A well-rounded education is the goal. P.S. This was filmed a couple of weeks ago at the peak of the heat wave:
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Year: 2014
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!
Tiny-House Village
Aunt Nancy sent this in, and wants to see something like it in SD - hopefully there will be many creative housing solutions for young and old alike: http://www.fourlightshouses.com/pages/the-napoleon-complex DENSITY: 16–22 houses-per-acre SIZE: 40 -70 beautiful tiny...
Mortgage Rates and Selling Now
While we're talking about when to sell, let's note the impending rise in rates. While it seems likely that the Fed will hold steady in the short-term, at some point they will make their move. From the WSJ:...
