is off to a great start this year!  The holiday season was very busy with visitors and Home Sales last month, which reduced our inventory of Homes for Sale.  We now have 568 Single Family, and only 28listed under $100,000.  We currently have 60 active single family...

Happy New Year!Lake Havasu City is off to a great start this year!  The holiday season was very busy with visitors and Home Sales last month, which reduced our inventory of Homes for Sale.  We now have 568 Single Family, and only 28listed under $100,000.  We currently have 60 active single family...

I think Stephen Munson of Munson Realty in Pasadena, CA hit the nail on the head! Overpriced Homes-Sell Slower and For Less If there’s anything we can take away from the plethora of Bank Owned Foreclosures is they certainly know how to price a home to move! I maintain that you almost always shoot...

It is a BEAUTIFUL blue sky day in Lake Havasu City, AZ.  According to our local MLS, we have 626 single family home listings.  These homes are listed at a range of $39,900 and $954,000.  Of the 626 listings, 25 homes are priced at $100,000 or less.  Active foreclosures are numbered at 68 with a ...

Another BEAUTIFUL day in Havasu!!!  Home sales in Lake Havasu continue to reduce our inventory.  We currently have 592 Single Family Homes for Sale in Lake Havasu City.  Only 37 are listed at less than $100,000.  The price range for Single Family Homes in Havasu is now $56,430 to a high of $2,450...