SCOTS's music is generally very upbeat, as they usually write and perform songs about dancing, sex, and fried chicken, which are main themes in songs such as "Cheap Motels," "Soul City," and "Eight Piece Box." They are known for their live shows, which often include...
Month: October 2017
Can It Continue?
When you look at our local incomes/wages and other traditional metrics, it is hard to make sense of how the market keeps going. But it has! How does that happen? There are three sources of buyers that don't rely on a regular job to buy. We see younger buyers being...
Treehouse Vibe
It's only money! LINK San Francisco's housing market is so out of control, the new owners of a cavernous hillside home in the city offered nearly $1 million over asking in order to pre-empt a bidding war. 1 Miguel Street went into contract after just two days on the...
Pumpkin Patch
Kayla’s Trendy Tuesday
Kayla has never lived in the desert: Even though it is "fall," it's 100 degrees outside. WHAT IS HAPPENING??? October is almost over and Halloween is ONE week away! Time to break out the decorations and start carving those pumpkins! Some might be thinking, "Mine are...
Disaster Follow-Up
Whether is be fires, earthquakes, floods, or nuclear attacks, we are all susceptible to being in a disaster zone. How does it affect real estate? Let's keep an eye on the recent fires to gauge what we might expect if disasters came our way. I mentioned in a tweet...
Pt. Loma Mid-Century Modern
Dorothy's obit below: A longtime resident of San Diego, Dorothy was born in 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Fred and Stella Krenning. She was naturally gifted in mathematics, excelled in school, and graduated 2nd in her class at Soldan High School, St. Louis, at the...
This Week’s Disrupter
Talk about buying the listing! This is the UK version of Opendoor, and they are tempting sellers with a promise of a 97% cash advance on their house. This idea is fantastic, and operators could make a bundle, right up until the market flattens out or declines. Then...
Inventory Watch
Let's compare this week NSDCC stats to the same week in 2016: Price Range 2016 # of Listings Avg LP/sf 2017 # of Listings Avg LP/sf 0-$800K 38 $408/sf 17 $443/sf $800-$1400K 259 $437/sf 161 $497/sf $1400K-$2400K 264 $590/sf 261 $623/sf $2,400,000+ 426 $979/sf 373...
Disclosing a Death
Just so you know....