The San Diego Case-Shiller Index continues its ride to flatsville, with the July reading rising a scant 0.34% month-over-month. The year-over-year comparison dipped into single digits too, rising 8.27%, which still sounds positive to me. But the deceleration is in,...
Year: 2014
Carmel Valley For Example
Reader elbarcosr sent in these thoughts and numbers on Carmel Valley: I always pause and try to take a big-picture look at the market each month when you post inventory watch. I get confused trying to get a feel for where the market is actually doing since so many...
Inventory Watch – Steady
The national Pending Home Sales fell 1% in August - that's it? The west was up 2.6%, which is even more surprising, but the lower-end homes are probably carrying the load. Chargers looked good too, but injuries might catch up with them: The UNDER-$800,000 Market:...
Wholesale-To-Retail Spread
Are you thinking of selling your home, and wondering how to go about it? How you sell your house has an impact on the price, which is driven by the comfort level of the buyer. There is typically as much as a 10% swing in pricing within the same neighborhood,...
Baby Boomers
From John Burns: http://www.realestateconsulting.com/ It's here. Every month, more than a quarter million Americans are turning 65. Almost 80 million Baby Boomers, born over a span of 19 years, are shifting gears towards retirement...or whatever else is next. Here...
Home Appreciation & Supply
John has an in-depth article out on home-price appreciation, and he's no ivory-tower guy - his staff is on the street daily: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140917105113-3073844-behind-the-scenes-the-never-ending-puzzle-of-projecting-home-price-appreciation...
Modern Home Tour
The San Diego Modern Home Tour is Saturday, and you can save $10 by ordering your tickets online before 8pm on Friday: http://modernhometours.com/event/san-diego-modern-home-tour/
Pink Floyd
Let's quit fooling around and get down to what matters - bands that had a profound influence on our upbringing. The hallucinogenic era wouldn't have been the same without these guys. By the time you get to the 0.50-minute mark, be at full screen, and full volume:...
Scope of Duty
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:...
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...