Month: August 2009

“feeding frenzy”

From the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125081143925447971.html The housing market has come out of its tailspin, lifted by falling home prices, low mortgage rates and an $8,000 federal tax credit offered to some first-time home buyers. But...

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Stay Within Budget

Hat Tip to T! http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/real_estate/0908/gallery.Life_after_foreclosure/3.html City: Carlsbad, Calif. Price paid: $840,000 Current value: $600,000 This California resident bought his house nine years ago in a gated community within the posh,...

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Lunch with LY

The first segment of Tuesday's speech in Mission Valley, with 700+ realtors filling up this ballroom (and two other auxiliary rooms), at $25 per person, lunch included. This youtube clip was taken with a hand-held camera while standing in back - it's shaky so you may...

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Old Drinking Buddies

from sddt.com: The worst may be over for the San Diego housing market, but local and national Realtor associations are trying to rally their members to contribute to their “political survival.” The San Diego Association of Realtors hosted its Regional Real Estate...

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On the Golf Course

Two of the former models in Encinitas Ranch were inputted onto the MLS on the same day last week, both above $1.2 million. They are two doors down from each other, and are in the stretch of fairway where you are most susceptible to being hit by errant golf balls. This...

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