A ramble about how hard it is to get a deal:
Not Much Negotiation
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Year: 2015
Dirty Mac
A somewhat awkward opening with the two biggest rock stars of the era leads into an all-star jam with Clapton, Richards, and Lennon all playing guitar:
NSDCC Actives:Pendings
From time to time we judge the current 'health' of the market by dividing the active listings by the pending listings. For the record, it was Peter B. who agreed with me years ago that the healthy balance is around two actives to one pending. The 'months of...
Coronado Classic
If you like the old classics and want a decent-sized lot, here you go! LP= $16,250,000, or $29,900 rent per month:
Best Day to List Your Home
Common sense should dictate here. Listing a home on a Thursday with professional photos and video gives buyers a chance to schedule a showing between Friday and Sunday - probably the most flexible days on their calendar. Open houses conducted by professional sales...
SD Case-Shiller Index, August 2015
The previous Case Shiller reading (for July) turned out to be an anomaly, and today's +0.34% increase month-over-month is probably what we can expect through the off-season. Here are the San Diego NSA changes for 2015: Month CSI-SD M-o-M chg Y-o-Y chg January 204.69...
Rampart General Fireplace
Here's a specialty item seen in many homes built in the 1970s and 1980s - the pre-cast concrete fireplace and chimney built by Rampart General. There is plenty of conflicting data online (no surprise) so we had our fireplace specialist, Jim Slaton of North County...
‘Housing Plateau’
These guys say we need a more robust economy to support growth in the housing market, and Mr. Pulte says that the happy news in housing is due more to inventory shortages than demand recovery. The national talking heads will probably be using the word 'plateau' until...
What Bill Said
Bill Davidson told us a couple years back that we are out of dirt. More on that: http://ourcitysd.com/what-will-our-housing-market-look-like-in-20-years/ If you think San Diego’s housing market is strained and pricey now, what will it be like in 20 years? Yes, feel...
Inventory Watch
People get excited about home prices going up or down based on the median price statistics, which are easily skewed. The explanations are humorous too, where the declines tend to be dismissed, and increases lauded (in bold below). From HW: According to...
