More from the downtown Encinitas area, and Pacific Station: Developed by Cardiff-based John DeWald & Associates, in conjunction with Phase 3 Properties, Inc. and Fidelity Investments, Pacific Station is a mixed-use, transit-oriented, redevelopment project being...
Lately I've been using the inventory numbers from housingtracker.net. Today Schahrzad quietly pointed out that the actual inventory count is different everywhere you look. Here's how the San Diego Inventory is being reported: Zip Realty is showing 12,691 homes for...
Let's consider the other side of the coin. 1. The news is ALL BAD. Whether it's mainstream media or the blogs, the news about the real estate markets is not only bad, but it's getting worse every day. Heck, even Gary Watts issued his nine-page disaster report! The...
We saw the numbers in the last post - people are still buying houses. A day or two ago, a commenter went off with a couple of rants, mostly same stuff we've heard for years, like: In the long term, can a state which is hemorraging jobs, income and people; which is...
The NAR Pending Home Sales Index was released today. They reported a 30% decline in May pendings (vs. April) and it didn't even garner it's own post at Calculated Risk, so either nobody cares about what's coming out of NAR (most likely), or the drop was expected. The...
Hat tip to shadash, who found a new short-sale listing that had two photos total, both the same:
After a twenty-year hiatus, I made my return today to the La Jolla REBA pitch session and broker's open house. The meeting starts promptly at 8:30am, and is always well attended - today there were 50-60 realtors in attendance. It is a very friendly, jovial...
The other cnbc.com report: For American taxpayers, now on the hook for some $145 billion in housing losses connected to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, that amount could be just the tip of the iceberg. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the losses could...
