How much value does a pig wallow add to a Burbank home for sale?

Here's my pic of one of the open house hosts I encountered yesterday when showing property in Burbank.  I don't know if this is a he or a she, but Piggy was quite friendly and polite.  Unfortunately, there was no indication on the mls to indicate that the home features a pig wallow.  Too bad as it might add value to the home.

Fifteen minutes from Dodger Stadium. Walking distance from the Rose Bowl. And open this Sunday.

Just in time for baseball season’s opening day, 1585 Knollwood Terrace in the Linda Vista area of Pasadena will be open for prospective buyers this Sunday, April 1, from 2 to 5.  This gorgeous 4+3 with pool features a view and a secluded location that’s just minutes from all that the L.A. area has to offer. Check it out on line by Googling 1585 Knollwood Terrace or visit my website at JudyGraff.com for more pictures.

Judy's house hunters' iTunes iMix! Any suggestions for this list?

Real estate shouldn't be all blood, sweat, tears and money.  And you need some tunes for the car as you're driving to all those open houses, right? About five years ago, I put together the following house-related song list for home buyers and sellers. (Sorry, no hip-hop -- I'm old -- but feel free to suggest...). You can go on my website and click on links that will take you right to iTunes if you'd like to buy these, or just create a list on your own. I hope you enjoy this list as much as I enjoyed putting it together. I welcome your suggestions for home-related iMix no. 2.

1. Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis

2. Blue House - Marcia Ball

3. This House - Yellow Man

4. Who Says You Can't Go Home - Bon Jovi

5. Home - Alexi Murdoch

6. Come On-A My House - Rosemary Clooney

7. Red House - Jimi Hendrix

8. Going Home - Sly & Robbie

9. Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees

10. Home - Bonnie Raitt

11. House of Blue Lights - Commander Cody

12. Home - Lene Lovich

13. I'm Coming Home - The Spinners

14. House Where Nobody Lives - Tom Waits

15. Take Me Home, Country Roads - Toots and the Maytals

16. Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

17. Bring it on Home to Me - Sam Cooke 18. Don't it Make You Want to go Home - Joe Tex (suggested by Robert Hilburn when I sent him the original list.) And by the way, husband Steve, former radio dj, will be guesting at tomorrow's open house at 1106 N. Cordova with his special playlist.

Open House Traffic is Better than Expected

Sunday, May 18, I held an open house for my listing at 934 N. Avon in Burbank. It's a great 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath Tudor with both character and modern updates, and it's in a fabulous area of Magnolia Park. I had it advertised in both print and on the internet, of course. The turnout was much better than I expected. Here are my numbers. We had about 19 to 20 groups in (a group can be 1 person or 10 people, but they are all together and represent one purchase). The "normal" number of groups last year, before everything went dead in August, was about 15 groups. It was a first open house, so usually the neighbors account for at least 5 to 6 of the groups. Here, there was only one couple who were neighbors. Everybody who came seemed to be a serious house-hunter. Almost every group was at least a 30-yr-old plus couple and at least half the groups had kids. Of those, several had infants. As we all know, couples with kids are the backbone of the middle-class real estate market. And, the temperature in Burbank was over 100 degrees. Nobody visits open houses when it's that hot except for serious lookers.

What does it mean? Is the housing/credit crisis over? No. But I think last month's loosening of credit -- the first since August -- is certainly responsible for buyer activity. Will we get an offer from this? I'll keep you posted. I expect at least several second looks.