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Month: May 2017
Tesla Solar Roof Tiles
Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this article announcing that Tesla is taking orders for their new solar roofing product: https://www.tesla.com/solarroof With the solar roof tiles covering the entire house, they will be pitching it as a money-making solar plant. But...
Celebrity Retirement Homes
If we had a surge in cheaper retirement homes, it would help! LINK If you relish your days as a "tourist covered in oil" and smelling shrimp boil, get ready, because the retirement of your dreams awaits. Jimmy Buffett, major domo of song, drink, and Parrotheads, is...
60% Looking to Downsize
I don't know about the relevance of the others above, but the 60.6% of Americans looking to downsize is a nice idea - and probably where the conversation about market conditions begins. Does anyone HAVE to downsize? Not really - the worst cases are the seniors in a...
SD County Housing Data, April
Rich is covering the whole county, which looks similar to the frenzy of 2013! Read his full report here: https://piggington.com/april_2017_housing_data_prices_surge_inventory_slightly_improves Save
Millennial Home Buyer
A very realistic millennial experience? Stay until the end! Hat tip elbarcosr:
NSDCC Inventory, First Third of Year
So our NSDCC market is cooking....is the amount of inventory to blame? One-third of 2017 is complete - let's compare it to recent years: New Listings Between January-April Year New Listings, Jan - Apr New Listings in April only 2013 1,822 534 2014 1,746 511 2015 1,747...
Inventory Watch – Record Week!
Homes are selling! The 94 new pendings in the last week were the most since we began tracking them in May, 2013! We've only hit 90 once, back in June, 2015. But the market is specific - the inventory of houses listed over $2,400,000 has grown 15% in the last four...
Real Estate Speed Dating
Real estate hysteria is reaching new levels: LINK It sounds like an unorthodox concept: Meeting complete strangers to see if you’re compatible to buy a house together. But as bizarre as it might sound, that’s exactly what happened on the third floor of the Toronto bar...
Upscale Real Estate Porn
Using sex appeal to sell homes - I'm surprised we haven't seen more like this! OPUS Beverly Hills’ most expensive property. Interior features of this state of the art dream home include: • Roberto Cavalli flooring • 15-seat curved screen theater with JBL Synthesis...
