Our local MLS company Sandicor has recognized that there might be an audience out there on the intertubes, and has released a new version of their consumer-friendly MLS website to compete with Zillow and Trulia: http://www.sandicormls.com My new secret-agent ID number...
More new pendings this week than in any week of July, August, or September, and when we're close enough to Thanksgiving that you can practically smell the turkey cooking, no drop-off of new listings either - just a -2.5% net decline in inventory this week! The average...
One thinks of Americans as more prudish than Europeans, but there are now more than a dozen naturist and clothes-optional resorts in Pasco County, just north of Tampa. The nudist lifestyle has never been more popular. “I started out on my own 10 years ago, but now...
Every American should read this article that exposes the cozy relationship between big banks and government - thanks daytrip for sending! http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106 An excerpt: One mortgage in particular that sticks out in...
In the last video, the presenter speculated that prices could go up 700% by year 2027, which would make homeownership all but impossible for regular folks. Prices seem likely to rise over the long-term - what could keep a throttle on their gains? Building more homes...
I don't know anything about this guy, but here is a presentation on the trends of real estate over time - and why we will see the upward price trajectory continue. He has a couple of other related videos too; look for them linked at the end of this 'tube:
Yesterday we saw Diana rolling out the new 'Recovery Watch Map': https://www.bubbleinfo.com/2014/11/06/recovery-map/ She mentioned that the supply of San Diego homes for sale has risen a "whopping 31%" year-over-year, and in an instant judgment, says, "You can bet...
We lost our other TV-news favorite - Larry Himmel passed away from brain cancer on Wednesday. We remember him reporting on his own house burning down in the 2007 Witch Creek Fire: http://youtu.be/zKGF2bbxQ6E Here is his report 14 months later while touring his...
We saw this week that the local seasonally-adjusted Case-Shiller Index has been trending negative since April. Here we see how the recent gains have been driven by the lower-end properties: The difference could simply be a percentage thing - a home's value that goes...
