History has shown that the real estate market is guided by a set of fundamentals. Could history change course? Maybe, and if so, it will be a result of how the buyer pool keeps filling with of first-timers, multi-generational buyers, multi-national buyers, investors...
Month: May 2014
CV Multiple Offers
Bryce's new CV listing is benefitting from the other Pardee developments nearby - it's easier to choose between house A or B based on timing, rather than trying to decide yes or no on a single house. Here is a video tour:
More on Chinese Buyers
Hat tip to Susie for sending in this article: http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2014/05/02/catering-to-chinese-buyers-in-san-franciscos-real-estate-market/#22929101=4 One year ago, Pacific Union CEO Mark McLaughlin attended a game-changing lecture about the future of...
Pearl Bay
Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects designed a holiday home in Pearl Bay, South Africa. From SAOTA: “The clients, a couple from New York wanted a holiday home in the Southern hemisphere for summer vacations. Aware of contemporary architectural trends, they...
SD Flips
The MLS shows that 11% of the 1Q14 residential sales in SD County were REO and short sales, and this article shows 7.1% flips (hat tip to SD Squatter): Realty Trac, the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, today released its Q1 2014 U.S. Home...
Glass Half Full
Let's stay on this topic because a break-through may be close. The media's guesses about the real estate market keep coming, and most are just the same regurgitation of negativity - unaffordability, winter weather, tight credit, underwaters, and fewer investors. Diana...
Old Ford House
Here's a project for those looking for the big 180-degree view:
Wire Fraud for Housing
Hat tip to WW for sending this in! https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/phishers-divert-home-loan-earnest-money/#more-25690 Real estate and title agencies are being warned about a new fraud scheme in which email bandits target consumers who are in the process of...
Poured-In-Place Housing
http://innovation.uk.msn.com/design/the-3d-printer-that-can-build-a-house-in-24-hours The University of Southern California is testing a giant 3D printer that could be used to build a whole house in under 24 hours. Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis has designed the giant...