The new 3D tours are becoming more popular, and it won't be long before we see these on most higher-end listings. Here is a company that is using one of the new Matterport cameras: http://www.touritnow.com/ We should get familiar with the format - because you can get...
Year: 2015
More Water, Not Enough Water Storage
Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this article from the latimes.com - an excerpt: The $1-billion desalination plant coming online next month in Carlsbad will fit right in with years of careful planning and investment in water supply in San Diego County. It will also...
‘New Normal’
Hat tip to CB Mark for sending this in from the nytimes.com - an excerpt: This year, Chinese families represented for the first time the largest group of overseas home buyers in the United States. Big spenders on new homes are helping prop up local economies in the...
Big-Timers
From the wsj.com: Andrew Viterbi, co-founder of wireless giant Qualcomm, has listed his sculptural home for $60 million: http://www.wsj.com/articles/qualcomms-andrew-viterbi-lists-california-estate-for-60-million-1448463373...
Thanksgiving Eating Tips
From everyone at Klinge Realty, thank you for being a friend and client - we appreciate you, and are grateful for your support. Seen at MND: HOLIDAY EATING TIPS 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Holiday...
Del Mar Hilltop
Remember the top-of-the-hill Del Mar lot that was auctioned off for $4,000,000, and then they added the 10% vig? http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-carson-palmer-house-20151123-story.html
‘The Big Short’
The long-time readers of this blog remember back when the financial crisis was imploding, and how we followed the ensuing mortgage-industry collapse. People from Jim Grant to the FHFA were gathering on-the-street intel from this blog, and we had an audience on Wall...
SD Case-Shiller Index, September 2015
More bouncing around during the late-summer months, but all positive, all year! Here are the San Diego NSA changes for 2015: Month CSI-SD M-o-M chg Y-o-Y chg January 204.69 +0.6% +5.0% February 205.97 +0.6% +4.6% March 208.53 +1.2% +4.6% April 209.82 +0.6% +4.5% May...
Google Mortgages
Google is teaming up with Zillow to provide a mortgage platform for consumer shopping. How much longer before they do the same thing with realtors? A year? A month? Excerpts from HW article:...
SD County Higher-End Pricing
Here's another look at the higher-end pricing. This is the 6-month rolling average for detached-home sales above $589,000 in all of San Diego County: These stats are going to bump around, but generally the trend has been mostly flat lately. Case-Shiller Index coming...