Now that everyone does it, you have to wonder about the effectiveness - but if it's competitive, you can't afford not to! Though I did have a seller tell me to not include any emotional stuff to try to influence her - this is business! Link to cnbc.com article If...
If we stay on the same pace we've had for the first three months of 2017, our local Case-Shiller Index will rise about 10%-12% this year! "People are staying in their homes longer rather than selling and trading up," David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of...
Thank you to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country! Plus another 620,000 Americans killed in the Civil War: Save
The new pendings got back on track this week! Inventories in the higher-priced categories are growing, however. In the $800,000 to $1,400,000 category, we have more than 200 NSDCC houses for sale for the first time this year (we had 169 a month ago), and their average...
Want to enjoy the beach this weekend, but don't want to hassle with the crowds? Take a video tour of this home that sold for $6,150,000 in October:
There was quite a bit of hubbub this week about the Zillow Instant Offers program being tested in two cities. Seller inquiries are sent to as many as 15 investors plus a Premier Agent, who gets to make their own pitch for the business - and one realtor reported that...
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...
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....
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...
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...
