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Month: June 2015
John Coltrane
John Coltrane performing Naima, which was his first wife's name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane
John Coffey
This appears to be legit - love it:
Local Trends
Have you seen how some of the list prices have gone ballistic lately? You can see above how the red 'Sold' price-per-sf trend line has been increasing moderately, but the 90-day average list pricing has taken off over the last few months (in blue). What is causing the...
Test Sleep
How long before sellers let buyers stay overnight? From HW: http://www.housingwire.com/articles/34291-realtorcom-airbnb-partner-to-let-homebuyers-test-drive-the-neighborhood Realtor.com and Airbnb have teamed up to allow potential homebuyers to “live like a local” by...
Market Impulse
The California Association of Realtors does a phone survey every month of 300 realtors (there are more than 250,000 licensees in the state). They don't offer any analysis on what their data means, or how to digest it - just the results:...
SoCal Future
From the latimes.com: http://www.latimes.com/visuals/graphics/la-me-g-future-past-20150619-htmlstory.html What will Southern California look like in the future? The Times asked this question back in 1988, when 60% of the population was white and it took only 15...
Inventory Watch
Reader Chet noticed that the average pricing in our $800,000 - $1,400,000 group is at its lowest LP-per-sf since we started tracking the NSDCC inventory in November 2013. The number of houses for sale in that category has also risen 37% in the last 12 weeks! There...
Staging Benefits
Visitors to today's open house were very complimentary about the staging, and it does assist those who have trouble visualizing how to furnish a house. The next-door neighbor at first wondered why we didn't stage it sooner, but then mentioned that he doesn't...
Carlsbad Open House Today
New photos, new staging, and new price! Richard and I will be there today for open house, 12-3pm - come by for a look: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6716-Tea-Tree-St-Carlsbad-CA-92011/16654676_zpid/
