Lockbox etiquette can make the difference between selling and not selling, but the manufacturers don't take into account who is using them. P.S. The drone's days are numbered.
Life and Times
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Month: June 2014
REO-Auction Contest Results
My high school baseball coach used to say, "I don't believe anything I hear, and only half of what I see!" In our latest contest, readers submitted their guess at the highest bid + 5% buyer's premium for this property in SE Carlsbad:...
Inventory Watch
The inventory is creeping up and asking prices are softening: North SD County's Coastal Region (La Jolla-to-Carlsbad) The UNDER-$800,000 Market: Date NSDCC Active Listings Avg. LP/sf DOM Avg SF November 25 95 $376/sf 47 1,988sf December 2 79 $371/sf 50 2,047sf...
ZRT and the Future
The 'battle' between real estate portals has been mostly uneventful, with Zillow taking the rest to the woodshed every quarter. Now Trulia has resorted to scraping listings from realtor websites directly. This is where I first saw it on twitter: Seriously, Trulia?...
Move-Up Solutions
In this video I rattle off a few ideas about how move-up buyers can take advantage of a softer market. But only a fraction of today's realtors could execute them, let alone sell the other party - get good help!
Open House Report
I love when neighbors coming to my open houses - they are very likely to know others who want to live in the area! Today they helped boost the attendance - over 100 people stopped by:
10662 Canyon Lake, Scripps Ranch
My new listing on the westside of Scripps Ranch, where you are conveniently located just 5 minutes to schools and freeway, and can walk to coffee and grocery! Open Saturday and Sunday, June 7 & 8 from noon to 3pm! 4 br/2 ba, 1,811 sf built in 1972 on a secluded...
More on NSDCC May Sales
Here's more data on last month's detached-home sales around North SD County's coastal region. The new MLS doesn't have the same statistics available, but for some reason it is crazy about reporting the sales volume everywhere, for which the average realtor has no use....
NSDCC May Sales & Pricing
Earlier in the year the NSDCC averages were touching $500/sf, but April finished at $448/sf. It looks like the typical number of sales in May should be in the mid-200s, and last year's 362 sales was a sign of how wild the frenzy was in early-2013. NSDCC May Sales:...
Del Mar Tester
Here's an interesting case study. This is the 10th cheapest of 77 houses for sale in Del Mar. It is a single-level house on a good culdesac with a big yard - probably the three best features you can have when it comes to selling today. It's over the hump and in a...
