Now that baseball season has begun, let's get a contest going for Padres tickets! This isn't the contest house - we'll start the contest on Friday. This is a comparable property that just hit the market today that will give you a feel for how hot the Encinitas market...
Month: March 2014
Leap Frogs
Have you ever jumped into Petco Park? This is how it looks. The Navy Parachute Team not only got to jump into the Padres' 2014 home opener, but were able to participate in honoring baseball legend Jerry Coleman by flying a special flag with his initials and trademark...
Inventory Watch – More Steady
The sales count for March should be well below the 299 NSDCC detached-home sales closed in 2013 - we're only at 203 this month, with one day to go plus the late-reporters. We closed 25 sales on the last day of March, 2013. The average SP/sf is up 29% Y-O-Y! North SD...
Lower Rates Offset Prices
I hope more media types use actual real-life examples, but while we are talking about how they like to apply their opinions to vague, general data, let's consider the other side of the coin. Want evidence to explain the red-hot market conditions? Look at mortgage...
Sales As The Leading Indicator
Livinincali left this comment Thursday: If history is any guide you’d expect sales volume to start dropping before seeing any movement down on price. The sales volume numbers back in winter of late 2012, 2013 were seasonally higher than they have been and that marked...
Shaking Up Real Estate?
Every year we hear how the industry is going to change, and specifically, how the internet will cause the sellers of real estate to change their ways. Zillow and Trulia sell advertising to realtors. They will be in full support of the status quo, as seen below in the...
Key Replacement
I haven't tested this mobile app yet, but it looks interesting. By taking and keeping a photo of your key, if you get locked out of your house you can alert the service and a key will be delivered to you within 60 minutes. Plus, you can order copies of your key too,...
Leucadia New Condos
They shouldn't have any trouble blowing these out, thanks mostly to the expert staging. They pay commissions, so take a realtor with you on your first visit and get free help - take me!
Booming Markets
From our friends at John Burns Real Estate Consulting - HT to Stormin! Although John included San Diego as one of the towns that could be impacted by FHA loan limits being reduced, we're probably more of a booming-market hybrid. Our drivers include Qualcomm and...
Pre-Listing Websites
Frank has a local SD page in his Facebook network, but it has been among the slower to attract new members. He allowed me to join, but then wondered if I was the enemy. I just want to see if it gains any traction - but so far, not much. There are 254 realtors in the...