Will the boomers be exiting at or about the same time? LINK Millennials aren't buying homes in the same numbers as previous and older generations, but it's not because they don't want to. The vast majority of millennials do indeed aim to buy someday, or would even...
Month: May 2017
Fumigation Burglar
A homeowner told police his house was tented for termites, and part of the tenting process included placing cameras inside the house to detect an intruder. The camera system later alerted the homeowner to the intruder's presence, and within minutes the Carlsbad P.D....
New Listing – Waters End
When it comes to finding newer homes west of the freeway and walking distance to the beach, it doesn't get much better than Waters End in SW Carlsbad. Our new listing might be the best location within the neighborhood too, with no neighbor on the south side which...
Chris Cornell
We lost another all-time great last week - thoughts from Chris' final night: Keedick was clear that he didn’t believe Cornell seemed depressed during the show, and that he was in “good spirits” when he did sound check. Keedick’s account seems to coincide with the...
SD Median Price Hits New Record
Glad to see the U-T relying on Rich for an explanation! LINK The San Diego County median home price hit $525,000 in April, passing the region’s previous peak reached in 2005, real estate tracker CoreLogic reported Tuesday. High demand and tight supply appear to have...
Kayla’s Trendy Tuesday
Hello blog readers! This is Kayla, Jim's daughter, attempting my first blog post! What are my interests? I absolutely LOVE interior design and learning about the upcoming trends for homes. Today, I'm going to share the new/current trends when it comes to redesigning a...
Home Sales, Y-T-D
N.A.R. home-sales forecasts are a moving target. In October they guessed 6 million sales for 2017, and in December they said 5.5 million: LINK Single-family existing home sales are set to see their best year since 2006, driven by robust job gains and improving...
Zillow Instant Offers
If there was anyone left who still had doubt whether Zillow has the killer instinct, let this be the final piece of evidence to convince you. Today they launched 'Instant Offers' which allows homeowners to submit a request for 15 investors to bid on their house....
Strict Code of Ethics?
Want to know how serious the National Association of Realtors is about our 'strict Code of Ethics'? They paid for this ad: I love Phil Dunphy when he is playing a realtor on the show Modern Family, but this is different - he is representing the agents on the street...
Mortgage Payments Are Optional
It's been well-documented that Ben Bernanke and others told mortgage lenders in 2011 to not do anything to disrupt the economy, which was gov-speak for lay off the foreclosures. Kamala Harris virtually outlawed foreclosures in California with the Homeowners' Bill of...