Our favorite doomer has published some interesting stats about the Bay Area: But he is looking at one month only, and comparing to one year only, 2015, which was hot. We'll see how it plays out. Yesterday around here we saw a 9% increase in NSDCC new listings and a 9%...
My new one-story listing in Northeast Carlsbad, where almost 15,000 people live in this zip code. But there are only 13 houses for sale in the 92010 - and this house is the least expensive! Open house Saturday and Sunday, 12-3pm: It's $30,000 under zestimate too -...
The Chinese buyers are dwindling, rates have ticked up, and more inventory is hitting the market. Is this the sign of something? Statistically, it looks manageable - NSDCC detached-home sales are down 9%, and new listings are up 9% year-over-year: NSDCC Jan 1 to Feb...
The 11th Annual Overseas Property & Immigration & Investment Exhibition was conducted in Shanghai this past weekend. A contingent of Mandarin-speaking agents from Orange County had a display booth, where they included three of my listings among their...
George Martin, producer of the Beatles, died yesterday at age 90. He had a profound influence on the Beatles sound - Paul's comments: "He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me," McCartney wrote on his website Wednesday. "He guided the career of The...
Love these guys who predict future declines in pricing with such certainty: http://journal.firsttuesday.us/san-diego-housing-indicators-2/29246/ The price of low-tier housing in San Diego County skyrocketed after the latter half of 2012, peaking in Q3 2014...
We got a new TV for the Super Bowl for free, paid for by American Express points. I set it up temporarily for the game, and now a month later it's about time I throw it on the wall in place of the old one. I guessed maybe 30 minutes to install. Five hours later, this...
These 3D viewers are already available, and could cause agents to skip the fancy movie-like home tours and just choose reality.....or some combo? Homebuyers in less than ten years’ time will visit properties remotely through virtual reality devices - and check out...
This real estate video has a typical opening for the first minute, but then they take it to new level of creativity. The list price is $55,000,000, so it deserves the full treatment, but eventually we should see clever, high-quality real estate movies from every...
