The Malibu Real Estate Blog

It looks like Villa Malibu is looking for some exciting new ways to market their property. They already have a strong presence in local print media, are ranked high on Google’s search engine for “Malibu Real Estate”, and throw boozie parties with killer food at least once a month for real estate agents to get the word out. But something was missing…..hum…. let me think…..oh yeah…girls in bikini’s! These two ladies were hired to sunbathe on lounge chairs on PCH and to pass out flyers about rentals at Villa Malibu. In the 5 minutes I was there several people pulled up to get flyers and numerous construction workers drove by real slow either giving a thumbs up or a salutory honk of the horn. Here is the link to the website http://www.villamalibuliving.com/ if you need a luxury apartment or a sunbathing job.

A lesson for Sellers. There is  a really great house for sale in Malibu that went on the market in Feb. of 2007 at $4,775,000. A few months later the owners dropped the price to $4,575,000. On Jan. 24, 2008 the owners went for the big  chop and dropped the price almost $800,000! It soon had buyers swarming and the offers came in. That’s a million dollar price reduction in a years time. (There was a sale pending but it is showing as active in the MLS)  Bottom Line. If you want to sell and you don’t have offer’s in the first month or two, get aggressive and start chopping.   

 The home is listed with Wendy Jensen at the Coldwell Banker Malibu. It’s one of the best deals I’ve seen if you want a ~4000 sq. ft.  private house with an easy walk to the beach.