Bubbleinfo is going back on the air! We're going to kick off the this year's edition of blog talk radio with a couple of all-star heavyweights in the real estate blogosphere: Re-scheduled - now Tuesday, January 10th, 8pm: Bill McBride, Calculated Risk Monday, January...
Month: January 2012
Granite-Slab Tour
Here's a spin around a granite-slab yard with a builder's design rep. She only mentioned the actual names of the granite for the first and third slabs pictured, so for identification purposes I made up the rest:
Mass Refinancing in the Works?
From theenterpriseblog: This could be just the beginning. If President Barack Obama’s legally dodgy appointment of Richard Cordray to head the consumer finance agency should stick, it may open the door to more such actions. Here’s Jaret Seiberg of the Washington...
New REO Contest
Today I was on the first broker preview of the year (filming "Ride Along with JtR"), when I came across this REO in Del Mar Heights. The assistant was running open house, and said it had just been inputted onto the MLS - but it's not on the open market as of this...
Low Rates and More Forecasts
From the latimes.com: The mortgage market told a sad story throughout 2011: record low rates, but few people taking advantage of them to buy homes. The likely scenario in the new year, according to many analysts, is more of the same. Although the Federal Reserve has...
UCSD Bank Deal
Those who want to buy a foreclosure near UCSD might find this attractive: Google Earth link: http://g.co/maps/67cyj
North San Diego Sales – 2011
We've seen the detached sales/price statistics be fairly flat around here the last couple of years. If anything, the year-over-year stats in most most zips are down slightly, but check a couple of interesting hot spots - Del Mar and Rancho Santa Fe. There will be some...
Timely Enthusiasm
It might just be that cnbc.com took their foot off the neck of real estate for the holiday....but did you see this? (The video transcript) As we close out 2011, some investors have started putting money back in real estate, second home real estate, and specifically in...
Photo of the Year 2011
This visual experience is punctuated by the opening line in the MLS remarks: "Gorgeous Ocean Views!!" Send in your favorite photo of the year, and the winner will get tickets to the Chargers playoff game this Sund.....what? huh?
Jenny and the Kids
From the wsj.com: Weight-loss guru Jenny Craig has sold her home near San Diego to her daughter and son-in-law for $6.1 million. It was listed for nearly $9 million last December. The 10,000-square-foot home sits on 3.4 acres in Rancho Santa Fe, about 30 miles north...