Lily got into the pocket-listing conversation yesterday. Note how cagey agents are about their own position of right or wrong. They want to leave the door open in case they have another shot at doing a round-tripper off the grid - the commission is more powerful...
The board of realtors had me over for a chat, wondering if there were any ideas they could implement to improve their standing and ability to assist our fellow realtors before being run over by the ZillowTruliaRedfin truck. So I laid out my favorite, plus I'll add two...
A college professor did a research project on list prices, and it got picked up by the Wall Street Journal (you may need to be a subscriber): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324136204578643942655355194.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle...
This includes test scores from the www.greatschools.org website, but you should conduct your own independent investigation of which schools are the most suitable for you:
The foreclosure era is winding down, and around the North San Diego County Coastal region, the overall impact has been less than imagined - let's recap the counts of distressed-sales: Year Short-Sale REO Non-REO/SS Distressed-Sales % 2008 5 30 2,002 2% 2009 110 164...
We'll keep bringing the bank deals!
This was released in October, 1979, and was another staple of the early-80s:
The highlight was him mentioning that he and Michelle lived with her mother for two years before buying a starter condo:
Back in the old days there were 100-500 foreclosures per year in SD County: We've already had 1,504 properties get foreclosed in the first half of 2013, so historically we're still at elevated levels. But with the county averaging 3,000+ total sales per month, lenders...
Last month's stats look great compared to previous July sales, but there was quite a drop-off from June (and July had two more business days!) Month/Year # of Sales Avg $/sf Avg DOM July '09 237 $387/sf 74 July '10 223 $361/sf 63 July '11 231 $372/sf 78 July '12 258...
