Casanova wondered if producing this blog is a full-time job. No, it's still part-time, and just a reflection of what I do everyday - without bulldozing my client's rights to privacy. I love to work, and get after it early every day. Yesterday Mike B. and I were on...
Hello, and welcome to blog talk radio with Rich Toscano! For a reference point, everyone knows his blog: http://piggington.com/ Here is a link to one of his more-recent articles that we'll be discussing tonight:...
From HW: A panel on the future of mortgage financing in the United States predicts a government-led initiative to sell distressed properties in bulk. Also, they say Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be around for quite some time despite congressional efforts to wind...
Are houses selling in the new year? How hot is the start? There isn't any way to track the sales that fell out of escrow last year, we just have closed sales to count. But let's compare last year's closed sales to this year's pendings, and figure that 10-25% will...
Join us for blog talk radio tomorrow night at 8pm PT with Rich Toscano of piggington.com! We'll be analyzing local real estate trends and discussing the right time to buy! We may even have Rich comment on his recent article on the U.S. debt load here. To listen, tune...
After 12 days on market, this cash buyer even got a bit of a discount on their way to paying the lowest price for this model since October, 2002. Explanation? Questionable short-sale comps are influencing the regular sales.
For those who haven't participated in today's market conditions, this will give you a taste. First you got out and look at the houses that has been picked over by everyone else, and determined to be way overpriced. Then you track the new listings, and rush over to...
Some of what I get to live with during a regular day:
Want to know how thin the inventory is? There wasn't a new 92130 listing inputted onto the MLS all day - house or condo. It's the second time this month that has happened, out of roughly 11,000 homes and 30,000 people. Will buyers get antsy enough that prices could...
The existing-home sales stats for 2011 are out today; here are Diana's comments from cnbc: Home sales rose in December to the highest pace in nearly a year. The gain coincides with other signs that show the troubled housing market improved at the end of last year. ...
