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There are 28 houses for sale in Rancho Santa Fe, 92067 between $7 and $30 million. There has only been one sale this year over $7 million, which was $7.8 million and you can see it here: http://www.previewfirst.com/mls/video/18745 Here's one of the 28 for sale, and...

West Coast Blues Boogie Tonight

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 30, 2010 | Local Flavor

Every year the City of Carlsbad sponsors the TGIF Jazz in the Parks Concert Series. Tonight they are featuring Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, one of the best blues bands around. The show starts at 6pm at Poinsettia Park, just east of the I-5 freeway between...

How to Double Dip 2

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 29, 2010 | Double Dip, Jim TV, Market Conditions

All that is really needed for a double dip is for the arrogance of the sellers (and listing agents) to get so strong that it turns off the buyers, and nobody is left to play:

How to Double Dip

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 29, 2010 | Double Dip, Jim TV, Market Conditions

It could have been that the flippers, all on a good run, decided to go on vacation this week - and didn't coordinate their plans with each other? If it wasn't some quirky oddball coincidence, then maybe they're getting nervous? That's hard to believe, because this one...

Foreclosures Direct

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 29, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Market Conditions, REOs Coming to Market, Short Sales, Thinking of Buying?

This sounded like a big move: Eric Friedman is leaving his post as senior vice president of default servicing for OneWest Bank, formerly IndyMac, and will become president of PREO, an online marketplace for REO and short sales. Friedman, who held leadership roles...

Don’t Do Boxes

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 28, 2010 | Jim TV

Hat tip to Melissa Dale from Alpharetta:

Flood Watch

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 28, 2010 | Inventory, Market Conditions, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

Are the choppy market conditions causing more sellers to give it a go? Specifically, are new listings on the increase, flooding the market when older reluctant listings are stagnating? If so, it would sure give buyers another reason to pause. The new-listing count...

Psychology of Real Estate

by Jim the Realtor | Jul 28, 2010 | Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

Hat tip to dwip for sending this over, from Yahoo. Full article here, and some excerpts: For a seller, advertising that you've recently painted your house seems like a no-brainer. But in a study that looked at nearly 60,000 residential real estate transactions in...