"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was a song by the rock and roll group, The Hollies, and released on February 1, 1972 as a single on the Parlophone Records label. It was released soon after Allan Clarke, who was featured on lead guitar as well as lead vocal had left...
Month: January 2013
The Karma
This has been on and off the market since 2006, when they started at $2M - and they are on their third agent too. They are due!
Winter White House
The Florida beachfront home of the Kennedys:
Sold Pricing vs. The Peak
Yesterday we saw that the January average list-price-per-sf in NSDCC was the same as the peak in 2006. How does the pricing of closed sales compare between 2006-2007 and now? Let's use a larger sample size to smooth out the highs and lows. Here is the average...
Flood of Lookers in CV
The last sale of this model was $305,000 in November, so this short-sale is well under-market, listed for $260,000. The owner-occupant buyers who are competing with the hordes of investors roaming the land in search of rental properties should help push this...
1.43 Acre REO
Maybe the banks will start helping with our inventory problem. It looks like the former owner of this house on Crest stopping paying in 2009, but BofA just foreclosed on January 11, 2013. Hopefully it's because the bank senses an opportunity, and we'll see more REOs?
Sunsets
We are working on the pinterest account, and a new board of sunset photos that I have taken over the years can be seen here: http://pinterest.com/klingerealty/sunsets/
Peak Pricing Is Back
We're at the stage where everything sounds like good news for housing - after being pummeled for years with bad news, it is a welcome relief for the casual observer. But it is mostly feel-good emotions, without much detail on how it will play out. A snippet from the...
CV Cooking
The local frenzy has been rolling for months now, and we're only approaching the traditional selling season. Here is a sample from an open house last month in Carmel Valley that just closed escrow:
Market Thoughts
Myself and others have had thoughts and observations about the new year, and what is happening around town. Here are a few: 1. Prices are moving much faster than normal. 2. Prices would have dropped much faster, and bottomed earlier, without government...