David Melford Associate Broker at Engel & Völkers

04/04/2026

Elevate your options
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Up to $50,000 with a simple application

No credit impact to apply or access funds

Just ~1% / month + $499 (nothing due until closing)¹

(8.99-16.99% annually / 9.60-18% APR)

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01/09/2026

Really ? Is this lip service

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is moving to ban large investors from purchasing single-family homes.

"I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "People live in homes, not corporations."

01/01/2026

The new year is a moment to celebrate where you’ve been and envision where you’d like to go. As a real estate advisor, I’m here to help you embrace what’s ahead — whether that means enhancing the value of your current property, navigating a sale, or finding the place that fits your next chapter.

Cheers to a year of growth, opportunity, and elevated living.

12/14/2025

Homeless people are not in these US States

A new LendingTree analysis found that there are 14.9 million vacant homes across the U.S., with two of the top three states for vacancy rates located in New England.

According to Realtor.com's Hannah Jones, “high vacancy can be the product of relatively small housing markets with relatively high seasonal housing stock,” adding that, “Maine, Vermont, and Alaska have relatively few total homes and relatively high vacation-home markets as a share of all inventory, which leads to a higher vacancy rate.”

11/27/2025

Gratitude

Today, we’re thankful for all those that make a house feel like a home, and the REALTOR® agents who helped to make it a reality.

11/09/2025

Condo Lease, available Now

125 North Raymond Avenue, 211, Pasadena, CA 91103 is a Other that contains 1080 sqft. It contains 1 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. This rental unit is available for $3450 per month.

10/26/2025

Property taxes are rising nationwide as home values and local rates climb. The median U.S. tax bill reached $3,500 in 2024, up 2.8% from last year. New Jersey leads with a $9,413 median tax, while West Virginia remains lowest at just $728.

10/17/2025

Go to the Beach 😎

201 OCEAN AVENUE , Santa Monica, CA 90402 David Melford (626) 705-0637 Engel & Völkers Pasadena 1 Residential 510 P1-24538

10/17/2025

For Lease $3,450

09/27/2025

Really. Not California

Home-flipping profits are cooling nationwide. In Q2 2025, the typical flip sold for $325,000 after being bought for $259,700, netting investors a 25.1% return, about $65K before expenses, per ATTOM.

While still solid, margins have thinned as home prices soften from pandemic highs. "Home prices have softened from their pandemic-era peaks across much of the country, and today’s flippers are seeing slimmer margins as a result. Over the past five-plus years, scarce inventory fueled intense competition and drove prices up," said Hannah Jones, senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com.

ATTOM also highlighted 8 cities where flipping remains most profitable. See the full report and methodology: https://rltor.cm/5qz0kg

09/16/2025

A Brief history of Keys🔑🔑
Well before there was a need to enter individual units of an apartment building or secure clothes inside a gym locker, people sought to keep thieving hands away from their stores of grain or precious jewels. As a result, locks and keys have been around for a large chunk of recorded history. Here's a look at how these pronged keepsakes have changed since they first surfaced in the ancient world.

Well before there was a need to enter individual units of an apartment building or secure clothes inside a gym locker, people sought to keep thieving hands away from their stores of grain or precious jewels. As a result, locks and keys have been around for a large chunk of recorded history.  While ...