From the monthly survey of local agents - we are catching our breath: Barclays_August_AGENT_Survey_9-11-2017.pdf
August Agent Survey
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Month: September 2017
14 Staging Tips for Smaller Homes
These days it seems like everybody wants a tiny house. But what if your home isn’t adorably tiny? What if it’s just sadly small? Don’t worry—it’s not your square footage that matters most; it's how you present it. Even if you're tight on space, you can fool buyers...
Inventory Watch
An inspiring new movie was released this week about a volunteer rescuer in the South Tower on 9/11: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/nyregion/welles-crowther-man-in-red-bandanna-911.html We will never forget! The demand cooled off a bit this week: Week New Listings...
Keep The Pink
This tops feeding the squirrels....H/T daytrip! They're selling up and moving 800km up the coast but one Lane Cove family is so attached to the bright pink bathroom in their current home they’re offering the buyer $25,000 to preserve it. The Miller family’s unusual...
$1B Mid-Coast Trolley Extension
More on the Blue Line trolley extension: On September 14, 2016, the top transit official in the United States committed $1 billion toward building the San Diego region’s newest trolley line, signing an agreement that will provide 50 percent of the funds to extend the...
County Recorder Strike Update
Hope your movers have a flexible schedule....
Predicting The Big One
If the tragic hurricanes weren't enough, now Mexico has been struck by a 8.2 earthquake last night. I covered earthquakes in San Diego last month, but here is another story on the risk of the Big One hitting Southern California - and San Diego is still looking good,...
New Homes for Boomers
What could really boost the market further would be if we had more new or newer single-story homes for sale. Baby-boomers would be much more likely to ditch the older two-story family estates and glide into a ready-set single story home - if there was just an easy...
NSDCC Upside Potential
Jumbo mortgage rates in the threes have helped to propel our higher-end market to new heights. Of the 854 houses for sale between La Jolla and Carlsbad, 757 of them - or 89% - are listed over $1,000,000! NSDCC Detached-Home Sales, Jan 1 - Aug 31 Year Total # of Sales...
Steely Dan
We lost the great guitar player Walter Becker this week. For those who grew up on Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Pink Floyd, Steely Dan was a gateway band that got us to consider other types of music! Here is Reeling in the Years with Skunk Baxter on...
