From Reason.tv: "When I come into a house with buyers, I start picking it apart," says San Diego's Jim Klinge, known on the internet as 'Jim the Realtor,' a wise-cracking real estate agent who posts his honest, painful, and sometimes hilarious assessment of...
You've been waiting patiently for the right house - preferably an older home with character. One that's been well cared for, and if it were on a canyon lot, great. You see a video on the internet of a new listing in University Heights, which doesn't have the...
Hat tip to Tom Stone for sending this in from the Tampa Bay Times: Ralph and Michael Chancey have gotten some great deals on real estate. A $1.15 million bayfront Apollo Beach home for $10,010. A 3,700-square-foot house in North Tampa for $8,090. Dozens of homes in...
The lead attorney for CAR makes an annual visit to discuss the latest issues and changes. The first minute is muffled, but what was said is that the California Department of Real Estate is investigating complaints about short-sale fraud being committed by realtors....
We saw another bathroom yesterday, here are some kitchen ideas: (linked from here)
For those who have been looking to remodel a master bath, you've probably seen that you can spend $50,000 to $100,000 or more for the real high-end look, like this. How about a mid-ranger? Thanks to doughboy for letting us follow along!
Rich Toscano documented how today's market conditions are ripe for higher prices. There is a disconcerting anxiety among buyers today. They see fewer houses coming on the market, and more selling. But on average they aren't paying more, at least not yet. Here are...
An excerpt from our friend Rich Toscano at the VOSD - click here for full article and multiple graphs: It's clear that there has been a good correlation between months of inventory and home price changes. In addition to the directional similarities, there appears to...
From the U-T: A San Diego real estate agent has launched an awareness website that aims to stop strategic defaults, when underwater borrowers choose to walk away from their homes even though they are able to afford their mortgages. Tuba Gokcek, who is based in...
From the U-T, taken from the Space Station 200 miles up. Orange County, San Diego, and Tijuana on the right, Phoenix and Tucson on the left side:
