This summer’s 3-mo moving averages look quite different from last year.

In 2014, the list-pricing started to falter as summer approached, and stumbled along until this spring.  But since then, we’ve been on a tear!

summer 2015 avg LP vs avg SP

How can it be explained?  The lower-end buyers are more affected by rising rates, so maybe they are scrambling to buy anything affordable while they can?

According to the MLS, the San Diego County detached-home sales are 7% higher for the first seven months of 2015, compared to last year!  Summer sales this year are hotter than the 2013 frenzy levels in the graph below.

summer 2015 actives vs solds

Any decent houses-for-sale have been gobbled up so quickly that the inventory appears bleak to casual observers who only see low numbers and lousy offerings left behind by the more-motivated buyers.

The casual buyers and sellers will check out once school starts – leaving the rest of this year to the motivated players on both sides.

When is the best time to buy?  When everyone else isn’t!

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