These guys aren't as famous as Case-Shiller yet, but they employ a similar tracking of same-house repeat sales around the country (they have 45 million observations on file!). Here are the changes in their HPI year-over-year for the San Diego County single-family...
Year: 2011
Rollaway Garage Door
Hat tip to Daniel (theotherone) who sent this in from Curbed, via Yahoo: A Curbed SF reader sent us the above video of a magical garage door in the Upper Haight. McMills Construction was working on an investment property on Oak Street, and they were scratching their...
Fore
I mispoke in this clip when I said $1.4 million, they only want $1,325,000 - this is the third of the four models that have gone back to the bank:
Bifurcation
Hat tip to duncbdunc for sending this along from the Atlantic, written by senior editor Megan McArdle - who isn't a realtor! So since we became homeowners, I've become more interested in HGTV. Not obsessively so, but I have more interested in watching programs about...
Case-Shiller San Diego June ’11
The latest San Diego Case-Shiller Index went up or down, depending on whether you are looking at seasonally-adjusted or not: Month Sea.Adj Non-SA May '11 155.33 154.78 June '11 154.43 155.06 The first three paragraphs from cnbc.com, who buried the story within a...
‘Crete
Tom Tarrant is close to finishing the Lady, click here for story:
Picked Through
If there aren't many (if any) quality buys, and potential sellers are reluctant to sell at these prices (though they might get more than they think) - doesn't that mean sales should be going down the rest of the year?
Backyard of the Year
Don't think that just because you are going to see a culdesac lot in a tract called "Seabreeze Farms" that it implies anything about the size of the yard:
Tan Man Whistleblower
Mr. Winston sent along this gracious response today - a must-read: My name is Michael G. Winston. As you were kind enough to write about my legal battles with Bank of America/ Countrywide, I wanted to update you, show you how close you got to the truth and thank you...
Market Roundup
The BofA foreclosure in Carlsbad's Calaveras Hills has hit the market. Here's how it looks, with some general market commentary: