Over the coming weeks, we should see the lowest mortgage rates in our lifetime - every house for sale should be selling! Everybody is smarter about price accuracy after the first couple of weeks of a house being on the market, just based on how many offers have been...
Month: June 2016
Open House Report
Cats and dogs are taking over!
Newer One-Story with View
Richard has a new listing in the Stone Canyon gated community high in the hills of San Marcos. We've contemplated just being one-story specialists, but there aren't enough of them coming up for sale! We also have it as a Coming Soon listing on Zillow....
Making a Lower Offer
It is rare in today's market that you will find a truly motivated seller that will give it away (discount more than 10%). Of the NSDCC sales closed over $1,000,000 in the last 30 days, the average sales price has been within 5% of the average list price. Does it hurt...
Vista Fourplex For Sale
My new listing of a classic 1965 fourplex in the heart of the Alta Vista area near Brengle Terrace, and steps to the vibrant downtown Vista scene. The current income is $52,800/yr, and we're listed for $899,000. After taxes, 10% management fee, and 10% vacancy, it's...
Preparing Your House For Sale
When it comes to getting the best price for your house, there might be no higher-profile experts than Drew and Jonathan Scott, the personable hosts of several HGTV series including the long-running “Property Brothers.” The 38-year-old twins started their real-estate...
San Diego’s Pending Index Rises
Work with an agent who is well-versed in handling multiple offers! http://www.car.org/newsstand/newsreleases/2016releases/may2016pending Pending home sales in Southern California as a whole rose 5.6 percent from May 2015 and 2.4 percent from April, thanks to...
Existing Home Sales, May 2016
The national cheerleaders get excited about every nugget of data, and are happy to jump to conclusions. Yunnie is finally tip-toeing around the downsizing trend that we see everywhere around here, but he can't assume that those sellers are buying too: “The May gain...
Real Estate Goes Hollywood
This was the best of the 40+ house videos on this guy's YouTube channel - and the only one from San Diego (the others were corny). This condo sold for $2,330,000 in 2014, after selling for $3,000,000 when new in 2007: https://youtu.be/w9zPUlk9lJU...
Nick Cave
Over 6 million views on YouTube - one of many comments: "A beautiful song written by an atheist about angels. Love is stronger than differences."