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SOLD! PROPERTY OF THE MONTH Executive Yigo Home
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MARKET REPORT
Residential Market Snapshot from January 1, 2015 to September 1, 2015
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RECENTLY CLOSED LISTINGS
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JUST LISTED
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ACCESS
Recently listed properties in the market.
If you can drive to a property, it has access, right? Well….maybe not!
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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
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EXECUTIVE YIGO HOME This spacious executive home features vaulted ceilings, Feng Shui open floor plan with foyer, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with a bonus room & fully secure fenced remote gate. Tray ceilings, granite countertops, recessed lighting, chef’s kitchen, & dining area with a bay window built-in. Not to mention stainless steel appliances, 2 car garage & yard work included! Only a 5 minute drive to Andersen Airforce Base.
List Price: $4,400/mo Closed Price: $4,400/mo Days on the Market: 25 MLS ID: 15-2272
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RECENTLY SOLD & RENTED LISTINGS 01 Mangilao Duplex Unit
Listed: $1,200/mo • Rented: $900/mo
This 3bd/1.5ba split level duplex sits atop almost a half acre of land. Features access through a private staircase and patio where you can sit down, relax, and catch a glimpse of your surrounding greenery. Days on the market: 37 MLS ID: 15-2248
02 Dededo Home
Listed: $2,450/mo • Rented: $2,450/mo
Extra big yard, extra big living space & extra big rooms. All the room you need and more in this spacious 4bd/3ba Dededo home, conveniently located just minutes from Andersen AFB and the NCS Navy Base. Days on the market: 19 MLS ID: 15-2466
03 Pago Bay Unit
Listed: $2,200/mo • Rented: $2,200/mo
This 3bd/2ba residential unit is beautifully positioned on a tip lot overlooking Pago Bay. Good access to the Naval hospital or Navy base. 100% back up generator, security cameras, ample parking stalls, BBQ pavilion and more. Days on the market: 58 MLS ID: 15-2005
04 Santa Rita Home
Listed: $4,400/mo • Rented: $4,400/mo
This gorgeous 4bd/4ba Santa Rita home offers tons of space with over 2,500 living sq.ft+/-, huge closets, gourmet kitchen, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, 2car garage, security system, and so much more. Days on the market: 17 MLS ID: 15-2481
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A LIST OF RECENTLY CLOSED LISTINGS TO HELP YOU ASSESS THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTIES
05 Dededo Home
Listed: $2,350/mo • Rented: $2,450/mo
Sure to please northern home with spacious master bedroom with walk-in closet & large full master bath. Two additional bedrooms & bath. Yard is fully fenced with both vehicle & pedestrian gates. Days on the market: 145 MLS ID: 15-994
06 Nimitz Estates Home
Listed: $495,000 • Sold: $465,000
Escape the everyday stresses by coming home and enjoying the well manicured, custom landscaped backyard, all the while watching Sunrises and Sunsets and Ocean views from this 4bd/2ba home! Days on the market: 158 MLS ID: 15-902
07 Villa I’Sabana
Listed: $300,000 • Sold: $285,000
Enjoy coming home to the this Large 3bd/2.5ba Townhome located in Upper Tumon! This end unit offers more yard spaced, move living space and move privacy! Days on the market: 118 MLS ID: 15-1462
08 Yigo Home
Listed: $1,500/mo • Rented: $1,400/mo
Cozy 4 bedroom 3 bath home with lots of yard space in a nice quiet neighborhood.
Days on the market: 141 MLS ID: 15-1110
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JUST LISTED
AVAILABLE LISTINGS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE MARKET
01 Chalan Ping Pago
Ordot-Chalan Pago • $4,400/mo
Rent this astonishing 3bd/3.5ba home w/ endless amounts of modern features. Bamboo wood flooring on 2nd flr. A mini bar w/ 48 bottle wine chiller, cook-top & oven, trash compactor, 2 drawer dish washer & more! Guamhome.com/15-2708
02 Sunrise Villa
Mangilao • $425,000
Gorgeous executive-style home upgraded to the nines with careful attention to detail! Tasteful, classy & STILL exudes the warmth & coziness of HOME! Includes 3bd/2ba, more than 2,250+/-sf of living space on a near 1/4 acre lot. Guamhome.com/15-2765
03 Canada Street
Barrigada • $539,000
This house is in IMMACULATE condition! 4 spacious bedrooms, and 5 bathrooms make this newer home any family’s DREAM home! Features outdoor terrace, yard irrigation system, volley ball court, stainless appliances & more! Guamhome.com/15-2767
04 Chalan Ayuyu Yona • $2,205/mo
The view from the unit and from the large and beautifully slated balcony is unreal! If you’re new to Guam, and want a place that offers an island feeling, it won’t get better than this. 3bd/2ba Guamhome.com/15-2699
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ACCESS
Public Roads
These roads are owned by GovGuam and are maintained by GovGuam. Bull Cart trails are unique to Guam in If you can drive to a property, it has that they provide legal access (and access, right? Well….maybe not! physical access) to many otherwise land locked parcels. It is not uncommon for the physical location of the driveway to a property Private Roads to differ from the legal access. Keep Families or developers sometimes this in mind when considering the reserve a road as a right of way purchase of a house or lot. Your for ingress and egress and utility Realtor can provide you with a map services within a private subdivision of the property that will indicate legal and are disclosed by the subdivision access. In most urban subdivisions map of the property. Maintenance it is easy to determine legal access, for these roads will ultimately be the but if the property is a little off the responsibility of the homeowners. beaten path, you may need to consult a surveyor to determine the location Easements of the legal access to the property. An easement is the right to use property that belongs to someone If the physical access and legal else. A right of way falls within the access are not the same, you may definition of an easement in that it need to consider the cost of installing allows another person to travel over a road to the property within the legal your land. Easements and rights of access boundaries. way are usually created by a Grant of Easement instrument, or by a Access, also called ingress and covenant contained in a Deed. egress rights, fall into a number of categories, the most common of In the case of private roads and which are: easements, it is very important
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to read and fully understand the rights granted. Some may contain restrictions or reversions that may limit or prohibit your free access and use of the easement. Unless a specific exception to title is taken, your Owner’s Title Insurance Policy guarantees your right of access to your property. And if there is a problem with access, your title report will disclose the issue so that you can deal with it prior to purchasing the property.
by Kim Anderson Young PRESIDENT, SECURITY TITLE, INC.
kim@securitytitle.net • 671.647.8100
Finding simple solutions to complex real estate transactions.