Once lawsuits start flying over pocket listings (which limit exposure, and thus selling price), the practice should end quickly. Agents don't think there is anything wrong with them because they see so many other realtors doing it - heck, there are websites devoted...
Month: January 2014
Need Room To Grow?
Just one more Colorado dope realtor story - from Slate.com: Real estate agent Rona Hanson walks around a suburban home west of Denver that was recently put on the market by another realtor, liking what she sees. The 3,000-square-foot midcentury brick bungalow is in...
Want to be a Landlord?
This appears to be the work of a disgruntled tenant (or former owner seeking revenge), because it looks like the water was turned to full volume upstairs, and flooded through three levels. Hat tip to daytrip!
Desperate Wives of Bressi Ranch
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Private Golf Clubs
Hat tip to JT for sending this in from C&RB: Shifts In San Diego’s Private Club Market Highlighted More “forward-thinking, contemporary” management approaches that involve “running [clubs] with a little more business sense” reflect movement away from “your...
The Jam
From wiki: The Jam were an English punk rock/new wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore...
Market Bifurcation
We've seen how our local market has been split, with the lower end being red hot, and the upper price range is, well, not hot. In talking to RSF agents yesterday, we agreed that the recent frenzy has yet to visit the Ranch. Here are NSDCC active listings compared to...
More Move-Ups Wanted
I removed the 'Foreclosure' and 'Short Sale' buttons at the top of this website. The distressed market around NSDCC appears to be over, and while there will be some stragglers, there won't be any distressed sellers unless, and until, the banks start up the foreclosure...
San Diego House-Pricing Trend
No surprise that the new year has re-ignited the trend of sellers pushing higher on prices. But ever since mid-2013 when higher mortgage rates doused the buyers' enthusiasm, the sold pricing has flat-lined: They show +11.6% increase in December inventory Y-O-Y, but...
Inventory Watch – High Priced
The new listings are starting to flow, but few are priced attractively. Of the 243 new listings this year in NSDCC, only 36 have gone pending. North SD County's Coastal Region (La Jolla-to-Carlsbad) The UNDER-$800,000 Market: Date NSDCC Active Listings Avg. LP/sf DOM...