Hat tip to W.C. Varones for sending in this article about Gen-Xers leaving San Diego because housing is too expensive - and taking their kids with them: http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/13/report-gen-x-leaving-san-diego-taking-their-kids/ From 2008 to 2013, a...
I saw The Who at the L.A. Sports Arena in 1980 (with Kenney Jones), and my ears rang for at least a week! In 1976 they had set the Guinness Book of World Records for loudest concert ever, measured at 120 decibels from 50 meters away!...
This is a tour of the Robin Williams' $30 million Napa estate. The video is quality - a clean presentation of the stuff you want to see, and the drone work is fantastic. It's only 1:53-min. long. There is a 15-sec. commercial, which I try to avoid. But the rest is...
There has been three categories of listings lately: 1. New listings that sell at or around list price the first week on the market. 2. Those that sell months later as price reductions finally intersect a rising market. In a slowing market (like we have now) pricing...
Mish suggested yesterday that the real estate market will end up the same as last time for many folks who are feeling pressured to buy now or be priced out forever. He is probably right that there are buyers who don't investigate enough and end up making bad...
The media has been playing first 1-2 minutes of Good Morning, Vietnam, but that's not enough. You really need the eight-minute version to appreciate his full talent in this movie. He seemed like a great guy too:
We know that Pardee has been around the Carmel Valley area since the beginning, back when it was called North City West. They bought up almost the entire zip code, and still have a ways to go before selling out. Circled below is roughly 320 acres that they've owned...
It was a good week - as the best buys get snapped up, it makes the OPTs more obvious. But in the hottest areas, it makes them the only listings still standing: The UNDER-$800,000 Market: Date NSDCC Active Listings Avg. LP/sf DOM Avg SF November 25 95 $376/sf 47...
With my content further diminished by the drone crash, I'll be finding my way to new topics. Hang in there!
