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Rich is seeing it like we are – pricing has been fairly flat lately.

Click here for his full report:

https://www.piggington.com/february_2019_housing_data_bit_strengthening

Posted by Jim the Realtor on Mar 21, 2019 in Jim's Take on the Market, Market Buzz, Sales and Price Check | 0 comments

Lock Up

Yesterday, I whipped into the City of Carlsbad maintenance yard where they have all the realtor open-house signs locked up. They have been diligent in their enforcement efforts!

When the city first threatened to do something, we realtors didn’t take it seriously and failed to get out in front of it.

As a result, the city imposed a rule that requires our open house signs to be inside of the right-of-way, which is tough around Olde Carlsbad where there are no sidewalks and in many cases, no place to put signs that are ten feet from the street.

Not only are they collecting the signs every weekend now, but their driver has an attitude too, especially when he is on patrol with his girlfriend – which has to be against city policy for her to be riding along.

I asked about political signs.

They explained that those have a ‘special’ permit so they can be put anywhere. Politicians give themselves special treatment!

Posted by Jim the Realtor on Mar 21, 2019 in Jim's Take on the Market, Open House, Realtor | 4 comments

It’s Go Time

Mortgage rates are improving nicely, and at the right time of year!

We should see more market surge over the next couple of weeks.

I mis-spoke on the video yesterday when I said the median sales price is $561,000 – it’s $591,400. But still well under our neighbors to the north:

Posted by Jim the Realtor on Mar 21, 2019 in Interest Rates/Loan Limits, Jim's Take on the Market, Market Surge, Spring Kick | 0 comments

New Homes in the $500,000s

For those who think there is no hope left in the $500,000 range, consider what you can get just 17 miles from the I-5 and 76 intersection:

Posted by Jim the Realtor on Mar 20, 2019 in Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Jim's Take on the Market, Thinking of Buying? | 3 comments

Dick Dale, RIP

We lost a real legend this week, Dick Dale, and his medical story was tragic:

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/at-78-and-with-a-myriad-of-health-issues-surf-rock-legend-dick-dale-plays-through-the-pain/

Dick Dale… invented surf music in the 1950’s. Not the ’60’s as is commonly believed. He was given the title “King of the Surf Guitar” by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from sun-up to sun-down. He met Leo Fender the guitar and amplifier Guru and Leo asked Dale to play his newly creation, the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief, he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards, Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed and changing the chords in his head then transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale

Here is Dick playing at the Fiesta Del Sol in Solana Beach in 2011:

Posted by Jim the Realtor on Mar 20, 2019 in Jim's Take on the Market, Wednesday Rock Blogging | 4 comments

Going to California?

For the first time in recent history – and probably the first time ever – the net migration out of California has not been offset by the international inflow.

The number of people leaving the state is 3x what it was just 4+ years ago!

But the state population is still growing….naturally. Over the last eight years, there have been almost 2 million more births than deaths!

With baby boomers living longer, the birth/death balance should level out eventually, but all those young people need to live somewhere – and only the affluent will be able to purchase a home. (click to enlarge)