Twice a year the C.A.R revises our contracts, whether they need to or not. They are touting how much the new version will be changing in November, but from what I can tell it is only a word here and a sentence or two there:...
Month: September 2014
Bubbleinfo Turns 9
It was nine years ago today that we got started! It was early on a Saturday morning that I signed up for a free blog website, hoping to inform and educate sellers about the impending doom on the horizon. It's been a wild ride since! In many ways it's been a full...
More KK
A well-rounded education is the goal. P.S. This was filmed a couple of weeks ago at the peak of the heat wave:
Not Too Overvalued
From an article at wsj.com: http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-to-play-the-real-estate-market-before-it-s-too-late-1411333001 An excerpt: Now is also a good time to buy a home, many analysts argue. The slowing growth in prices makes homes more affordable, even as...
Concert Winner!
Congratulations Chuck, you've won the tickets to see Paul McCartney! Contact me when you get a chance and I'll meet you to deliver!
Foreclosure Limboland
Reader elbarcosr noted that the latest default list was the longest in recent memory, and wondered if the foreclosure market might be coming back to life. Let's hope so! If the NAR would have been looking out for realtors, they would have insisted that the foreclosure...
Inventory Watch-Last Day of Summer
We had a net gain of +9 in the number of NSDCC houses for sale this week, with the additional inventory coming in the upper-end markets. The Chargers kept their Super Bowl run alive, and the lucky bolo tie is back - love the coat too! The UNDER-$800,000 Market: Date...
73% Don’t Want to Move
Hat tip to daytrip: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/09/where-are-all-the-baby-boomers-going-to-live/379477/ An excerpt: Where are all these old folks going to go? They'd like to stay at home. Today, most older residents live in single-family homes that they own:...
Parents Following Kids
From the nytimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/garden/leaving-home-but-not-the-folks.html An excerpt: “Some of them are rarely seen,” he said of the handful of parents he has noticed putting down temporary roots in the school’s town. “And it seems like a...
Kayla’s Korner
Kayla is a proud graduate of the University of Oregon and went to most games while attending - they are an exciting team!