Think the real estate market is getting back to 'normal"? Whatever normal was, you can probably forget about seeing that again. Here are a few reasons why: 1. We have a new relationship with foreclosure - it's no longer a threat, it's something from which the...
Month: September 2013
San Diego High Schools
California is home to more than 600 schools ranked among the U.S. News Best High Schools in 2013. To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal. San Diego high schools that made the Top 200: 4. Preuss 25. Torrey Pines 31....
Never Forget
A brief view of the 9/11 Memorial:
Memory Lane 1
My mother has recently caught on to the videos here, and mentioned that she like the quips. Here is the collection from 2008, which was my big year for listing BofA foreclosures - which provided plenty of fodder:
Bubble Or Sustainable?
The folks at www.1worldonline.com like to poll their audience, and last month they used a bubbleinfo.com blog post in one of their surveys. Their readers voted on this question: Is the increase in real estate value a sustainable trend? Home prices have increased...
Happens All the Time
This looks like a deal on paper, compared to the other actives. It is the 19th cheapest of the 76 homes for sale in 92014, where the average list price is $3,585,247. List prices average $1,246/sf:
Inventory Watch – Price Issue
This guy gets quoted in the media a lot because he is the only bear left - read his full report here: http://mhanson.com/archives/1467 In summary, the past two-years of massive Fed, Gov’t, and bank intrusion into the housing market went way too far. Houses are...
Solana Elders
In areas where inventory is ultra-thin, just being priced better than the other active listings is all it will take to find an audience (in other words, the first house will help sell the last house):
Short Sale Like Any Other
Short sales should be sold just like the rest. Put an attractive price on it, conduct open-house so every buyer has a chance to not only see the property but the other potential bidders too, and then take all offers:
CV Insta
A fairly standard offering of a CV McMansion - most of which have been selling with little problem, though $2,000,000 seems to be the ceiling: