Home prices were up 2 percent in the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos market in September 2012 compared to September 2011, according to CoreLogic’s September Home Price Index (HPI) report. Prices, including distressed sales, are up 1 percent compared to August 2012....
The Centex tract known as 'The Ranch' built in the late 1990s in southeastern Carlsbad was a legend in its time - and the first real McMansions in the area. The first phase started in the $400,000s, and by the time they were done in 1999, the models were selling for...
IDAHO SPRINGS - A two-county SWAT team was sent to a home in Idaho Springs to evict a 63-year-old woman. The eviction happened last Tuesday, according to Captain Bruce Snelling with the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Department. "Usually an eviction doesn't call for a...
Tj and the bear asked for more details on the open bidding experience, seen here: 1. Buyers and Agents Were Willing to Participate. There weren't any objections - people were willing to do it. I only put a note in the MLS remarks that morning, and told people who...
November 5th is a beautiful day in San Diego - we celebrate it every year:
Our friends at Dr Housing Bubble Blog noted that foreclosure notices were rising last month - for those hoping for more inventory, it would be a welcome relief to see the banks on the move. If a surge of REO listings hit the market right after the Super Bowl, it...
San Diego’s rich modernist architecture—which was founded on seminal works by architects such as Louis Kahn and William Pereira—is abundant with groundbreaking private homes from today’s most forward-thinking firms. Ten of these houses, from new builds to remodels,...
This is a lot of ground to cover here: 1. The more comfortable the listing agent can make it for buyers, the more likely they will pay more. 2. The fairer, the better. 3. Get top dollar, and figure out the rest later. P.S. The 30% bigger house next door sold for...
Sent in from a reader: Ah, but there is one thing a company like Berkshire Hathaway can do if it develops dominance in the market. It can decide not to participate in the MLS by setting up its own in-house version. Suppose it can get more than half the listings for...
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - or any other "premium franchise brand" - could change the game of real estate....but they won't. Why? Because the existing model is very profitable, and there is no threat from outside. An example of how the existing model works: A...
