Great - the Chargers knock off the champs, and now everyone going to be watching football on Sundays, instead of buying houses! 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...
Month: September 2014
Keep Trying to Sell, Or Cancel?
As we slide into the "off-season", sellers are left with the dilemma: Should they keep loitering on the MLS, or cancel the listing and wait for better times. Here are both sides of the coin: STAY ON THE MARKET 1. You've Come This Far - It is a hassle to keep the house...
Open House Report
It's official - Kayla is back in the sales division after an extended stay in the admin department. You have to learn it all if you're going to take it over someday! Hopefully we will feature her more on videos!
Subprime Again?
HT to daytrip for sending this in: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/magazine/are-subprime-mortgages-coming-back.html?ref=magazine&_r=1 An excerpt: This lending freeze is not just preventing people like the Sleimans, who have struggled to document their income,...
Virtual Renovations
Real estate agents are working to reach a wider pool of buyers by posting the before and after virtual renovations online.
More on August Sales
Dataquick released the August sales yesterday, and at first glance you might think we should be looking for lifeboats - this is the second month in a row that Dataquick has reported SD sales dropping more than 18%:...
Robot Real Estate
Here's another company who intends to disrupt traditional real estate: http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/08/allre-lets-you-buy-and-sell-your-house-online-without-a-real-estate-agent/ A few thoughts: 1. They have launched their transaction management business in San...
9/11 Never Forget
We also acknowledge those first responders and others who participated and survived - you and your contribution will be remembered too!
Seaport Open House
This is a new video of the remodeled 1,946sf single-story house on Manzanita in Carlsbad that just hit the MLS today for $799,000. Kayla and I will be there from noon to 3pm on Saturday for open house, and Richard will be there on Sunday during the same time period -...
Peavy and Flan
These guys should be wearing a Padres uniform - they both live here: