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Blog: Cabbage Patch Dolls, iPhones, and many homes right now in the Conejo Valley. What do they all have in common?

What do these three things have in common?

A Little Market Update:  Buyers still seem to be out in droves looking for mid-priced homes here in our Agoura Hills area, even though the school year is well underway. I was showing property this last weekend, and at one home that had just gone on the market I counted five other families also there to see it, and this is just during the time we walked through it!  (FYI This house ended up receiving multiple offers).

Does anyone remember the heydays of the Cabbage Patch Dolls? (or another comparison for the rest of you could be what has been happening with the new iPhone 5's).

Well back when the Cabbage Patch Dolls came out the stores couldn't keep them on the shelves.  Each time a new batch arrived there was a feeding frenzy and people were almost getting trampled trying to buy them and waiting hours for the stores to open so that they could get their hands on one.

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Has any one reading this been looking for homes lately? I am not saying you will get trampled if you are trying to buy a house right now, but I do suggest that you bring your "A" game with you when you write an offer. Make sure that you READ MORE

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