Bay Island
Good to see the listing agent back in front of the camera, doing the tour himself, rather than the pseudo-acting in recent films. Incredible property:
Good to see the listing agent back in front of the camera, doing the tour himself, rather than the pseudo-acting in recent films. Incredible property:
They should have thought of this at Mugger Mall in Carlsbad before throwing millions at it – hat tip daytrip:
In the San Fernando Valley, there are plans to level a nearly vacant mall and replace it with some 1,400 homes, boutique retail shops and a concert venue.
In Orange County, an aging mall will give way to a mixed-use development with more than 900 homes. And in the South Bay, hundreds of homes are planned to replace a struggling mall that opened in the mid-1980s.
An old adage implores investors to “buy land; they’re not making it anymore.” But in a way, in cities across the country, they are.
Acres of prime real estate are opening for redevelopment as America’s malls struggle to compete with Amazon and other online giants, offering developers a rare shot to remake swaths of land in the country’s built-out metropolises.
In particular, real estate experts say, the demise of retail centers provides one of the best chances to add needed housing in California’s urban regions, where a shortage has left nearly 30% of renters in the state paying more than half their income on housing.
“It’s a huge opportunity — probably one of the biggest,” said Adam Artunian, a vice president with John Burns Real Estate Consulting in Irvine.
The redevelopments are likely to face hurdles from residents concerned over the changing character of their neighborhoods, but as Americans increasingly buy T-shirts, purses and electronics online experts say something needs to be done with all the massive retail centers that popped up during the postwar era before they become neighborhood blights.
A recent report from Credit Suisse predicted the trend will result in 20% to 25% of America’s malls closing in the next five years.
Read full article here:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-retail-housing-20170929-story.html
In such a tight market, buyers are running out of options, said realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale.
“Days on market and the number of new listings coming to market are lower than we typically see in the fall season, while listing views per property continue to move higher,” she said in a statement.
We saw here that the inventory usually surges at this time of year. But compared to previous Septembers, our selection is sparse at best:
NSDCC September New Listings:
2012: 320
2013: 406
2014: 365
2015: 405
2016: 413
2017: 311 (with a couple of days to go)
Look at the similarity – it was in the fall of 2012 that the Frenzy of 2013 began. Will the selling season of 2018 be just as crazy?
Check out our new ocean-view listing in Vista – open this weekend 12-2:30pm!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/781-Vista-Point-Cir-Vista-CA-92084/54902577_zpid/
Here is the N.A.R. press release on Trump’s tax reform, and reiterates the same threat that home values will plummet if the M.I.D. goes away:
WASHINGTON (September 27, 2017) – A group of legislators and administration leaders known as the “Big 6” today released an outline for comprehensive tax reform that if enacted, according to the National Association of Realtors®, could lead to a tax on homeownership for millions.
According to the Big 6’s framework for tax reform, changes to the current tax code would eliminate important provisions, such as the state and local tax deduction, while nearly doubling the standard deduction and eliminating personal and dependency exemptions. NAR believes the result would all but nullify the incentive to purchase a home for most, amounting to a de facto tax increase on homeowners, putting home values across the country at risk and ensuring that only the top 5 percent of Americans have the opportunity to benefit from the mortgage interest deduction.
NAR President William E. Brown, a second-generation Realtor® from Alamo, California and founder of Investment Properties said that the proposal reaffirms Realtors®’ concerns from earlier in the year and urged lawmakers to keep homeowners in mind as they proceed with comprehensive tax reform with the following statement:
“We have always said that tax reform – a worthy endeavor – should first do no harm to homeowners. The tax framework released by the Big 6 today missed that goal.
“This proposal recommends a backdoor elimination of the mortgage interest deduction for all but the top 5 percent who would still itemize their deductions.
Santana was a heck of a deal! Carlos admitted he dropped acid – he thought they were going to go on stage 12 hours later than they did:
There’s a wealth of data on home buyers, sellers and renters in this year’s Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends – a self-administered study that gathered information between May 17 and June 5, 2017 from a total of 13,125 key household decision-makers.
Homeowners
Renters
Buyers
Sellers
Two things never discussed about off-market sales:
1) Every agent signed an agreement to share their listings with other agents.
2) Nobody reads the forms before signing.
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/09/26/sell-east-bay-home-off-market-probably-not-exceptions/
When Barbara Hendrickson’s 90-year-old neighbor needed to sell her Berkeley home, crammed with 40 years’ worth of belongings, Hendrickson, a real estate agent, sold the house for her without putting it on the market.
“She was not up to the task of cleaning out all that stuff,” said Hendrickson, an agent with Red Oak Realty. The off-market sale enabled the neighbor to quickly dispose of the house and move to Baton Rouge to be closer to relatives. The buyers took on the onerous job of clearing out the accumulated furniture and possessions.
In general, selling a house off-market isn’t the best approach, experts say. The California Association of Realtors recommends against it, as do East Bay agents including Hendrickson. But sometimes, as in the case of Hendrickson’s neighbor, there are exceptions.
To be clear, “selling off-market” means not listing the house on the local Multiple Listing Service, and is also described as off-market sales or pocket sales.
It is officially FALL!
I love the summer season – mainly because my birthday is in July 😉 – but there is nothing like the crisp cold air and putting on that fuzzy sweater and UGGS!
What I love even more, are the holidays and getting that fireplace going. Is there anything better than listening to Christmas music along with the crackling sound of that fire? Yeah, not really!
There are so many different looks for a good fireplace.
I personally like the sleek, horizontal modern look OR a farmhouse brick vibe that gives you that nice cozy “at home” feeling. Back in the day (as in a few years ago), many people had a huge built-in entertainment center. Some people still do!
However with the world moving at such a rapid pace, there isn’t a need for all the compartments of an entertainment center. You can basically stream anything with a Smart TV or Apple TV – so many people don’t even use cable thanks to Hulu and Netflix! I think when it comes to a fireplace, less is more! It will look a lot cleaner and be more of a focal point in your home if you get rid of all the “stuff” around it!
Below is a link to our Pinterest board with some of my favorite fireplaces. Some of our readers might even recognize one or two from our previous sales!
https://www.pinterest.com/
And for those that don’t have a fireplace but still want the feeling, once it gets closer to the holidays you can stream “The Yule Log” on your TV. I used to play it all the time in college. It’s a video of a wood burning fire and it plays Christmas music – it is very soothing and calming. So for those that hate the mess of an actual fire, this is the way to go!
Happy Tuesday!
Our monthly change in the local Case-Shiller Index came back to earth, somewhat, and it’s probably what we can expect for the rest of the year.
If the index keeps increasing at the +0.6% clip every month, then we will hit a new all-time record in December!
San Diego Non-Seasonally-Adjusted CSI changes:
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The highest reading of the San Diego NSA CSI was 250.34 in November, 2005.
The most-recent low point was 144.43 in April, 2009.