The baby boomer generation is huge, roughly 78 million Americans born between the years of 1946 and 1964. The oldest are just turning 70 and the youngest are just 52 (and usually denying that they are even baby boomers.) It’s a big spread. But one thing they all have...
Home sales in North San Diego County are keeping up.
Our local San Diego Case-Shiller Index has risen 1.2% in the last six months, which makes for an easy equation. Houses should be selling for about the same as what the last guy got. San Diego Non-Seasonally-Adjusted CSI changes: Month CSI-SD M-o-M chg Y-o-Y chg...
For those who would stay in their home if they could figure out how to travel between floors, a residential elevator might be for you. Here is a simple installation and operation: They typically run $20,000 to $50,000.
We are already wrapping up the first month of 2017! It doesn't look like we will get close to 400 listings this month, which has been the usual number. If we only get up to 380, it will be 15% fewer than last year: NSDCC New Listings in January Year January...
Your home is your castle, and it is also a source of tax deductions. Yet, every year, Americans let these potential tax deductions pass by, not realizing how to take advantage of them. IRS Publication 530, titled "Tax Information for Homeowners", can fill you in on...
The Gaylord-Hansen Team of Caliber Home Loans had a seminar yesterday to discuss the details of their mortgage of the future - and they have it now! The goal is to make the obtaining of a mortgage completely digital, and gather the documentation needed to fund a loan...
There have been press releases this week about December sales being down, and our cheerleader was happy to blame the higher rates and low inventory: Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says the housing market's best year since the Great Recession ended on a healthy but...
The republicans have 1031 tax-deferred exchanges on the chopping block – can’t you give us some time to digest these moves?
