The hot streak has finally been broken - only 46 new pendings this week, after averaging 67 per week over the last 12 weeks! Thus, as buyers take their foot off the gas, we begin a 4-month slogfest where only the motivated sellers will surrender to what the market...
Buyers looking for any reason not to buy will enjoy this news: Mortgage Rates were modestly higher on Friday, despite a weaker-than-expected Employment Situation (aka NFP, nonfarm payrolls, or simply "the jobs report"). NFP is the most important number on any given...
Granite-slab yards we considered - all around Miramar Rd. All are good: Amazon Stones Rainbow Picasso Arizona Tile Tosca We were looking for max efficiency, and after I previewed all five, we hit four yards in two trips - which for the homeowners turned into a brief...
Solar power is a great idea, but do you buy or lease the system? If you purchase your solar panels, then when you go to sell the house, it should provide some extra value to the buyer. Exactly how much is tough to estimate, but it wouldn't be more than 50 cents on...
This data is from NSDCAR's HomeDex report - full copy here: san-diego-county-home-sales-september-2016 They include attached and detached homes together - some big increases here:
These guys will be live at the San Diego House of Blues on October 28th:
If you click through to the YouTube version, you'll see other school-bus home documentaries. The difference is that Zillow brings the glossy high-production to the film-making, and adds another unique clip to their diverse video library:
http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2016/10/03/predictions-roll-in-2017-housing-forecasts#sf37742278 We can expect a hot year for home sales in 2017, according to recent forecasts from the National Association of REALTORS®, the Mortgage Bankers’ Association,...
Let's review the ways you can plug in! The bubbleinfo mobile app is available at the Apple Store and Google Play Store. The mobile app uploads blog posts from the category 'Jim's Take on the Market', which is why you sometimes see posts in that category even though...
Carlsbad has the best oceanfront heights - high enough to keep out the riff-raff, yet the beach is very accessible. The staircase seen here (circled in blue) is public access that the city required to split the rest of this parcel into three lots (in red): Save
